California Polytechnic University.

Faculty cafeteria.

“ok，ok。 ”

Seeing Howard's face flushed, Rajesh raised his hand and said, "You are in charge of your affairs, our future Mr. Astronaut!"

"Don't talk about these unhappy things. ”

Howard took a few deep breaths, suppressed the unhappiness of the prenuptial agreement, took out a letter from his pocket, waved it at everyone, and smiled proudly: "Guess what this is?"

"NASA's notice. ”

Owen caught a glimpse of the NASA logo on the letter and understood.

“yes！”

Howard said excitedly.

"I'll see. ”

Rajesh took the letter, opened it and read: "Howard Warnowitz was sent to the National Aeronautics Agency Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to receive special astronaut training at eight o'clock on Sunday morning. ”

"This is a letter from NASA. ”

Howard proudly reminded: "The time should be read according to the military format, so it's 0800!"

Rajesh stabbed: "But it's eight o'clock in the morning, and there's no O!"

"Do you know where that O is?"

Howard sneered unhappily, "Oh, my god!" I'm an astronaut now, so you can envy and hate." ”

"Johnson Sky Center, Sheldon, remember when we went there together?"

Owen said casually.

"Of course. ”

"It was 1989, when I was in high school, and my science teacher invited his former colleague, Dr. Ronaldo Hodges of NASA, to tell us about the space program," Sheldon looked up with a knife and fork over his plate.

At the time, I wondered why one became a NASA scientist and the other became a science teacher at a public high school, when the two were former colleagues and roommates. ”

"Why?"

Howard came interested.

"It's simple. ”

Owen smiled playfully: "According to Dr. Hodges's introduction, while Dr. Hodges was studying hard, Sheldon's science teacher was busy with high school girls.

Of course, Sheldon's science teacher insisted that the high school girls were all over 18, and believe it or not, I did. ”

"And then?"

Leonard was speechless.

"When Dr. Hodges said that the cost of each launch of a manned spacecraft is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, which severely restricts the implementation of the space program, I raised my hand and pointed out that if you want to save money, you can land the booster rocket at sea and recycle it. ”

Sheldon recalled.

“oh，my god！”

Howard exclaimed: "Sheldon, a real-life version of Iron Man Elon, Musk's Space Exploration Company is developing the Falcon launch vehicle, its design concept is to boost rocket recovery and reduce launch costs, don't tell me, you thought of it back in 1989?!"

"It's not just about thinking. ”

Owen laughed: "This idea was actually proposed earlier, but they all regarded this as science fiction, and Sheldon was better than them because he used mathematics to calculate the detailed recycling theory at that time." ”

"Yes. ”

Sheldon complained: "Dr. Hodges said that this calculation is very complicated, and he didn't want to talk to me at all, and he actually wanted to send me away with a NASA cloth sticker, and I made up my mind at that time to complete this calculation." ”

"So, you did, right?"

Howard said with some amazement.

"Of course. ”

Sheldon gave Howard a strange look: "When did a problem stump me? Despite the limited conditions at the time, I used my genius mind and old computer to successfully solve this mathematical model, and wrote a paper and mailed it to Dr. Hodges. ”

"He must have admired it very much. ”

Leonard muttered wistfully.

This kind of plot of pretending to slap the face, for them science otaku, is unavoidable, it is simply too cool and substituting.

"However, no. ”

Owen answered: "Dr. Hodges still didn't take Sheldon's paper seriously, and didn't even bother to reply to the letter, so Sheldon waited for weeks, and even got a stomach ulcer. ”

"You're kidding, right?"

Rajesh questioned, "In 1989, when Sheldon was only 9 years old, right?

"Actually, he really did. ”

Owen explained: "The doctor said that it may be caused by too much pressure, which shows how resentful Sheldon was holding back at that time. ”

"And then, and then?"

Leonard couldn't wait to know the outcome.

"Owen proposed, let's take a ride to Houston together. ”

Sheldon laughed, "None of us were old enough to get a driver's license at the time, it was Owen's sister Elizabeth who drove us there, got there, and gave him a detailed description of my calculations......"

"He must have been shocked~"

The corners of Leonard's mouth curled, and he said with a sense of substitution.

"Of course. ”

Sheldon nodded, then frowned, "But he didn't realize the real problem!" He didn't apologize to me, and pointed out that although my calculation was correct, they didn't have the technology to implement it, and my wisdom was obviously ahead of my time, so I asked him to wait until the technology could be realized, but 24 years later, he still hasn't contacted me. ”

Elon Musk's SpaceX already has a faint taste of being at the forefront of space technology, and one of their research directions is the recycling of booster rockets. ”

Owen smiled meaningfully, "Perhaps, your paper from that year is now in the drawer of Elon Musk's desk."

You also know that he likes to be a wave and like to be interviewed by the media, but he doesn't know much advanced technology, and the title of the real-life version of Iron Man is very watery, at most it is the playboy version of Tony Stark.

Once the Falcon launch vehicle is successfully developed, he will be interviewed, and in order to show his professionalism, he will definitely talk about some relevant technical issues, how can he do it without making up for the lessons. ”

“holy shit！”

Howard exclaimed: "You say that, it's really possible! Sheldon is really delayed by reality, if he was born in the Marvel Universe, maybe he can really be like Doctor Doom, become a supervillain with technology and magic in parallel, Doctor Pride!"

"Someone said that 24 years ago. ”

Owen smiled: "At that time, Sheldon was holding back his strength to slap Dr. Hodges in the face, so that Dr. Hodges surrendered in front of his genius mind, and even chose to skip class in order to complete the calculation, Tan said that sometimes Sheldon spoke like an evil demon king." ”

"It's all the world's fault. ”

Sheldon said regretfully: "If real technology can really support my genius mind, I can indeed surpass Iron Man and transform into Dr. Pride, and whoever makes me angry at that time will be dealt with." ”

"Huh. ”

Owen quipped: "I think when the time comes, you will not be Dr. Pride, but Dr. KFC, because the most offending to you are the roosters who are chasing you, and you wave your hand and shout: Look at my fried chicken magic!"

"Hahaha. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.