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Chapter 426: Just lie down and save yourself the trouble

After Professor Ye left, Kang Chi did not rush to leave, but took the opportunity to chat with Li Xinqiang about the chief engineer of the moon landing who was briefly mentioned at the award ceremony last time.

"…Helium-3 on the moon is a real fuel for controlled nuclear fusion. Mining on the moon to extract helium-3 is an urgent matter. So it's not that I have no interest in the moon. It's just that I prefer to do it myself according to my own company's model. The position of chief engineer of manned lunar landing is probably not suitable for me."

After speaking of his thoughts, Kang Chi immediately asked: "And I don't know if you've heard that I developed some robots before..."

"Yeah, I know that!"

Although the confidentiality level of war robots is very high, a big shot in the aerospace research community like Li Xinqiang is definitely qualified to know.

Last time, when the people from the Ministry of Science and Technology were explaining to Li Xinqiang how to install and use quantum communication chips, they also demonstrated the robot called "Harvester" on site.
Li Xinqiang still remembers what happened that day very clearly, because he had never been so shocked in his life.

Both the robot itself and its core quantum communication chip are definitely leaps and bounds in modern technology.

In particular, the communication problems solved by quantum communication chips can enable military aircraft and ships to communicate more covertly, safely, and efficiently, and can also unscrupulously block and interfere with the enemy's full-band...

However, we cannot say that it is unscrupulous. Quantum communication solves the communication problem, but it cannot solve the problem of positioning and navigation.
In order to solve the navigation problem in the electromagnetic interference zone, the military currently adopts the navigation relay method, that is, leaving a "locator" responsible for tracking friendly targets outside the interference zone, and then telling the friendly party its position in real time through quantum communication. Because tracking can only be done by relatively primitive methods such as optics and heat sources, the interference zone is too large, and multiple "locators" must be set up to relay, so as to ensure that the friendly party can maintain a certain navigation function in the full-band blocking interference area.

As for the enemy, they become blind and deaf in such an environment.

Without communication, there is no communication. Without navigation, you don’t even know where your home is, let alone find the enemy.

If a fighter plane enters such an area, it can only fly aimlessly. If this interference area also has a "tracking attribute"...

The final fate of this fighter plane is either to run out of fuel and crash into the sea, or to make an emergency landing on a random visible flat ground. The risk of fried chicken is extremely high!

It is precisely because electronic warfare is smokeless and no shots are fired during the entire process, so this kind of "actual combat" has often occurred in Nanhai before, and it can even be said that both sides fought "unscrupulously".
After all, there is no such thing as "who fired the first shot". It's like two people shaking hands and secretly competing with each other. It feels great if you win, but it hurts if you lose.

But on the surface everyone was still smiling, they were just constantly "getting to know" each other again in their hearts.

Honestly speaking, the international definition of war is outdated. There are too many forms of modern and future wars. It is not necessary for shells to fall on people's heads and a hot war to be called a war. What many people think of as peace is actually just an appearance. In many invisible places, even brains may be beaten out...

In short, quantum communication plays a huge role in the field of military communications, and it can be said to be a great help to spacecraft.

Take the case of Lucy's disappearance for example. In essence, it was because the intelligent program was not capable of handling emergencies. If there had not been a one-hour delay in its communication with the Earth, the command center could have easily avoided the accident through manual control.

Therefore, after Dahan Chip Industry's quantum communication chip was initially mass-produced, the supply priority of the aerospace industry was actually higher than that of the military.

Since June last year, all rockets and probes launched by China's aerospace industry have actually used quantum communication chips.

The actual usage experience is so good!

The only regret is that the data transmission capacity of a quantum communication chip is only 4TB and its durability is not high.

So now they either install a few more, even dozens of them, or use them together.
Traditional communications are responsible for transmitting data that is of low importance, large in size, and requires long-term stable transmission, while quantum communication chips are mainly responsible for processing important flight, orbit change, docking and other data involving control and safety.

