"Wow, it looks like a product of the future."

Stephen Hawking was walking in the exhibition hall of the 507 Institute in a wheelchair, stopping when he passed by the pioneering series of spacesuits, and expressed his feelings on the screen.

There weren't many people next to him, and there were less than ten people from the Aviation Development Commission and the Wei Fang, so Lin Ju, who was closest to him, responded with a smile:

"Our future is the future of this planet, but what you are studying is the real, cosmic future."

Penrose: "But your future can be obtained on tiptoe, and our future needs to be waited for by the entire human civilization, and perhaps in the end it is only a mistake to wait." ”

"But we're just moving forward with one mistake after another."

Academician She, who was at the back of the crowd, stepped forward, although their research fields were not related, they still had a lot in common.

"Just like United Mining, we are facing an unprecedented problem for mankind, every step is full of unknowns, but the whole country is working hard for it, investing a huge amount of money.

We have a saying that the road is tortuous, but the future is bright. Obviously, the future of mankind is closely related to the development of physics, but its return cycle is longer than that of spaceflight, but the final harvest is also greater. ”

Stephen Hawking: "But the path of physics is not only tortuous, but also gradually narrowing, and now most of the theories we create are based on other unproven theories, and the front has become a dead end. ”

Hawking and Penrose also have the title of thinker, and the latter will also make the inference that "death is only an illusion, life is eternal" a few years later, so the topic involuntarily shifts more and more in the direction of philosophy, and Lin Ju can only watch a few old men discuss the truth of life there.

The following day, they also took Hawking to visit the Jingu rocket manufacturing base, and the final schedule was to go to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Site to watch the giant rocket launch on September 13 - two more service modules of the Qianjin have been built, which will be launched in a week's time, and the two H2M space shuttles have also been prepared.

Before going to Jiuquan, Hawking made a request to talk to Lin Ju and Academician She, and although the latter was a little surprised, he still agreed with kindness.

The meeting place was in the hotel with the bag, and Lin Ju and Academician She went in only to find that not only Hawking, but also Peng Rose and Rolf Hull were there, as well as an interpreter.

Both of them were a little unfamiliar with Hull, but the other party took the initiative to introduce themselves, and they knew that this was actually one of the main leaders of the European Hadron Collider LHC, and they immediately admired it.

Since the start of the LHC in 1995, it has cost 21 billion euros, more than 7,000 scientists and engineers from more than 80 countries participated, and countless cutting-edge physicists and more than 2,500 scholars from all walks of life have worked to complete the development of cutting-edge physics.

Before the two of them went in and sat down, Roger Penrose said amazingly:

"We want to build humanity's largest particle accelerator in China and mobilize scientists from all over the world to support it."

After listening to the translation, Lin Ju and Academician She looked at each other, although they were thinking about what the purpose was before they came, they really didn't think of this layer.

Scientists in the country suggest that we build the largest accelerator?

Seeing the puzzled looks of the two, Hull began to explain:

"Your science has developed to a world-class level, and you must no longer be satisfied with getting cutting-edge science from Europe and Aramco, and since you have invested heavily in aerospace, you must have prepared a plan for the construction of basic science.

FAST is a great achievement, and we thought the next step would be a particle accelerator, so let's make some suggestions. ”

Unprepared, Lin Ju could only ask tentatively, "Then why don't you suggest Europe and Ami to build it?" ”

Penrose: "The LHC has only been in use for more than 10 years, and it is still in its prime, so it will definitely not invest in new accelerators.

But we are worried about the future, you have a great pursuit of science and a strong industrial capacity, there is no need to repeat our results, but to build a super-accelerator that can uncover the most microscopic secrets. ”

"How big?"

Penrose: "A superaccelerator that can accelerate protons to more than 250 Tev and have a circumference of more than 100 kilometers will definitely bring a new breakthrough in physics."

If you decide to build such an accelerator, the entire scientific community will provide you with full technical and financial support, for the sake of all humanity. ”

The circumference is 100 kilometers, which is more than three times the size of the LHC.

Academician She's first reaction was to shake his head, with the current situation in China, I am afraid that it will cost more than 50 billion yuan to invest, and this is really a pure investment with no return at all, and the annual maintenance and use costs in the future will make people's scalp numb.

But Lin Ju spoke out in time to stop his movements:

"Three gentlemen, I'm afraid you'll have to convince some people to do it, and there are some scientists in our country who are against building accelerators."

……

By the time Lin Ju and Academician She left, it was already late at night, and the two of them were in the car and prepared to return to the Aviation Development Committee first, thinking about how to report first.

"Old She, I feel like they're here just for this."

"I also know, heh, I really didn't expect to persuade us to engage in basic science."

The status and prestige of the three scientists are quite high, and their proposals will not have a small impact even at home, which makes both of them feel a little tricky.

But Lin Ju also had some joy in his heart, after all, the base also urgently needed particle accelerators for the research of controllable nuclear fusion pre-technology, and the answer he got from the Academy of Sciences at that time was "missing an opportunity", and now it seems that this opportunity is about to appear.

Once the accelerator is completed, the weak force control technology is completed, and controlled nuclear fusion is beckoning to mankind.

Academician She looked at Lin Ju, who didn't speak, and raised his eyebrows:

"You're also thinking about accelerators?"

"Basic science always has to be done, and our goal in the future is definitely to lead the world, and without this thing we are missing a link."

Academician She: "But it's not without it in China, and it's not small. ”

Lin Ju: "But didn't they say that none of the existing accelerators could break through...... What kind of bottleneck, below that energy level is useless, if you want to build, you have to build a big guy who is the largest and has enough insight into the deepest secrets. ”

Academician She seemed to be convinced, and in the end he didn't say anything to refute it, but just sighed:

"It's not up to us to do this, we're just a messenger, whether we really want to do it depends on the Academy of Sciences and the meaning of the above."

"No, maybe it's related."

Academician She turned his head curiously and listened to Lin Ju say:

"It seems that the research on the lunar particle accelerator has been carried out at the Qingshan base, and I will ask what the situation is, and if it is feasible, we will report it together."

(End of chapter)