Chapter 9 Have You Ever Thought About It?
"So our next step is to build a nuclear fission engine from a few years ago?" Liu Xuan did not tell Professor Ma about his relationship with Liu Qingyun.
"As I said, your paper is good. Our first step is to build a nuclear fission engine, the second step is a nuclear fusion engine, the third and most important step is to achieve the speed of light that human beings dream of, and then there is the existence beyond dimensions. In the end, Professor Ma couldn't help but feel infinitely emotional, these were his dreams, even with the help of the "hibernation" plan, he didn't know if he would be able to live for so long.
"With the direction of research, that is, with the motivation of research, what we can't do, there are countless children and grandchildren, hopeful, will always succeed, and the human beings who get these technologies should be able to obtain a very high status in the universe." Liu Xuan said with a smile that he also has a great vision for the future, but who knows the future.
Now Liu Xuan doesn't know that even if he reaches the peak of his research in the future, he doesn't want to share his research results, he underestimates the inferior roots of human beings too much. No matter what era it is, the speed of development of human morality has always been less than the speed of development of science and technology.
The conversation between Liu Xuan and Professor Ma ended happily, and they were full of hope for the future.
After Professor Ma's guidance, Liu Xuan found his father's research materials, and in this way, Liu Xuan gradually became familiar with the work here and liked his own research.
"You've been missing for twenty years, and you're still going to teach me lessons." Liu Xuan held his father's research notes and said while reading. His father gave him the impression that he was so ordinary, but now when he saw the notes, Liu Xuanfang realized that in his father's small head, he could actually accommodate the entire universe.
When Liu Xuan was studying his father's notes without sleep or food, Li Ping came out of the office, looking very tired, with a little furrow on his face that had no wrinkles, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and he looked at the entire research room in a daze. If it weren't for seeing Li Ping just go in for half a day, Liu Xuan would have almost thought that Li Ping had been in the office without eating or drinking for months.
When communicating with Professor Ma just now, Professor Ma also briefly introduced Li Ping to Liu Xuan. Li Ping is an expert in cosmology, which Liu Xuan knows. What Liu Xuan didn't know was that Li Ping was also half a small boss, she could directly get in touch with her superiors, and some important discoveries and research results were reported by Li Ping. Therefore, the whole research is generally under Li Ping's orders.
While Liu Xuan was thinking wildly, Li Ping's voice came out of the speaker, his voice was a little hoarse, and Liu Xuan could barely distinguish Li Ping's voice.
"Fellows, please come to the office for a meeting, there is an important issue to discuss."
Liu Xuan looked at the other researchers, wanting to see what their attitudes were. All the researchers were the first to put down their work and head to the office. It seems that it is not strange to have such a thing.
"Let's go, generally this situation is a new order from the superior or a major discovery, which is very important to us, after all, we are not the only research institute, our research should be synchronized, try to avoid duplication of research." Professor Ma also leaned over, urging Liu Xuan as he walked towards the office. Liu Xuan also hurriedly followed.
Soon, the office was full of people, and the researchers seemed very casual, and it seemed that even if there was a relationship between superiors and subordinates, their private relationship was still good, without too much restraint.
Seeing everyone coming, Li Ping also cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Have you noticed anything wrong with the news just now?" ”
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not thinking of any problems.
"Let me remind you that electromagnetic waves travel at close to the speed of light in a vacuum." Li Ping said with a serious face.
Hearing this reminder, Liu Xuan reacted first, and his face turned white directly, what does this mean? The constellation Ursa Major is 4,600 light-years away from Earth, and this news has been sent to Earth, which has already experienced 4,600 light-years. In other words, the message was sent 76 million years ago.
Other researchers are not stupid, after Li Ping's reminder, they also thought of this aspect, just now because of their excitement, they actually forgot about this matter, which can be said to be a very common thing in cosmology.
"There was a second reply just now, and in this way, the reply is also a matter of thousands of years." One researcher said thoughtfully.
"If it's really that far away, it takes a little time for the computer to track the location, how can it give us information about the emitter source in a minute?" The observer offered his opinion at this point.
"Maybe the computer is wrong, or maybe it's ......." One of the researchers didn't say what he thought in the end, but the researchers thought that if the computer wasn't broken, there was only one last reason left.
Liu Xuan was also extremely surprised in his heart, if the computer was not broken, then it meant that there was something in the solar system, and this "thing" could receive messages from other galaxies in real time and send it out.
"Check the results of the computer first, and if the computer is not broken, manually find the emission source." Li Ping immediately made a decision and said to the observer.
The observer did not dare to slack off, and directly found a computer in the office and began to type on the keyboard.
The whole office was silent, everyone was thinking, all waiting for the news of the last observer, no one was in a hurry, no one was impatient, and the whole office was only the crackling of keyboards.
Without making everyone wait long, the observer just stood up, his face very ugly.
"Let's talk about the final result, we're mentally prepared." Seeing the observer like this, Li Ping already had a little idea in his heart, took a deep breath, and asked the observer to speak.
Liu Xuan stood next to Professor Ma, rubbing his hair with both hands, tugging and dragging his hair with his hands, waiting for the final result.
"The computer is not wrong, I have already searched for the emission source with my hands, and it has finally been determined that both messages are coming from near Jupiter, and there is something near Jupiter." The observer took a deep breath and finally spoke of his final result.
"Professor Ma, is there our probe next to Jupiter?" Li Ping turned to Professor Ma and asked.
"Jupiter 3 is orbiting Jupiter." After only a brief thought, Professor Ma said the location of the probe.
"Can you two control the probe to capture that thing?" The two in Li Ping's mouth naturally refer to Professor Ma and the observer.
"I need another message to determine the exact location of that thing." Everything just now is speculation, and the exact location needs to be confirmed by a third message.
"I can manually control Jupiter III's sensor observations." Professor Ma was concise and to the point.
"Then we can only wait for the third message to come, I believe, back." Li Ping said with a serious face. They don't dare to guess too much about what this "thing" is, everything needs specific data.
Fortunately, this third piece of news came quickly.