It was precisely because he knew how terrible this thing was that Li Xinqiang didn't get angry at all when he heard that Kang Chi was the first to win the award at the award ceremony.

The results this guy has published are already very exaggerated, not to mention what he has come up with in secret.

If he is willing to engage in aerospace, I wonder what kind of surprises he will bring to China...

Li Xinqiang had extremely high expectations for Kang Chi to join the moon landing project. Now that he heard that Kang Chi politely rejected the project, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

However, when he heard the word "robot", he vaguely guessed Kang Chi's thoughts.

"Do you think that with these remote-controlled robots, there is no need for manned moon landings?"

"That's about right." Kang Chi nodded. "If we don't dwell on the historical significance, sending this kind of robot to the moon is much more cost-effective and safer. The key is that this thing doesn't need to eat, drink, defecate or urinate. As long as the charging problem is solved, it can basically last indefinitely. There are so many things it can do after being sent to the moon..."

"And in terms of historical significance, there doesn't seem to be much to be obsessed with for the second successful manned lunar landing. Why don't we take it step by step and send some robots to explore the way first? Before we actually send people up, we should at least build a three-bedroom, one-living-room house for them to live in, right? Our astronauts are all precious. They can't live in something too shabby when they go so far away from home, right? And given the aerospace capabilities of other countries, maybe the second place will be ours by then, so there's no need to rush."

Li Xinqiang: “…”

Good guy,
What people are thinking about is whether they can send people to the moon and bring them back safely.

You, on the other hand, are concerned about whether the astronauts will live comfortably on the moon?

Still three bedrooms and one living room?
Why don’t you talk about the villa with a swimming pool on the moon?

The key point is that Kang Chi's serious expression doesn't seem like he's joking with him at all...

Li Xinqiang hesitated for a moment before speaking: "The country is actually very open to the aerospace field, and has even been encouraging private companies to engage in aerospace research and development. However, domestic capital is not very interested in this field that does not see much profit in the short and medium term, so there has been no improvement."

"It's OK if you want to use the power of the company to carry out the moon landing. Even if you put aside your personal influence and replace it with someone else, the higher-ups will definitely provide strong support. If you need help from our Aerospace Science and Technology Group, you can always come to us."

"In addition, I also had the idea of ​​taking a steady approach after seeing your robot. This is actually just adding some preliminary support work to the manned lunar landing project, or disrupting the planned sequence of the lunar landing project, turning the construction plan of Guanghan Palace and the lunar landing into parallel plans..."

At this point, Li Xinqiang suddenly paused. "Well... I suddenly had an idea. How about I discuss it with my leader first and talk to you about it tomorrow?"

"Okay." Kang Chi nodded. "Anyway, I won't go back until the matter of Tianwen No. 2 is settled."

"Okay, I won't send you off if you have a driver. Let's have a simple meal together next time when we are free."

"no problem!"

After watching Kang Chi and Chen Hai leave, Li Xinqiang immediately made a phone call and then went to the National Space Administration with Shi Lifei, chairman of Aerospace Science and Technology.

After Director Ge received Li Xinqiang's call, he quickly ended the meeting and returned to the office to wait for them. When he saw the secretary bringing the two people in, he immediately stood up and asked Li Xinqiang, "Did Academician Kang really come to see you?"

Li Xinqiang nodded and first told Director Ge about Lucy's disappearance and the diversion of Tianwen-2.

"Well... since Academician Kang attaches so much importance to this, and this matter is indeed a bit unusual, it is not impossible to temporarily change the target of Tianwen-2... As long as Professor Ye's calculation results are correct, I will immediately go and do ideological work with Chief Engineer Zhang. As for Academician Li..."

Before Director Ge finished speaking, his phone rang. After answering the call, he immediately smiled and said, "Speaking of the devil, Academician Li happened to be talking about you in my office right now... Yes, I know, OK, OK, as long as you have no objection, I agree, OK, then... By the way, don't forget to submit a written application."

