I built an armada.

But no matter how the Eagle Tribe tries to communicate with the outside world, the facts are what they are.

Regardless of their propaganda, the fact is that these two astronauts were stranded in space for a full year before they were brought back.

Moreover, the entity that made the move was neither the government nor a company that had always cooperated with the government, but rather an obscure private company.

Outside of the Eagle Tribe, many netizens on the internet ridiculed this incident.

However, in Mingcui's eyes, no matter how things develop, they can always find a way to win.

In some people's eyes, the involvement of a private company further demonstrates the strength and power of the Eagle Tribe.

There are always people who step up and turn the tide in critical moments. Doesn't that imply the strength of the tribe?
For a period of time afterward, the world was remarkably peaceful.

The Eagle Tribe is busy with internal affairs and hardly causes trouble elsewhere in the world.

The same applies to the Longxia tribe.

With the space station operating successfully and stably, the Longxia tribe's satellite network is also being improved step by step.

Su Dingping's workload also suddenly decreased.

It's not that he has nothing to do, but rather that the remaining research and development progress simply cannot be rushed.

The Longxia tribe needs to launch more rockets and satellites to accumulate launch experience.

Meanwhile, the Longxia tribe's space station also needs further improvement and the addition of many extra modules.

If the Nantianmen (South Heaven Gate) project is implemented in the future, this space station will be the bridgehead for building Nantianmen, so it will naturally be a key focus of its construction.

In addition, and more importantly, the space station and satellite network programs have consumed far too much money.

Although under Su Dingping's command, costs were reduced as much as possible, far less than the estimated consumption.

However, the budget that the state can allocate to him is limited. If the Nantianmen Project is to be forcibly implemented at this point in time, research funds need to be drawn from other places.

Su Dingping was unwilling to use this privilege. His haste would only make the Nantianmen plan full of loopholes, or even cause it to fail.

Therefore, Su Dingping did not rush to promote the Nantianmen Project, but instead assisted the entire project team in adjusting the research and development direction and overcoming some minor difficulties.

This is also an excellent opportunity to develop a talent pool.

The strength of a country's scientific research is not determined by the number of famous scientists it has, but by the size of its talent pool.

For example, many people think that decades ago during the Republic of China era, the entire Longxia tribe was full of masters.

However, in modern society, while there are more and more scientists, there are fewer and fewer famous masters.

This is actually a misconception.

Many of the so-called masters during the Republic of China era were simply the best among the worst.

Of course, there are definitely some truly outstanding masters among them, that much is undeniable.

However, a lot of scoundrels have also infiltrated this group; any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to call themselves a master.

The reputations of these so-called masters were built on the fact that the cultural level of the people in the Longxia tribe was not high at that time.

Today, the cultural level of the entire Longxia tribe has greatly improved.

Some of the so-called masters of the Republic of China era would be no more than an ordinary teacher today.

Therefore, the standard for measuring a country's scientific research strength is not how many people in that country have won the Nobel Prize or how famous they are.

Instead, it depends on the country's education system and whether it can continuously produce all kinds of talents.

Today, this project team is an excellent talent training base.

As long as the project continues, the entire project team can continuously produce the basic and research talents needed by the aerospace industry.

Especially for a massive project like Nantianmen, Su Dingping alone could not possibly process all the drawings and data for the entire project team.

This means that the entire project team will need a large number of basic research talents.

However, it is difficult for a student who has just graduated from school, even a PhD, to use their skills directly without relevant work experience.

Therefore, maintaining the entire project team is not only for the purpose of building up technical reserves for the future Nantianmen project.

Furthermore, it can cultivate a group of important talents for the future Nantianmen Project.

Therefore, whenever the project team encounters some difficult problems, Su Dingping will not intervene directly.

More often than not, he acts as a guide.

In project-related discussions and research and development, he would provide more guidance and direction rather than directly giving the correct answer.

While this approach may slightly slow down the project team's research and development progress, it can effectively train research talent and quickly cultivate a group of researchers capable of independently completing important projects.

As the space station continues to improve, it will bring considerable benefits to China.

Normally, space stations are not built for profit.

However, from a long-term perspective, the space station actually has considerable potential economic benefits and comprehensive value.

It goes without saying that promoting the development of the aerospace industry and facilitating technological innovation and transformation are essential.

These are exactly what Su Dingping is doing right now.

More importantly, the Friendship Space Station was designed and launched entirely independently by the Longxia tribe, so China has complete control over it.

By leveraging the space station, China can attract the participation of other smaller countries and obtain corresponding financial investment and resource sharing through cooperation projects with other countries.

The political gains that can be obtained in this process are immeasurable in monetary terms.

If nothing unexpected had happened, and things had continued at this pace, the corresponding revenue would have started to come in gradually once the International Space Station was fully completed.

By then, Su Dingping will likely push for the official launch of the Nantianmen Project.

But at this crucial moment, Su Dingping obtained an extraordinary blueprint from the system.

……

Late at night, Su Dingping rubbed his throbbing temples, but his gaze remained fixed on the curved screen in front of him.

Since the space station entered stable operation, this is the first time in nearly a year that Su Dingping has stayed up this late.

It all started with a drawing he saw in the system.

If this blueprint were released, it would likely be snatched up by countries all over the world.

What is recorded on this blueprint is the controlled nuclear fusion reactor, which seems to be 50 years away from being officially applied!

