my tech museum

Chapter 300 Going to Mars
"I thought you didn't even participate in the official operation test of our first fusion power plant. Dean, are you really so relieved to hand over the whole project to me?"

Monday, January 2029, 1.

Laba Festival.

Binjiang City.

Longhu Fusion Power Station.

In the main control room, Pei Hongyin looked at Xu Lei beside him, and greeted him very relaxedly.

Speaking of which, when he was first assigned to be in charge of the fusion power plant construction project, Pei Hongyin was really worried, and it was precisely because of this that he asked Xu Lei to participate in guiding the work many times.

The results were all rejected on the grounds of developing Qiankun No. [-].

As a result, he can only bite the bullet and complete various tasks in the fusion power station.

For a person like him whose almost whole body is going to be buried in the soil, the difficulty is really not ordinary.

Fortunately, Li Chengzhe and other people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences were there to help.

Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to complete the project in the short term.

Now that the Longhu Fusion Power Station has been successfully established and has entered the stage of operational testing, Pei Hongyin is undoubtedly completely relaxed.

After all, this time can be said to be a foregone conclusion.

No matter what the result is, we can only wait for the re-planning, design and construction later.

Xu Lei knew from the beginning that the construction of the fusion power station was a sure thing for Pei Hongyin, so what he saw before him was within his expectations.

After listening to what Pei Hongyin said, a warm smile appeared on his face, and he quickly responded.

"Old Pei's ability is obvious to all, so I'm certainly relieved."

"However, this is the world's first fusion power plant operation after all, which contains such a great historical significance, I must come to participate in the test in person."

For this fusion power station.

Because it is located on the outskirts of Binjiang City, and it is mainly built by future technology.

Xu Lei personally named it Longhu fusion power station.

But I have to say that Xu Lei is still somewhat nervous at the moment.

Whether Longhu Fusion Power Station can operate successfully, passing this test is related to the subsequent construction of fusion power stations in other provinces in China.

It must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Who made Xu Lei want to gain influence at present, the only thing he can count on is the fusion power station and the newly developed Qiankun No. [-].

If the Longhu fusion power station runs smoothly to provide electricity for the entire province and bring him a high amount of influence, then Future Technology will definitely start building fusion power stations in other places at the same time, which is equivalent to completing the domestic Changes in the energy system.

It is an implementation plan that is beneficial but harmless.

But as for the final test results, it can only depend on luck.

After all, although Xu Lei believed in Pei Hongyin's strength, the construction of the entire fusion power station was not the work of one person alone.

No one can be sure of the final performance.

And when these thoughts appeared frequently in Xu Lei's mind, Li Chengzhe next to him suddenly said: "It's almost time, it's time for the test, teacher."

And if you listen carefully, you will find that there is a little trill in Li Chengzhe's words.

Vibrato from excitement.

Since Li Chengzhe was able to take over the banner of the person in charge of the artificial sun project from Pei Hongyin, he must be very interested in this field.

Otherwise, it would not have been cultivating for so many years, and even agreed to join overseas laboratories.

But the advent of controllable nuclear fusion technology completely destroyed what little pride he had left.

And even the artificial sun project has been terminated.

Originally, he thought that he and his team could only do research on ordinary projects, but he never expected to be invited by the Nuclear Fusion Research Institute of Future Technology to participate in the research and construction of fusion power plants.

Although marveling at Xu Lei's speed, he started to build a fusion power station in a short time.

But there is absolutely no reason to refuse such an invitation.

On the contrary, it is too late for everyone to take this opportunity to get in touch with the real controllable nuclear fusion technology.

It is from this idea.

After Li Chengzhe joined the Longhu Fusion Power Station project team, he was attracted by the various fusion and timely knowledge involved within a few days.

The whole person is completely immersed in it and cannot extricate himself.

From a certain point of view, he is also responsible for the completion of the current fusion power station. Seeing its successful operation is a disguised realization of his dream.

When Pei Hongyin heard Li Chengzhe's reminder, he subconsciously looked at Xu Lei.

Usually everyone in the station listened to his arrangements, but Xu Lei finally came here today, so he naturally wanted to push the matter to Xu Lei.

Let the other party also experience these troubles.

However, Xu Lei is so shrewd. He just met Pei Hongyin's eyes, and before he could speak, he said: "Mr. Pei doesn't need to look at me, you can explain according to the normal procedure."

"I think you might as well not come today." Pei Hongyin said helplessly.

Although Xu Lei also felt a little bullying the old man, he felt relieved when he thought that Pei Hongyin really loved nuclear fusion.

Anyway, after the Longhu fusion power station is completed, he will be completely free.

Because of the example of Longhu Fusion Power Station in other parts of the country, the construction of fusion power stations will only be faster and smoother.