After hanging up the phone, he immediately looked up at Li Xinqiang: "Chief Engineer Zhang took the initiative to propose the change of route. It seems that Professor Ye is more anxious than us."

Li Xinqiang immediately smiled: "That's good."

Although the matter of Tianwen-2 temporarily changing the exploration plan was a big deal, it could actually be resolved with just one phone call, so there was no need for these two big guys to come over and talk. Therefore, Director Ge immediately asked, "Besides this, is there anything else?"

Li Xinqiang nodded: "It's about my previous proposal to let Academician Kang serve as the chief engineer of the moon landing."

Director Ge was immediately overjoyed and asked, "He accepted it?"

"No."

"That's good... eh? Wait, you said no?"

"Yes, he refused."

"Why?" Director Ge couldn't help but asked with some disappointment, "He wants to do military industry?"

"Probably not. His drone carrier project is now waiting for Chief Engineer Ren's aircraft carrier to be launched. Besides, Liu Chief has already made up his mind about the situation, so this matter is not urgent. He should have time to work on aerospace engineering next time, but he still wants to do it for his own company..."

After briefly relaying Kang Chi's thoughts, Li Xinqiang finally expressed his thoughts: "In fact, I think the difference is not that big. We don't need to be obsessed with who the chief engineer of the moon landing is, let alone whether the moon landing project was completed by our Aerospace Science and Technology Group. After all, we are all one family..."

"We can totally learn from NASA and outsource the project directly to them. Otherwise, if we do the moon landing and they do the moon landing too, wouldn't that be a duplication and waste?"

When Director Ge heard that Kang Chi was interested in aerospace development, he was extremely excited.

Especially the idea of ​​building a three-bedroom apartment and a living room and then sending people up there, that was exactly what he wanted!
However, Li Xinqiang's suggestion made him feel a little embarrassed.

Project outsourcing is indeed a good model, but the problem is that the outsourced party usually has its own project design drawings, and the contractor can only build according to the party's design.
Kang Chi is obviously the kind of person who has his own ideas and likes to do things his own way...

But if he is left to his own devices, what kind of contract is that?
At most, he is an investor.

The problem is again, Kang Chi doesn't seem to be short of money...

His company and projects have never been open to anyone who wants to invest.

Judging from his record, to put it nicely, it is investment, to put it bluntly, it is picking peaches,

Therefore, unless Kang Chi himself took the initiative to propose it, no one would dare to actively ask for investment, especially since they are state-owned assets, which could easily cause controversy.

Shi Lifei looked at Director Ge's embarrassed expression and guessed that he must have the same idea as himself, so he took the initiative to say to Li Xinqiang: "Academician Li, I think you are actually worrying too much..."

"You just said that Academician Kang's goal is to collect helium-3 on the moon, which has a strong commercial purpose and nature. This involves commercial interests. I think we should try not to make it too complicated. Besides, our lunar exploration project is relatively simple. It is just a scientific research mission to send people up there. This is just a small project in General Kang's plan."

"Um... what do you mean?"

"I suggest that we just suspend our moon landing plan and support his plan from the policy and industry perspectives." Shi Lifei said with a smile, "Once he really builds a base on the moon, will he still not let our people move in? At worst, we can just pay him for the transportation and accommodation fees... Isn't that much less troublesome than doing it ourselves?"

Li Xinqiang: “…”

"In fact, even if we don't pay for the car fare and accommodation, he will definitely send someone up there. Otherwise, who will live in the three-bedroom apartment he built? Why do robots need to live so well?" After hearing what Shi Lifei said, Director Ge couldn't help but add with a smile, "And as long as the person he sends up is a Chinese astronaut, then our moon landing plan will be completed without spending a penny!"

Li Xinqiang: “…”

Good guy,
You two have even thought about the lying position, right? ! !

(End of this chapter)