People in the aerospace world around the world are waiting for the results in the next 91 hours and 54 minutes. If we calculate the time from the Earth orbit to the Moon orbit, that is, the time taken for the entire Earth-Moon transfer orbit, it will be 62 hours and 21 minutes.

The industry is also speculating on what Xingjiang International’s plan to land the moon is for, and there are many different opinions in the media.

But just 22 hours after the launch of the "Moon Palace 1" spacecraft, the next day, the news that Luo Sheng suddenly appeared in Luzhou City made many different speculations lead to the same answer - controllable nuclear fusion!

Because there is one of the most advanced devices in the world to explore controllable nuclear fusion, namely the location of the EAST project.

Luo Sheng suddenly appeared in Luzhou City at this critical moment. Combined with the "Moon Palace 1" spacecraft flying to the moon, it is really hard not to make people think a lot in this regard.

Maybe it's very likely that Xingjian International will go to the moon to mine, and it is not an ordinary mineral vein resource, but a recognized most ideal resource for controlled nuclear fusion - helium-3 substance.

However, this is also a speculation from the outside media. Without reliable official news, it is even more exaggerated.

So two other voices appeared, one was excitement, mainly because domestic melon-eating netizens were extremely excited when they saw the photos of Luo Sheng appearing in Luzhou City and the reports of related media. The Archbishop was finally going to "take action" on the controllable nuclear fusion, and perhaps the fifty years forever will end here.

Another type is concern, mainly foreign media people. It is no exaggeration to say that there are definitely a large number of people in the international community who are unwilling to see Luo Sheng interfere with controlled nuclear fusion technology, which is a horrible story for them.

Originally, in the field of controlled nuclear fusion technology, Chinese people, as latecomers, have been constantly moving forward and have long become one of the only leaders in this field.

Now, Luo Sheng has ended up. In the eyes of many people, this is equivalent to super-strong "BUFF". After all, he has been winning and creating miracles.

Once a revolutionary breakthrough is made in controllable fusion technology, it will usher in earth-shaking changes for all mankind, and it will inevitably rewrite the historical process of human civilization and science and technology.

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This afternoon, Luo Sheng and a team he led came to an experimental hall on the science island in the western suburbs of Luzhou City. There is a three-story "iron can" built here. It is EAST, one of the most advanced devices in the world to explore controllable nuclear fusion. It is precisely because of its success that the Chinese people are at the forefront of the field of controllable nuclear fusion research.

"Mr. Luo, I admire you for a long time!"

A man led several scientists to Luo Sheng. Lin Ya, who was accompanying him, introduced to Luo Sheng: "This is Li Jiangan, an academician of the Academy of Engineering, the convener of the Huaguo Magnetic Constraint Fusion Committee. He was the director of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Academy of Sciences and the core personnel of the CARFT project of the Cyber ​​Reactor Host Key System Comprehensive Research Facility. He has been working on the Science Island in the western suburbs of Luzhou for 40 years and is committed to nuclear fusion research and is the head of the EAST project."

"Happy to meet Academician Li." Luo Sheng shook hands with Li Jiangan who came and said with a smile.

Li Jiangan smiled enthusiastically and said, "Mr. Luo came here in person, which made the Science Island shine brightly."

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "I hope I haven't disturbed you. I heard that the construction of CATFT has reached a critical moment and encountered financial difficulties. The last time the EAST project sent someone to me, hoping that I could participate in it, but I declined it. I wonder if I can make up for the original rejection today."

That was happening seven or eight years ago. At that time, Luo Sheng could be said to be spending money at all costs to build the entire domestic semiconductor industry chain. A single project is always worth tens of billions of capital chains, and he is so envious of other scientific projects.

Among them is the controllable fusion project EAST, and someone was sent to the door at that time, hoping to get a funding investment. The tens of billions of dollars were like drinking water for Luo Sheng, but he was rejected, which made the EAST team very depressed.

It also makes everyone think that Luo Sheng is not interested in controlled fusion technology, and some members even complain that Luo Sheng is just a short-sighted capital.

In fact, Luo Sheng was not short-sighted or stingy with that little money, but he didn't want to stretch his hands too long and he was not as strong as he was today. He was under great pressure in the face of international suppression and constraining, and he didn't want to cause trouble.

Now it’s different, external pressure has been greatly alleviated.

"Scared... This is all old things from many years ago. I have forgotten it a long time ago. Besides, it is reasonable to say that rejection is still reasonable. After all, we are not sure how long it will take to transform the research on controlled fusion technology from scientific research results to productivity. Otherwise, how could there be a saying of "forever fifty years". Mr. Luo is an entrepreneur, so he should pay attention to output comparison." Li Jiangan smiled jokingly.

