At 2:10 p.m., two rocket segments, which had been delayed for several hours, were slowly transported by trailer from the gate of the base where a large section of the fence and access was dismantled.

And the section of the road it passes through is also deliberately cut down on both sides of the trees, and bare stumps can be seen everywhere.

Academician She and Lin Ju followed the convoy for more than two hours before arriving at the floating wharf, although it is a temporary construction, but the scale is not small, two 1500-ton crawler cranes have been waiting here for several days.

Watching the busy workers begin to tie slings to the two sections of the arrow body under supervision, Academician She still couldn't believe that such a huge thing was actually a rocket.

Lin Ju: "In a few days, the 'Chapter 9' spacecraft will also go offline, and it will have to be transported out from here, and the timeliness of the waterway after getting used to the airlift is too poor, and a month is even enough for us to build a No. 3 rocket." ”

Academician She: "If you choose to launch at the mouth of the magic capital, it will definitely be much faster." ”

Lin Ju: "For the No. 4 rocket, the impact of latitude on the transportation capacity cannot be ignored, even if it is only two thousandths, that is 30 tons of capacity, and it can send an additional 10 tons of payload to the moon, which is more than a Long March 7 to send over." ”

“……”

Academician She was a little speechless about the space agency's strongest rocket in service being reduced to a unit of measurement, but quickly adjusted and asked:

"I heard you made 100 H280s? There are only 39 rockets for one No. 4 rocket, so you don't think you have any plans to produce a second rocket, do you? ”

Lin Ju shook his head, one Xinyuan No. 4 is enough, and its application range is still very limited.

"It's really not, the main thing is that we calculate the cost, and the total cost of producing 39 units after spreading the cost of R&D and adjusting the production line is almost no different from 100 units, so we simply produce more than one batch of hoarding."

"So is this a tail item in stock? Can I get a discount if I sell it? ”

“……”

……

Beijing, City Hall, October 27.

Wu Yunfeng stood at the front and delivered a speech to the full audience.

"The first World Frontier Physics Promotion Exchange Conference has been successfully concluded, and I would like to thank all the scientists from 26 countries, thank you for coming here, and thank you for your efforts for the progress of human science!"

Applause immediately erupted in the venue, and then they all looked more expectantly at the dean who walked up to the stage with a smile.

Although there have been rumors that TEPA has been approved since the middle and late stages of the meeting, there is no specific information on the end, and the current appearance of the dean must be with this answer.

The gray-haired dean looked around at the luxurious audience below, and said with tens of thousands of pairs of expectant eyes:

"Based on the current development status of high-energy physics and the objective fact that China's basic science was insufficient in the early stage, we believe that China has the need to further build large-scale basic science research facilities based on the opinions of the Academy of Sciences and the Institute of High Energy Physics.

Based on various factors, we have decided to start the construction plan of a new generation of 300 trillion electron-volt ultra-large cyclotron proton accelerator, which is expected to start in 2018, be completed before 2030, and be put into use no later than 2035.

With a total cost of about 157 billion yuan, it will become the world's largest proton accelerator and make important contributions to the progress of human basic science.

Now, we sincerely invite scientific people, organizations and institutions from all over the world to join the accelerator construction plan and work together for the progress of civilization! ”

The speech was unexpectedly short, and after the dean finished speaking, he put down the manuscript and looked calmly ahead, and then heard thunderous applause from tens of thousands of people.

In particular, many Nobel laureates and famous physicists standing in the front row stood up and applauded.

Although Stephen Hawking couldn't get up, he still typed a series of "Great" on the computer screen.

After several minutes, the applause at the scene slowly subsided, but the atmosphere was unprecedentedly enthusiastic.

Rolf Hull looked at Penrose excitedly and couldn't help but sigh:

"157 billion RMB! It's just 20 billion euros, which is 1 billion euros less than the LHC, and maybe we should have built an accelerator in China a long time ago, and the cost here is much lower.

Less money than LHC, but the energy level has increased by at least 20 times! ”

Penrose: "Infrastructure is their forte, and they probably build more underground railways in a year than they do in all of Europe.

But this is also a lot of money, I have seen their investment in scientific research last year, aerospace accounted for about 3.4%, and TEPA needs about 1% of the occupation every year in 10 years, which is a very exaggerated number. ”

Hull: "We have to join in, the LHC will reach its limit for 3 years at most, it's a shame, I hope I'll be clear at that time!" ”

But as soon as he finished saying this, he realized that something was wrong, because Hawking next to him had not had much time after diagnosis, and ten years was too sleepy for him.

However, Hawking himself obviously didn't care much, and even squeezed out a smile:

"Roger, you said that life never ends, and the universe is always in a cycle, so I can still see the truth of the universe, and death is only a temporary separation."

The three of them didn't talk a few words, because order had been restored to the venue, and now it was the turn of many of the selected participating scholars to take the stage to give speeches, and they still had to show respect.

As a result of TEPA's announcement, the last two hours of the event were lively, and the proposal of the Academy of Sciences to hold it once a year was unanimously approved.

At the end of the day, the first three rows of participants gathered on the stage to take a group photo, and Hull and Penrose also pushed Hawking up.

After taking a group photo of the 21st century scientific content, the people in the audience began to disperse gradually, but the more than 100 people on the stage stayed at the request of the organizers.

It wasn't until the people below had almost walked that Wu Yunfeng and Ye Changsi walked in front of everyone together.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Ye Changsi, as an applied physicist and a practitioner in the aerospace field, he also participated in the development of aerospace aircraft."

Ye Changsi said hello to the crowd mixed with more than half of the foreigners, and went straight to the point without any nonsense:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Aerospace Development Council wants to establish a permanent scientific body for academic exchanges and consulting services for scientists from all over the world.

In addition to our regular allowances, we are committed to providing each participating member with the opportunity to go into space once a year for scientific experiments. ”

The scientists in China were the first to react and their eyes widened, and the rest of the people from many countries needed the help of translators, and quickly expressed their shock in various languages, communicating with their companions in disbelief.

Hawking, who is in the front C position, moved the wheelchair forward half a meter and typed a line of characters on the computer:

“I join you.”

(End of chapter)