If you want to talk about your mind, in fact, Lu Zhou asked himself, he can't talk about any particularly lofty ambitions.

It's just that now he has more or less discovered it.

In the face of the mysteries of the universe, the power of one person is small after all.

An arithmetic or a conjecture can take a month or even a few months to shut himself in a small room of 10 square meters and quietly search for answers, but the systematic scientific research project composed of countless questions has long ceased to be a task that a single scholar, or even a single subject can undertake.

Even if he can design the electric propulsion system perfectly, he can't perfect every screw on the engine, and these essential details need to be done.

If he wants to see the more distant world, he must rely on the power of ordinary ordinary people.

As an academic leader, his responsibilities are no longer only exploration and discovery, but also include guidance for those who come after him, and so on.

At the same time, the more we move towards the boundaries of knowledge, the more important the latter becomes......

As Lu Zhou expected, less than a week after he joined the teaching and research group, the policy of the Youth Light Class came down from the Ministry of Education.

As a class specializing in cultivating academic talents, the department with the Light of Youth class will allow students to apply from the second year, and the top 30 will be admitted based on the best GPA ranking.

Not only did he hang the name of the general consultant, but Lu Zhou also put forward a lot of valuable opinions on the talent training plan of the Youth Light Class itself.

No matter how much these opinions can help, he hopes that his experience can help the younger students a little, at least let them take a little less detours......

Although the work of the teaching and research group took up part of Lu Zhou's time, it did not affect his work in the lunar orbit construction committee.

As October gradually came to an end, there was also good news from the Hangke Group.

After countless days and months of design and practice, the second component of the lunar mining plan, the automated vacuum arc melting unit, has finally turned from a drawing into a reality under the joint attack of more than 20 scientific research units.

With the ignition and launch of the Long March 5 launch vehicle, the vacuum arc melting unit was sent to the cargo compartment of the International Space Station, and the Queqiao was transferred to the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.

After a week of intense work, the vacuum arc melting unit finally landed on the lunar surface and successfully docked with the previously deployed automated mining unit under the remote operation of the Lunem crew.

With the start-up of the automated mining unit, a sharp drill bit crushes shallow ovovskite deposits buried beneath the lunar soil and feeds them into a vacuum arc melting unit to be smelted into perovskite.

Although the production efficiency of the whole plant is not high, the quality of qualified titanium alloy materials is indeed slowly produced.

Looking at the numbers on the task list that slowly jumped upward, Lu Zhou's heart was also quite good, it seemed that the system had approved the automated mining facilities he had deployed on the moon.

If this trend continues, he will be able to win another side quest in a month at the latest.

The side quests are progressing steadily, and the main quest for the second phase of Earth-Moon Domination has not been left behind.

In order to heal the colonists who were still asleep, and to properly preserve and study the X-0172 bacterial samples, the lunar research facility has been scheduled for the construction of the Lunar Research Facility as funding is gradually available.

The results will be available in the first half of next year at the latest.

At the same time, with the installation of several experimental cabins and multi-functional service cabins, the second phase of the Yuegong project will also come to an end.

Seeing that the last and a half phases of the project of Huaguo's Moon Palace are about to be completed, and the "Deep Space Gate" on his side has just begun construction, the voices of criticism of the Ares plan are like waves, washing over the east and west coasts of the North American continent.

How they once supported the New Virginia, which opened the frontiers of human civilization, are now disappointed in all this. Looking back on the past 20 years, even though NASA has achieved countless achievements, at this moment all the light seems to be overshadowed by the failure of the Ares program.

Some well-known people in North America have commented that the past 20 years have been lost.

They are losing the space supremacy that has been established since the Cold War......

For the people standing on the land of China, they don't have too many special feelings for the so-called hegemony, but every time they look up at the jade plate hanging in the air, they can't help but feel like a world away.

All of this is changing so fast.

It's like a rocket......

It seems that in the blink of an eye, the whole world has gone through the vicissitudes of life......

……

There are only three days left before the return of the two astronauts from the Ares program.

Lu Zhou took a high-speed train to Beijing and attended the last Martian work debriefing meeting held in the City Hall.

After the meeting, Lu Zhou did not return to the hotel immediately, but went to the Bureau of Science and Industry to take a turn and sent a plan that had been prepared to Director Li.

“…… Lunar orbit construction committee reorganization plan? After seeing the things Lu Zhou brought over, Director Li pushed down his glasses and looked at him with some surprise, "You won't ...... You're going to leave it alone, right? ”

The original controlled fusion program was also yes.

On the eve of success, the big guy began to arrange the future. And not long after the ignition was successful, he really resigned from the post of chief designer and handed everything over to the latecomers.

Looking at Director Li's worried expression, Lu Zhou replied with a smile.

"It's still early, and when the lunar research facility is built, there is at least one big thing waiting for me to do. Stepping down from the position of chief designer, you have to wait for this important matter to be completed. ”

Hearing this, Director Li sighed and sighed softly.

"Sometimes I really admire you, no matter how much power you can afford to let go."

"Although the wine is good, you can't be greedy," Lu Zhou smiled, and continued without any concern, "For me, this kind of insignificant research itself is good if it is enough, and it is a waste to give me more." ”

Director Li: "What about after that?" Now that the project on the moon is complete, what are you going to do next? Second-generation nuclear fusion? Or Mars? ”

"Neither," Lu Zhou shook his head, "I've done enough for you, the rest ...... I'm also going to have to make some time for myself to explore the things that really interest me. ”

"That's ......"

Although he didn't really understand what Lu Zhou was really interested in, Director Li could still understand a little bit about what Lu Zhou was thinking.

After a pause, he said solemnly.

"When you step down from the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee, and I'm not retired, if there's anything you can do to help, call me. As long as I can help, I will definitely help you. ”

Lu Zhou smiled faintly.

"Definitely."

Director Li: "By the way, I can ask, before you leave office...... What is the next big thing? ”

Hearing Director Li ask about this matter, the corners of Lu Zhou's mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, and he spoke.

"Remember the Lunar Landing Project Symposium a little over a year ago?"

"Of course I remember," Director Li smiled and said with some emotion, "Time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye, what we discussed was not how to land on the moon, but how to build a house on the moon." ”

"What we can do is not only build houses, but also bring back resources from the moon." Lu Zhou picked up a ballpoint pen from his desk and drew two lines on the white paper.

Looking at the two straight lines drawn straight like a triangle, Director Li frowned slightly and asked puzzled.

“…… This is? ”

"I'm the last link in the entire Earth-Moon transportation system," Lu Zhou continued, after a pause, "Remember the mass projector I was talking about? ”

"With current technology, it might be a little too difficult to build one on the ground."

"But on the moon, now we are fully capable of giving it a try!"