The fact that we were able to obtain this blueprint from the system proves that, theoretically, China is fully capable of bringing this controlled nuclear fusion reactor to fruition.

But this is only in theory.

The complex processes and material requirements involved are all challenges that Su Dingping needs to overcome. Su Dingping does not doubt the accuracy of the system, but before showing the drawing, he needs to verify its feasibility on the system.

On the screen in front of Su Dingping, a dazzlingly complex 3D model is slowly rotating.

He spent three whole months building the stellarator controlled nuclear fusion reactor model within the system all by himself.

That's right, the configuration of the controlled nuclear fusion reactor shown in this drawing is a stellarator, not the mainstream tokamak device.

There are actually many different configurations of controlled nuclear fusion reactors.

Currently, the mainstream device is the tokamak, followed by the stellarator.

In addition, there are various other design approaches such as anti-field pinch, field inversion configuration, and magnetic mirror.

However, these are not mainstream and their feasibility is relatively low, so there is no need to introduce them for now.

It's mainly a tokamak device.

The tokamak device was first proposed by scientists from the Old White Bear tribe in the 1950s.

The design concept of the tokamak is to construct a closed spiral magnetic field in a toroidal vacuum chamber, thereby confining the high-temperature plasma and allowing the fusion fuel to complete the nuclear fusion reaction in a cyclical motion.

The stellarator was proposed by a physicist from the Eagle Tribe.

As its name suggests, the stellarator was designed to achieve the fusion conditions of stars.

Unlike tokamak devices, stellarators use external magnets to create a naturally twisted plasma path.

Its core structure actually includes a closed tube and an external coil.

As for closed tubes, there are various different design configurations, including straight, racetrack, or space curve types.

The biggest difference between it and a tokamak device, and also the most distinctive feature of a stellarator, is that a stellarator uses a rotating magnetic field generated by a helical winding.

This is why stellarators do not require plasma current to achieve confinement.

In comparison, stellarators have higher operational stability.

However, this is not without its drawbacks. Because of its higher stability, the requirements for manufacturing precision are particularly high.

If this drawing depicts a tokamak device, Su Dingping would not hesitate at all.

Because China is currently conducting experiments on controlled nuclear fusion reactors.

However, the mainstream controlled fusion reactors in China also utilize tokamak devices.

It could even be said that research on stellarators in China is practically nonexistent.

If the direction is suddenly changed, it means that all previous research and investment will be wasted.

This is something that many people would find completely unacceptable.

However, through the system, Su Dingping learned that there was no right or wrong between the tokamak device and the stellarator device.

In theory, both of these approaches could successfully produce controlled nuclear fusion.

The only difference is their different focuses.

In comparison, stellarators are more expensive to manufacture, but their advantage is that they are more controllable.

While tokamak devices are cheaper, they are less controllable and more prone to problems and malfunctions than stellarators.

Neither is inherently superior or inferior; however, when miniaturizing controlled and fusion reactors, these two different configurations are suitable for different application scenarios.

Once the technology develops to a certain level, it won't matter which one you choose; it's just a matter of different application scenarios.

With controlled nuclear fusion still a long way off, Su Dingping remains quite conflicted.

If we were to produce the blueprints for the stellarator now, we could directly push for the implementation of a controlled nuclear fusion reactor.

This means that all researchers in China who study tokamak devices will be forced to change careers.

After all, controlled nuclear fusion reactors have already been developed, so why bother researching tokamak devices?
It is conceivable that this will inevitably lead to a huge upheaval.

However, if Su Dingping doesn't release these blueprints for the sake of stability, then it's uncertain when the controlled nuclear fusion reactor of the tokamak device will actually be implemented.

There's a reason why nuclear fusion technology is said to be 50 years away from being viable.

The first option means that the Dragonxia tribe will once again lead the world in technology.

It could even bring about earth-shattering changes to the entire society.

The second option is based on considerations of stability.

Each option has its advantages and disadvantages, leaving Su Dingping in a dilemma.

However, Su Dingping's immediate priority was to verify the feasibility of the device.

On the screen, pale blue magnetic field confinement coils coiled like a giant dragon, enveloping the golden sphere in the center that represented plasma at hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius.

Su Dingping's gaze, however, was fixed on the sidebar.

On the sidebar, various data such as temperature, density, and constraint time are neatly arranged.

"Full system simulation verification, 37th iteration, commencing..."

Su Dingping pressed the Enter key on the control panel.

In an instant, the model that was slowly rotating on the screen came to life.

At the same time, the data in the sidebar also began to change wildly.

As time passed, the magnetic field lines on the model began to fluctuate, and the energy output curve on the right side of the screen steadily increased.

As the Q value continued to increase, Su Dingping's emotions also fluctuated significantly.

The so-called Q value actually refers to the ratio of output energy to input energy, and its scientific name is energy gain factor.

This data is typically used to quantify the energy efficiency of a device.

In layman's terms, this value represents the input-output ratio.

A value of one means that one unit of resources is invested and one unit of income is produced; thirty means that one unit of resources is invested and thirty units of income are produced.

Normally, the energy gain factor must be greater than one to achieve a balance between input and output.

In practical engineering, the energy gain factor usually needs to be greater than or equal to three in order to cover the energy conversion efficiency.

This means that if the energy gain factor does not reach three, the feasibility of controlled nuclear fusion can basically be disregarded.

However, if applied to commercial power generation, this requires an energy gain factor greater than 10.

However, this number is barely enough. (End of Chapter)