After turning around the engine, Professor Huo Liang asked: "I heard that Musk's plan is to reduce the jet speed and add other working fluids to increase the thrust, I don't know if there is such a thing." ”

Ye Ming nodded: "Their plan was proposed very early, to fill a large amount of water in the take-off stage to increase the ejection material and obtain greater thrust. ”

"Are you sure it's water?"

Ye Ming coughed, just smiled.

Professor Horryn talked to him about this, purely with the mentality of complaining, not specifically leaking secrets to him or something-this kind of ethics, the old man still has it.

Moreover, whether it is Ye Ming or the country, they have not said that they want to treat this old man as a scientist who "surrenders to sincerity", and they want to pry anything useful out of his mouth.

In essence, the old man came to represent the transfer of scientific soil - this is the greatest significance.

"They don't have an anti-gravity structure, so they really have to play a few tricks." Ye Ming put his hands behind his back and looked at the engine again.

What a good engine...... It's a pity that I can't see what it looks like when it accelerates at full fire - because for a long time, or even the entire life cycle, it can only be used in the Earth-Moon commute, and if you really want to accelerate with all your might, it will be troublesome to slow down and land when the time comes.

"Let's go to the cave and have a look."

As the door of the workshop opened, the oncoming cave was also busy.

This will confront the engine's ejected substance - helium-4 atoms, protons, and rays.

During the tests, a variety of data will be collected here, which will provide valuable information for future engines and the fusion reaction itself.

That evening, Director Niu hurried from the capital.

……

"I won't let you pre-empt failure."

Today, Director Niu's whole person doesn't look as careless as usual, on the contrary, the whole person is in a very serious state.

Ye Ming could see that Lao Niu was nervous.

As the leader of Y, and as a person who vigorously supports the radical aspects of the Kuafu project, Comrade Niu Jianjun knows very well what this ignition failure means......

It's not that the black veil hat is going to be dropped, after all, it is normal for there to be failures in the field of science.

But if there is an accident in such a big project, no matter what you say in the future...... It's definitely not that good anymore.

"Hehe, you let me do it, I can't do it......" Ye Ming shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "Now the expert group is full of engine upgrade plans, what do you let us do?" ”

"Well, so I'll give you a brief introduction to the general development route in the future."

As he spoke, Director Niu exhaled lightly and stared at Ye Ming seriously: "Although the country has always said that it seeks stability, when it is really determined to be "radical", you must believe that our country still has the courage." ”

Ye Ming was stunned, and then nodded: "You say." ”

"Needless to say, the engine is upgraded, but more importantly, it is necessary to take the opportunity to establish a factory on the moon to complete the layout of the helium-3 industry chain."

Ye Ming nodded slightly, but quickly asked, "Is there an international agreement for the development of the moon now?" ”

"Yes."

Ye Ming was stunned: "Then how can this monopoly?" ”

Director Niu blinked: "But we didn't participate." ”

Ye Ming: "......"

Director Niu laughed: "The Artemis agreement, which was done a few years ago, pulled a lot of people, but it just didn't pull us and excluded us." ”

When Ye Ming heard this, he immediately became interested: "How do you say it?" ”

"Well, it seems that NASA announced it in 2020, anyway, it is to regulate the exploration and exploitation of the moon by the signatory countries and private companies, and what safety zones should be established around the exploration and mining areas on the surface of the moon. Now the Member States ...... It's basically 5 eyes G7 EU people. ”

Ye Ming laughed.

That's good, isn't it?

Then he was curious: "Anyway, the Artemis project still doesn't fly?" ”

"Hell knows, after the rapid development of controlled nuclear fusion in the past two years, the Artemis program has become a little awkward...... But I estimate that according to Lao Mei's temperament, it should still fly, didn't it mean June this year? Director Niu smiled: "Anyway, there will be a month or two, and I will see it then." ”

“……”

"Since we have not joined the Artemis Accord, it means that we are not restricted, so in the next few years, we will have to complete the establishment of multiple spacecraft as soon as possible, and at the same time complete the industrialization of helium-3."

Saying that, Director Niu Ding Ye Ming: "You know what I mean......"

"Helium-3 fusion commercial power plants are going to be built?"

"Yes, so in the next step, engine upgrades are not necessary, and the main thing is to complete the demonstration construction of commercial power stations for helium-3 fusion, and at the same time accelerate the development of lunar resources."

Ye Ming nodded.

Of course, that's what he thinks, it's just ...... Some goals are easy to say, but when it comes to achieving them technically, it's really hard.

If nothing else, water alone is the biggest problem if we want to intensify development.

Although the existence of water ice has been found on the moon, it is unknown how much there is, whether it is enough or not, and whether it is convenient to extract it.

In order to solve the problem of water resources, the expert group even opened their brains to chase the comet and obtain water resources from the comet.

Of course, experts still dare not open such a brain hole as capturing comets - at least not until they master a large number of antimatter resources.

"In addition to increasing the development of the moon, we should also consider Mars, but the Mars base is more for scientific research than boasting about human migration - Fei Na might as well plant a few more trees in the desert."

Ye Ming laughed.

Lao Niu's words won his heart.

Mars is definitely going to go up, but definitely not as a Martian colony, but as a frontier research station.

In fact, any planet that needs to be modified to be habitable is not suitable for large-scale migration, but only for scientific research and resource gathering.

If you really want to be a cosmic person, you might as well build a huge ark in space and then use a fusion engine to push it out of the solar system.

After the two chatted for almost two hours, Director Niu glanced at the time: "Okay, don't put pressure on you, let's wait until the ignition is successful in two days, and all the plans now can only be determined after the engine is completed, and you will have a trip to the capital at that time." ”

"Hmm."

……

The next day, Director Zhang rushed to meet the fusion group with a group of people, and Chief Engineer Luo of the State Nuclear Corporation also gathered in Jiangcheng with a bunch of experts.

Early in the morning of the third day, Ye Ming arrived at the command hall.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, a large screen in the command hall connected to a video call from the capital.

In the video, the leader first made a very formal anticipation speech, and then said that he would watch the entire ignition process in time with his colleagues and cheer for the entire project team.

Hearing this, although there was applause in the hall, everyone's mood became irrepressibly more nervous.

At eleven :58, Ye Ming and Director Zhang stood in front of the ignition button at the same time.

Ye Ming's hand was on the back of Director Zhang's hand, and he could clearly feel that the person in charge of aerospace, who had once knocked on the plane with a hammer, was shaking constantly at this time.

Perhaps sensing Ye Ming's eyes, Director Zhang also looked up at him, and said in a low voice: "I took a quick effect." ”

Ye Ming: "......"

Director Zhang laughed: "Lie to you, but it's really not okay not to be nervous." ”

"Hmm." Ye Ming took a deep breath: "Don't worry, you won't fail." ”

His voice fell, and the countdown began.

When the countdown reaches zero, both of them work hard at the same time.

I saw that on the monitoring screen, the high-energy particle beam that simulated the ignition picture turned up instantly, and a huge buzzing sound was heard outside the house.

The simulated ion beam then turns blue.

During the monitoring, the temperature number began to jump continuously, and it came to hundreds of millions of degrees in an instant.

Throughout the hall, everyone held their breath.

When the temperature reached 300 million degrees, four big words jumped out in an instant.

"Fusion Begins"

Ye Ming looked at the four words, and Tong Kong instantly shrank: "The engine has 1/10 power output." ”

As his voice fell, a strong light rose from the factory at the monitoring scene in the picture, like the rays of hundreds of millions of suns gathering here and shining towards the cave.

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