After all, fusion power plants can be replicated.

As Xu Lei said, Pei Hongyin really loves the research of nuclear fusion.

No matter what he said, his mind was always on the business, and he didn't waste any time because of it.

Almost as soon as Xu Lei finished speaking, he glanced at the leaders of Binjiang City beside him and asked them to confirm the preliminary preparations for the operation test of the fusion power station.

"Director Li."

"Is everything I arranged in place?"

"Don't worry, Academician Pei, the entire province has been cut off tonight, and all emergency measures have been implemented." Hearing that he was called, Li Ming gave an accurate answer without hesitation.

The impact of such a province-wide power outage will definitely not be small, so the relevant notice has been released a few days in advance.

In addition, the Longhu Fusion Power Station will soon provide power energy support.

Basically minimize the impact.

Also.

The province's main power generation facilities are also on standby.

for two situations.

If the Longhu Fusion Power Station is running successfully, these traditional power plants will cease to operate forever.

But if the running test fails, they need to continue to work to restore power to the province as soon as possible to avoid greater impact.

Pei Hongyin confirmed the situation from Li Ming's mouth, then looked at the time, and then told Li Chengzhe: "Let's start, Li, it's time to reap the rewards after working hard for so long."

"is teacher."

Hearing that he was arranged for the final activation, Lee Seung-cheol suppressed his excitement.

After nodding abruptly in answer, it seemed as if he could hear his own heartbeat.

Then, under the gaze of many eyes, he walked slowly to the operating table, and decisively pressed the ignition start button of the fusion power plant.

……

Although the news of the blackout was announced a few days in advance, there are always some people who don't pay much attention.

After a sudden power outage, the pot exploded instantly.

Because the built-in battery of the virtual helmet is only to ensure that the user can safely leave the virtual world after encountering special circumstances, and cannot maintain the user's state in the virtual world for a long time.

Not to mention continuing to play virtual games.

So when everyone was forced out of the virtual world by the system, they all took out their holographic terminal devices and went online to inquire about the situation.

At first, those who didn't understand the situation were quite angry.

But after being explained by others, knowing that his own Longhu fusion power station was going to be officially put into use, his attitude suddenly turned 180 degrees, and instead took the opportunity to start Versailles.

I don't know how many lemon essences have been attracted on the Internet.

"Who knows why the power went out, I'm dating my girlfriend in the virtual world!"

"I'm in Binjiang City, and there's a power outage. Do you even dare to stop the power of Future Technology Company?"

"Let's not talk about Binjiang City, the electricity in the whole province is cut off."

"Don't you all know that the Longhu fusion power station in Binjiang City is officially running tests today, so there is a short power outage?"

"Good guy, I know better than you guys in Yangcheng."

"It turns out that our Longhu Fusion Power Station is about to be put into use, Nami is wet!"

"I suspect that you are in Versailles, and the evidence is strong."

Let's talk about the Longhu fusion power station.

While the outside world was waiting for the power to be restored, everyone in the main control room couldn't help feeling tense.

I'm afraid there will be problems that will cause the entire project to be wasted.

Fortunately, things are going well.

Since the Qiankun No. [-] nuclear fusion device has been perfectly operated successfully, it shows that its technology is very mature, so there will definitely not be any sudden changes.

Under the expectation of everyone, the core nuclear fusion device in the Longhu Fusion Power Station was successfully ignited and put into operation.

Make a shocking sound that cannot be described in words.

And because the Longhu Fusion Power Station has more complete functions than the Qiankun No. [-] in the research institute, the ratio of energy input and output will soon be fed back with detailed data.

"Look, teacher."

After receiving this data, Li Chengzhe just glanced at it, and then impatiently handed it to Pei Hongyin.

"Okay!"

"The ratio of the Longhu Fusion Power Station far exceeds that of Qiankun-[-]."

"We made it."

After Pei Hongyin received the data and said these words with great excitement, the entire master control room suddenly burst into warm applause.

Everyone had smiles of joy on their faces.

Although Xu Lei didn't look at the data separately, he knew that the Longhu Fusion Power Station was a success.

As for the next step, it is time for him to reap his influence.

"This is good news. Everyone participate in the celebration banquet tonight and relax." In the end Xu Lei left these words and drove away in a good mood.

The Longhu Fusion Power Station can be built in such a short period of time, it must be inseparable from the joint efforts of everyone.

After working so hard for so long, they must celebrate and relax.

The reason why Xu Lei chose to leave was that he was focusing on influence, and he didn't want to put too much pressure on everyone.

After all, if someone as outstanding as him stays, others will not be able to let him go.

at the same time.

Accompanied by the successful operation of Longhu Fusion Power Station.

