"Great, maybe we should send a physicist up."

Yun Hongjun looked at the vast starry sky from the oval porthole and let out his own emotion.

Seryov next to him was spinning in place in the open space in the middle of the cabin, looking having a good time, but he still found time to respond to him:

"Why send a physicist?"

"Because I've heard that science, like literature, always relies on fleeting inspiration at its most cutting-edge level, and inspiration doesn't come from ordinary life.

Now just by looking at the starry sky outside, I feel like my whole life has another understanding, and this is definitely a creator's dream place. ”

Seryov let out a non-graphic laugh, and he felt the same thing in his heart, but he wanted to enjoy the feeling of space itself.

The people who have sent countless astronauts into space can now send themselves, which in itself is a very meaningful thing.

"Chief Master Yun, then you can go to the moon to find understanding, the previous director of NACA said that he would send the chief master of the moon landing, and you will go too.

You'll be outside the station in a spacesuit with a model of the Long March 10 in your hand, and I bet this picture will go down in history. ”

Yun Hongjun didn't reply this time, he really longed for such a picture.

"Teacher Yun, Teacher Yun!"

The young man who complained to him before getting on the plane seemed very close, floated over and handed over a camera.

"Can you take a picture for us? It's incomplete, but it's a graduation photo. ”

Yun Hongjun noticed that he was still holding something in his hand, and when he asked, he found that it was actually a bachelor's gown, and he had brought it with him.

Of course, 11 young people can't stand side by side in the cabin, but fortunately there is no gravity in space, and it is theoretically feasible to stay in the same cross-section.

So a group of young people huddled together and tried to form a three-dimensional circle with their heads facing the middle, hurriedly adjusting their postures but still did not avoid collisions, and they were in a mess for a while.

Seryov held his head and floated diagonally to the side, looked at the chaos in front of him and said:

"There are not enough aerospace planes, the ceiling is too small, and rockets are too expensive."

Yun Hongjun: "Mr. Xie, I think we have done a very good job now, the combination of aerospace aircraft and recyclable rockets, even in 2050, will not be outdated." ”

Seryov: "But what about later? As long as we don't have the ability to master the large-scale exchange of goods on the surface and in low-earth orbit for a day - I'm talking about the kind of at least a few thousand tons, tens of thousands of tons at a time.

I feel like what we need is a space elevator, whether it's throwing a rope down from a synchronous orbit, or building it up from the ground like the Tower of Babel, or this epoch-making thing. ”

"Hmm......"

"I think that's something that the next generation, the next generation of talent, needs to think about, and the material technology required for these projects is too advanced."

"Perhaps, but I think it's going to have to be done this century."

"Teacher Yun, take quick shots, it's going to be messy again!"

"Ah, I'm hitting my head again!"

"Pull me a little, my feet seem to be hanging on the porthole."

“……”

……

Presidential palace.

Sullivan wiped the sweat from his head, looked at John with a "joking" expression and asked:

"Sir, do we really want to ask them for money?"

"Collect, of course!"

John took it for granted, and even gritted his teeth a little.

"Do you know how much funding several national labs have asked me for? 340 million, 340 million dollars!

Just to apply for $340 million in funding for the production of a small warhead with a mature technology and a yield of less than 200,000 tons! ”

Sullivan immediately explained:

"It's not just the cost of producing a hydrogen bomb, we haven't made a new nuclear bomb for decades, the eight major nuclear laboratories and companies need to restart production lines and recruit parts suppliers, and the moon program in the future needs even more.

Now the money can only get them running first, not much at all.

We've negotiated all the fees for free, and now it's more troublesome to object. ”

The point of contention between the two is, of course, the test explosion of the hydrogen bomb that will be used to clean up nuclear radiation, and the official caliber of the IAEA has been released to say that it is free, but John wants to regret the first flight.

He also has a very good reason: We send people and equipment to wipe your ass, and it is not natural to collect some money?

Sullivan thinks that this is not a little unacceptable from the perspective of island countries, but John immediately took out the amendment to the "Outer Space Treaty" that had just been signed to refute:

This is not a hydrogen bomb at all, the scientific name is "fusion energy multi-purpose engineering blasting device", and there is no need to think about this.

The two sides argued for a while, and finally Sullivan finally made a compromise:

"Since you also think that this money is too much and we should not pay for it, then we should also let others pay for it, after all, saving the rich island is also saving the Pacific Ocean, which is equivalent to saving the people of the world."

John was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "You mean the United Nations?" Let them pay for pollution? What money they have, they will definitely not be able to come up with. ”

"No, it's not an official organization, we donate money from the private sector, cough ......"

Although there was no one around, John kept his voice down:

"When you go to people in Asia to raise donations, they must be very enthusiastic."

……

October 12, Edo.

Academician Zhou, Tomarsov, Jon and other experts finally put on symptoms again after playing for more than ten days, and immediately alerted Tomoaki Kobayakawa, who had been squatting in the hotel.

He hurriedly ran over and asked with concern:

"Zhou Sang, where is the IAEA going to inspect today? We'll arrange for someone to host you right away. ”

Academician Zhou smiled: "If we don't investigate today, we have completed the investigation of the data needed in the early stage, and we are about to leave the island country." ”

Tomoaki Kobayakawa almost didn't laugh when he heard that the expert group was about to leave, but he still couldn't help but pretend to be sorry and said:

"It's a shame that there are a lot of authentic food and customs in Edo that you haven't experienced yet, and we're really sorry that we didn't have a good hospitality."

"There is no need for Mr. Kobayakawa like this, the hotel room IAEA will continue to be chartered, and we will be back in about a week, this time just for a meeting in Manhattan."

"Manhattan?"

Tomoaki Kobayakawa immediately understood that it was the seat of the United Nations, but they went to the United Nations...... In other words, you still have to make trouble?

"This ...... Zhou Sang, is it inconvenient for you to disclose some ......?"

Academician Zhou showed a knowing smile, and rubbed his index finger and thumb lightly.

Kobayakawa Tomoaki immediately became indignant when he saw this scene, these days he tried to bribe with money, at first the experts were resolute not to accept it, but since a few days ago, I don't know how to change their attitude and be willing to accept money, and they ask for a lot, and the minimum is a million dollars.

More than 20 million yuan has been spent on the activities, and as a result, no valuable information has been found, but now it has to be paid.

Seeing that Kobayakawa nodded sadly, Academician Zhou smiled on the surface but actually scolded his mother in his heart, scolding the IAEA for being too shameless, but he was a little excited, wanting to know what Kobaya's reaction would be after he finally found out what the money was used for.

After he stared at Kobayakawa to complete the transfer, he said with confidence:

"The IAEA has completed the first phase of the pollution control plan, which will be adopted at this United Nations meeting."

(End of chapter)