After receiving a five-year $60 billion funding, Maxwell and NASA hurriedly held a press conference.

They should respond to the Dongtang Space Agency and Galaxy Technology with a strong attitude.

“…… We will restart Saturn V and build Saturn VII and a new space shuttle, and we plan to land people on Mars in 2030 and establish a Martian colony. ”

Looking at the NASA press conference on the holographic projection screen, which was being broadcast live around the world, Huang Haojie glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

The cost performance of a launch vehicle or space shuttle is too low, and I want to carry out space exploration on a large scale without reducing the unit cost.

If you want to make a miracle vigorously, there is only one way to die.

After all, if the space industry cannot produce economic benefits and cannot be allowed to make its own blood in the process of space development, the consequence will be a gloomy end if it cannot be boiled out.

Why did the old furry bear collapse economically? That's to get away with it.

For NASA's follow-up, Huang Haojie and the space agency are very happy to see it, and I believe that when the mass projector is put into use, it will be even more stimulating for NASA and Mi Lijia.

At that time, Mi Lijia and NASA can only catch up with more large-scale investment.

Because once Dongtang and Galaxy Technology establish colonies in outer space, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Why?

If you think about the current blue star pattern, you can see that the mushroom equilibrium state is only suitable for internal deterrence of the planet, and it is difficult to threaten the moon and Mars.

With a colony on the moon or Mars, it is equivalent to having a back road, even if someone grows mushrooms on a large scale on the blue star, it is a big deal for me to have thirty-six plans, and go for the best plan.

Forces without interstellar navigation can only perish in radiation, disease, and famine.

So in order to rebalance, they had to follow up on aerospace, of course, if they chose to give in and come to Dongtang and Galaxy Technology to cooperate, that would also be a way out.

In fact, there is another way, that is, to play hooligans and directly rob a mass projector.

As the opening of the space race and scientific research competition, Galaxy Technology certainly knows the possibility of a dog jumping off the wall.

In order to cope with the conflicts that may erupt in the future, the preparation of a few things is essential and urgent.

……

Huang Haojie was in the Materials Research Institute of Galaxy Technology at this time.

"How? Where is the progress of the development of oxygen curing agent?"

Li wanted to click on a report to show him.

Flipping through the holographic projection report, he saw the situation of solid oxygen.

"At present, it can only be maintained for 8~9 minutes, and the ambient temperature cannot exceed 14 degrees Celsius, which has superconducting characteristics! What is the situation with this superconductivity property?" When Huang Haojie saw this description, he immediately became interested.

Li Xiang explained: "In fact, metallic hydrogen and metallic oxygen both have the characteristics of superconductivity at room temperature, while the submetallic hydrogen produced by our curing agent has lost its superconducting properties, but this submetallic oxygen can retain superconducting properties. ”

"Maybe it's a cheap way to produce superconductors at room temperature!" Huang Haojie said thoughtfully.

Li Xiang nodded: "I'm working on this direction." ”

The two of them went to a laboratory.

In a liquid nitrogen freezer, Li Xiang put on protective gloves and took out a small box from it.

"This is one of the submetallic oxygen we made, which can only be stored below minus 53 degrees Celsius, once the temperature exceeds minus 53 degrees Celsius, the metallic oxygen will be unstable, and the temperature above 14 degrees Celsius will completely decompose."

Huang Haojie also put on a protective suit, and through the transparent observation window of the small box, he saw a small piece of dark red solid with a metallic luster inside the small box.

"The properties of the metallic oxygen we produce are very similar to those of solid O8 red oxygen."

Solid oxygen O8 is composed of eight oxygen atoms, it is one of the allotropes of oxygen, because it is dark red, so it is also called red oxygen.

Huang Haojie clicked on the holographic projection and flipped through the curing agent situation of the Materials Research Institute.

Li Xiang discovered that they had developed six similar curing agents based on hydrogen curing agents, and red metallic oxygen was one of the curing agents.

As for the light blue metallic oxygen that exhibits superconducting properties, Li Xiang called it superconducting metallic oxygen, and the dark red submetallic oxygen, which is called submetallic oxygen.

Li Xiang took out a small box from the freezer again, and when he looked at it, he observed that the window was a light blue.

"This is superconducting submetallic oxygen, which is more unstable than the dark red submetallic oxygen, and must be below minus 87 degrees Celsius to maintain stability, and the temperature will decompose rapidly when the temperature exceeds minus 87 degrees Celsius."

Hearing this explanation, Huang Haojie put aside the small box of dark red submetallic oxygen, and carefully observed the light blue superconducting submetallic oxygen.

"The two kinds of submetallic oxygen should no longer need to be stored under high pressure!"

"Hmmm! It has been freed from high-pressure storage conditions, and now it is possible to store at low temperatures, but it is still not economical. Li Xiang said still dissatisfied.

Huang Haojie didn't speak, but smiled and continued to open the experimental report of the Institute of Materials.

Experimental reports and research results were on it, and he was thinking about it as he read it.

The instability of the dark red metallic oxygen is due to the instability of the chemical bonds, which seems to be an innate defect.

Li thought that even if they added other stabilizers, it would still be difficult to suppress the fracture of chemical bonds, and they could only reduce the molecular movement through low temperature, so as to suppress the fracture of chemical bonds.

The reason why low temperature can form a solid state is because low temperature suppresses the movement of atoms and molecules.

From the perspective of thermodynamics, the temperature we usually know is actually the manifestation of the motion of atoms or molecules, the faster the atoms or molecules move, the higher the temperature; And the slower the atoms and molecules move, the lower the temperature.

Conversely, the higher the temperature, the more intense the movement of atoms and molecules; The lower the temperature, the more gentle the motion of atoms and molecules.

It took Huang Haojie more than an hour to roughly finish the experimental report on submetallic oxygen of the Institute of Materials.

He found a problem, or a breakthrough.

"Li Xiang, why don't you try to experiment with high pressure?"

"High pressure?"

Li Xiang was suddenly stunned.

"That's right! I didn't think that the laboratory of Harvard University made metallic hydrogen by high-pressure method, and perhaps submetallic oxygen could be pressed under high pressure to a state that could be stored at room temperature and pressure. ”

After Li Xiang was woken up by Huang Haojie, he walked around excitedly, while muttering to himself, and it didn't take long for him to come to his senses.

"How? This idea works! Huang Haojie patted Li Xiang on the shoulder and said.

"I don't know if it's feasible, I'll prepare the experiment right away."

"Let's go over together!"

Li Xiang arranged the relevant experimental instruments and equipment, and hurriedly beckoned the assistants and researchers to start the experiment.

Inside the laboratory, a piece of dark red submetallic oxygen taken from a liquid nitrogen freezer is placed in a low-temperature and high-pressure equipment.

After taking safety measures, Li Xiang eagerly instructed:

"To start, start the test with the minimum pressure."

The equipment used in the materials laboratory is similar to that of a large forging press.

A tooth-sore sizzle sounded in the laboratory.

After a while, the assistant took the experimental sample from the device and examined it.