The electricity in the whole province has also been restored one after another, and the price of subsequent electricity bills will also be adjusted to completely get rid of the traditional fossil energy conversion.

When the good news was announced, the whole network immediately fell into a heated discussion.

Many people hope that the next fusion power station will be built in their own province.

Overseas, naturally, they are even more envious, especially since the price of oil has plummeted. If they continue to mine, they will simply throw money into the sea.

It has become worthless.

For this reason, some small forces had no choice but to show the greatest sincerity and wanted to reach a cooperation with Yan Fang.

It is hoped that clean nuclear fusion energy can be used.

Although for small forces like them, only one fusion power station can meet the demand, but it still takes a while to wait patiently.

Before the domestic energy structure is completely changed, others can only watch.

After returning to the Longfor Hi-Tech Park, the first thing Xu Lei did when he walked into his office was to control his consciousness into the space of the Science and Technology Museum.

The booth where the controllable fusion technology is located in the lobby.

When Xu Lei came here again and moved his eyes to the information screen, familiar data broke into his sight.

Name: Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology

Level: Level [-] Civilization

Evaluation: The illuminating lamp of the universe, the symbol of civilization entering the first level.

Influence: 126 million/1000 million

Collection unit: Science and Technology Museum of Cosmic Civilization.

"It actually directly increased the influence of more than 100 million, I really didn't expect it!"

Looking at the data in the column of influence, Xu Lei can be said to be quite surprised. He did not expect that a single fusion power station would provide him with more than one million influence.

At this speed, as long as a few more fusion power stations are built across the country, the influence of tens of millions will not be a problem.

But it's normal to think about it.

Although these influences are only provided by a fusion power station, this fusion power station serves tens of millions of people.

As these thoughts appeared in his mind, Xu Lei suddenly felt that the construction of other fusion power stations should be put on the agenda.

Especially considering that there are nearly 80 billion people in the world today, if they are all used to use fusion energy, I believe the influence will reach a very scary number.

Of course this takes a lot of time.

As the saying goes, you can't become a fat man by eating one bite. At present, it is the most important thing for him to gather the influence of tens of millions.

In this way, even if the upper space cannot be unlocked by then, at least new exhibits can be unlocked.

After confirming the next plan, Xu Lei didn't stay in the museum hall for long, and quickly controlled his consciousness to leave this space.

But it's worth mentioning that the moment he left, he couldn't help but glance at the elevator leading to the upper floor.

-

After the news of the great success of the Longhu Fusion Power Station spread, in addition to a large number of comments from netizens on the Internet, responsible representatives in many places took the initiative to contact Future Technology.

They all want Future Technology to be the first to build a fusion power station there.

Because this matter happened to be in line with Xu Lei's plan, he naturally would not choose to refuse.

The number of people in the Naihe Research Institute who can participate in the construction of the fusion power station is limited, and Pei Hongyin is indeed old and no longer suitable for such a laborious project. Even with the assistance of Li Chengzhe and the others, at most two fusion power stations can be built at the same time.

In this way, the remaining places can only queue up temporarily.

In the end, after Xingtong's simulation calculation, the two most relaxing places were selected from the fusion power station construction locations submitted by various regions.

This can ensure that the fusion power station is completed in a relatively short period of time.

At the same time, it can also train newcomers by the way.

In addition, this approach also convinced other people, willing to patiently wait for the next opportunity.

Although the location of the two new fusion power stations can serve a larger population, it is still a bit short of reaching a breakthrough of tens of millions.

But Xu Lei is not too worried about this.

The spacecraft that mainly uses the Qiankun-[-] nuclear fusion power plant is about to set off for Mars, and it will be broadcast live globally, which has far-reaching significance. According to Xu Lei's judgment, it should also increase a lot of influence.

The addition of the two might be enough to make up tens of millions of influence.

Even if it is still close in the end, it will definitely be enough when the fourth fusion power station is built.

However, as the day of Mars mission is gradually approaching, the popularity of Longhu Fusion Power Station has not been maintained on the Internet for too long.

Soon the topic of everyone's discussion shifted to Mars.

Mars is the fourth closest planet to the sun, because the surface is covered with hematite, so that the whole planet appears orange.

In addition, due to the early human exploration of Mars, it was discovered that there is a large amount of water ice under the surface of Mars' poles and mid-latitudes.

And it is very likely that there used to be life.

These circumstances have caused everyone to look forward to Mars, and it is the first choice for human beings to choose interstellar immigration.

In a way, the attention of Mars is no less than that of the moon.

The key is different from the previous launch of the rover to Mars. This time, the astronauts are actually dispatched to land, and military bases and galaxy monitoring stations will also be built.

