Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 11: Of course it doesn't start with NASA

Lin Ran's words were half true and half false.

It’s all right to find the puzzle pieces of the Apollo moon landing, but who says I have to ask those old men in their eighties or nineties for advice in 2020? What I want to do is to look for the puzzle pieces in 1960, or even piece together the Apollo moon landing puzzle myself.

Secondly, Li Xiaoman has already talked about the main risk points of using Blue Origin to make the first pot of gold.

Lin Ran also hadn't decided whether he should really look for Blue Origin, or return to China and use China's resources to replicate the Apollo moon landing.

Similarly, the cost of replicating the Apollo moon landing and returning to China to replicate it may be 100 million yuan, but the unit in China is RMB, and the unit in America is US dollars.

But no matter what he does, Lin Ran needs to go back to 1960 as soon as possible.

"Of course not. Okay, I accept this cooperation. I will help you solve these problems." Li Xiaoman said.

Lin Ran stretched out his hand and said, "Badge and key."

Li Xiaoman looked at the other person helplessly: "Now?"

Lin Ran pulled out his passport from his schoolbag and handed it to the other person: "Yes, I will go to Columbia University early tomorrow morning. As a token of sincerity, I will leave my passport with you."

Columbia University, the headquarters of the Frankfurt School.

Li Xiaoman said after five seconds: "Okay, let's communicate anytime if there is any progress.

Even though this whole thing seems outrageous from beginning to end, my intuition tells me that you can really do it."

The outrageousness of this matter is comparable to buying an American military radar on Xianyu.

It's outrageous, yes, but it really happened.

Leaving the phone behind in 2020, he appeared again in the guest room prepared for him in Haines's villa in the suburbs of New York, carrying some prepared supplies and wearing the same clothes.

He walked to the living room on the first floor pretending to drink water, but actually he was checking the time. Lin Ran's heart finally settled down.

The difference in the speed of time flow should be about sixty to one.

Eight hours passed for him in 2020, but only a few minutes passed here.

The next morning, Lin Ran got up and prepared to say goodbye to Haynes: "Haines, I plan to go find my friends, and I can't always disturb you here."

Haynes was a little surprised. He thought the other party was going to join NASA, and in his opinion, NASA also needed top talents like Lin Ran: "Aren't you going to wait a little longer?
I've contacted NASA for you and they'll arrange an interview for you.

If you pass the interview, you can become a member of NASA."

Lin Ran shook his head and said, "Although I am a space enthusiast, I have no intention of joining NASA."

Lin Ran's words were half true and half false.

To be precise, he is not ready to join NASA now.

Now, if an unknown person joins NASA, even if he plays a crucial role in the Apollo moon landing, he may not be able to get what he wants. It is also very likely that his achievements will be buried because of his Chinese identity.

When America returned to the moon in 2020, she really had to be low-key, as she only wanted money and not fame. But when America participated in NASA's moon landing in 1960, Lin Ran wanted fame, not money.

And it must be famous.

In the future, when talking about the moon landing, various newspapers will not be able to avoid him.

"But..." Before Haynes could finish, Lin Ran interrupted, "I think I should go to Columbia University. If you are interested, you can find me there." Columbia University, which is home to a large number of scholars from the Frankfurt School, is known as the Frankfurt School's base in America.

The gift that Lin Ran prepared for Columbia University was the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Wouldn't it be a piece of cake for him to wait until he has achieved success in mathematics and then join NASA?

And that was a more appropriate time.

苏俄宇航员加加林将在1961年的4月12日，在108分钟内围绕地球轨道飞行4万千米。

He sought out Fabian scholars to safeguard his academic achievements, used the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem as a welcome gift to become an academic star, and after becoming famous, relied on Fabian officials in the government to urge NASA to come to him.

The whole plan is simply too perfect.

This is also an important reason why the entire plan must have the Fabian Society emblem.

Without the Fabian Society as his backing, it would be more difficult for him, a Chinese, to climb up a ladder.

The reason why I was delayed for eight hours in 2020 was that the next three hours were all used to copy the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Professor Andrew Wiles' paper proving Fermat's Last Theorem was 130 pages long, and was later reduced to 50 pages by mathematicians.

This does not mean that he only needed 50 pages to prove it, because the 50 pages in later generations were based on theorems that had already been proved by a large number of mathematicians.

Key theorems, such as the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, which is the core pillar of Wiles' proof, proves that all elliptic curves are associated with modular forms. It was proposed in 1955 and was not fully proved until 2001.

The Kolyvakin-Fletcher method was not proposed until the 80s. He constructed an Euler system to solve the Selmer group calculation in "module lifting".

The bridge connecting number theory and automorphic forms, that is, the local part of the Langlands program, also had to wait until the late 70s.

So Lin Ran needed to copy more than the 130 pages of Wiles' original paper.

"Professor Horkheimer, a young Chinese man wants to see you. He says he has something very important to communicate with you."

Professor Horkheimer stood at the diamond-shaped window beside his bed and looked down. He saw a young man wearing a suit that was somewhat different from the current style. He stood straight and stared straight ahead without moving.
"Call him up."

Professor Horkheimer recalled his Chinese colleague Li Junnan when he worked at the Center for Social Sciences at the University of Frankfurt. When he first met this Chinese man, Li Junnan's demeanor and age were similar to his.

"It's a pity that Li died so young. If he could still see his motherland give America a taste of its own medicine in Korea, he would surely be very pleased."

"Hello, Professor Horkheimer. I am Randolph Lin, the son of Professor Larry Meyer's student. I have come to New York after many twists and turns. I hope I can get your help." Lin Ran walked like the wind.

Horkheimer was silent. "Larry Mayer?"

What a familiar name. After NAZI came to power, he did not choose to come to America like them, but resolutely chose to stay in Frankfurt.

Because he is not Jewish, he is Slavic.

After the war, when everyone went back to look for him, they discovered that Larry Mayer had died in the war.

More than ten years after the war ended, the son of Professor Larry Meyer's student suddenly showed up and asked for his help.

Horkheimer was puzzled because he had never heard that Larry Mayer had any Chinese students.

(End of this chapter)