It can be called a historic moment for mankind.

By then, when military bases and monitoring stations are built, human beings' understanding of Mars will also reach a very high level.

Maybe more signs of life can be found.

Even living life.

These will play a vital role in the development of human civilization.

seven days later.

With the arrival of a suitable launch window, the live broadcast that has attracted audiences around the world has finally begun.

Since the spacecraft used a nuclear fusion power plant, seven astronauts, and various equipment resources enough to survive on Mars for several months, the volume of the spacecraft was much larger than the previous ordinary Shenzhou spacecraft.

Not even a space elevator can do a one-time transport.

In this case, the personnel in the space agency had to take the lead in using the space elevator to transport the spacecraft in batches.

After arriving at the near-Earth spaceport, the docking is completed.

As for the live broadcast this time, seven astronauts took a space elevator to enter the interior of the spacecraft, and then the nuclear fusion power plant was ignited to propel the spacecraft to distant Mars.

According to preliminary calculations, the astronauts will have to travel in space for at least two months.

This is a great torture to the mind and body.

So this time, the selection of astronauts is mainly based on the elderly who have performed related tasks.

At the beginning of the live broadcast, the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft located in the near-Earth spaceport was first shown in the screen, and an engineer explained it.

So that everyone can have a clearer understanding of the performance of nuclear fusion powered spacecraft.

However, for the large number of viewers in the live broadcast room, while paying attention to the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft, they also showed great interest in the near-Earth spaceport.

In order for the space elevator to operate successfully, the space agency frequently launched rockets to complete the docking and assembly of the cornerstone modules of the near-Earth space port.

Now the near-Earth spaceport is very complete and has already been put into use.

In addition, the space agency has also built a near-moon spaceport in lunar orbit to better transport lunar resources.

However, since the space port has not been publicized too much, and there is no similar live broadcast event, everyone is not too impressed with it.

With the opportunity to observe the nuclear fusion-powered Mars spacecraft, I can almost see the whole picture of the near-Earth space port, and I am quite happy and excited, so that the number of bullet screens in the live broadcast room has increased rapidly.

"Fuck, is this our near-Earth spaceport? It's too spectacular!"

"It feels like a few Star Warships short."

"Who would have thought that our aerospace industry has achieved such achievements, and there is almost no one who can fight overseas."

"What the hell, those people overseas are basically doing badly in spaceflight."

"Speaking of which, your focus is wrong."

"Show me the fusion-powered Mars spaceship, it's super cool, okay?"

"It is mainly due to the power of the nuclear fusion power plant produced by future technology, otherwise it would be impossible to carry out Mars missions in the next few years."

"I wonder if life can be found on Mars?"

……

After completing the explanation of the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft, the live broadcast screen immediately switched to the seven astronauts who performed the mission.

And soon everyone found a familiar figure.

"Hello everyone."

"I am Ye Junmin, an astronaut, and I will lead the team to carry out the Mars landing mission."

"Please stay tuned and look forward to our triumphant return."

Yes.

Ye Junmin happened to be among the astronauts participating in the Mars landing mission.

And he is the captain.

From the rookie who participated in the moon landing mission for the first time, to the construction of the Guanghan Palace lunar base to mine resources, he has grown rapidly.

To this day, it is even more of a heavy burden to shoulder.

It is necessary to successfully complete the task, but also to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the team members.

Soon.

When the seven astronauts finished sharing their feelings at the moment in turn, they immediately entered the space elevator.

Prepare to rendezvous with the fusion-powered spacecraft.

"Start the elevator."

"Tiangong is ready to receive."

"Pay attention to locking the status of the spacecraft at the Guanghangong Moon Base to ensure the safe docking of the astronauts."

Dengtian Island.

Ground station control center.

As the chief person in charge, Wu Chuping decisively issued the activation order, and then quickly updated several new orders. At this moment, the whole person is in a state of high tension.

Because only when the astronauts successfully entered the interior of the spacecraft and successfully ignited and propelled it, this mission was considered an initial success.

Only then can you relax a little bit.

Faced with Wu Chuping's instructions, the staff naturally did not dare to slack off, and soon a series of status announcements sounded in the control center.

Finally, under the watch of the global audience in the live broadcast room, the astronauts successfully arrived at the Tiangong space station.

And enter the near-Earth spaceport through a special way to complete the docking with the nuclear fusion powered spacecraft, and then the astronauts will operate the ignition and start the spacecraft internally.

And this operation also determines the success or failure of the task.

In such a thrilling scene, many viewers even held their breath unconsciously, watching with great anticipation.

At the same time, this also included Xu Lei who was watching the live broadcast in Binjiang City, but his face was relatively calm.

(End of this chapter)