"You forgot, I haven't forgotten. In the global scientific peak climbing competition for controlled nuclear fusion, I also came up with a part to help our country's fusion research institutions rush ahead of foreigners and light up the first lamp for human nuclear fusion." Luo Sheng said, and after that, both sides looked at each other and smiled.

One said he forgot and the other said he didn’t forget. Not all scientists added all talent points to the IQ column.

Li Jiangan and others were already very energetic and were extremely excited. They never expected Luo Sheng to come over at this critical moment, and they didn't hear this tone, so they didn't come to talk about family matters.

"We can't ask for it! We can't ask for it! Haha, Mr. Luo, please let us talk while walking." Li Jiangan reached out to signal, and both sides were chatting as they walked: "Our main task is to observe and study the plasma in the EAST cavity. In addition to ignition, waiting, measuring and calculating, scientists around EAST also have to explore unknown theories."

Luo Sheng nodded and said, "I remember that it was in 2006 that EAST achieved its first ignition, igniting plasma states and nuclear fusion, and soon achieved a continuous operation of up to 1,000 seconds, which was an unprecedented achievement at that time."

Li Jiangan also said: "At present, EAST and other experimental devices continue to make breakthroughs in plasma parameters such as temperature, density, and continuous discharge time, becoming the leader of similar devices in the world. They have made another major breakthrough in the latest round of physical experiments, achieving steady-state high-constraint mode plasma discharge of more than ten minutes. EAST has thus become the world's first tokamak fusion experimental device to achieve steady-state high-constraint mode operation for ten minutes. This is an unprecedented achievement."

As he said that, Li Jiangan was also quite proud. In the career of controlled fusion research, his achievements this time were indeed a big step ahead of his competitors.

The two sides chatted and came to a reception room. After taking a seat, Luo Sheng got to the point and said, "Academician Li, you should have heard of Xingjian International's recent moon landing plan, right?"

Hearing this, Li Jiangan said in a giggle: "It's not just something I heard about, it's so thunderous. This is not only a major event for your Star Arrow International, but also a major event for our aerospace world and even the world. When we talk about this privately, we are still guessing what our people said in the first sentence of the moon landing on the moon for the first time to make Armstrong gesture."

After saying that, everyone smiled and Luo Sheng smiled and said, "We really didn't make any special arrangements for this matter. On Star Arrow International, landing on the moon is an ordinary little thing. It's natural that if you need it, it will pass."

Another scientist at the meeting said: "Mr. Luo, if you say this, you will not let major aerospace agencies around the world be ashamed."

After the episode, Luo Sheng said: "To be honest, our trip to the moon this time has a great relationship with the fields you are studying. We are digging helium-3, which is the key energy required for controlled fusion."

Li Jiangan and others were stunned and subconsciously said, "Did you really go to dig helium-3?"

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "So, I value your research progress very much, and it is also the core purpose of this."

At the end, Li Jiangan was no longer there and said directly: "Mr. Luo, you are right. The CRAFT project has indeed encountered problems with the capital chain. The entire project started construction the year before yesterday. The planned construction period is 5 years and 8 months. It consists of two parts: the main project and the park project. The main construction content is the superconducting magnet research system and the filter research system. The project covers an area of ​​more than 600 mu and has a total budget of about 6 billion yuan."

"The solar storm has caused the funds required for subsequent projects to fail to keep up. The country has to spend money on people's livelihood and economic recovery. This is also understood. After all, the field we are studying is difficult to convert into substantial results in the short term, but the progress of the project has finally fallen and the original plan has been disrupted. Not only the CRAFT project, but the EAST project has also been affected to varying degrees."

The God of Wealth has come to the door in person, so you can't cry and be poor quickly. If you miss this village, maybe you won't have this store.

Luo Sheng was not a mother-in-law, and directly opened up his money ability and said, "In this way, I will give you a super double. I will fund your project 20 billion RMB in the name of Star Arrow International. I will continue to double it after burning it all. I am talking about funding, rather than investing in future core surplus value sharing, and only obtaining a series of rights to know the project."

Li Jiangan and others were shocked when they heard this. This happiness came too suddenly and were stunned for a moment.

After reacting, Li Jiangan hurriedly said, "No, no, Mr. Luo, we are so dizzy that you smashed such a big cake. You said we can accept it calmly if you fund several hundred million, but you have an astronomical figure of 20 billion yuan at the beginning, which is not enough to double it... We have a psychological burden."

Luo Shengyun said calmly: "It is right to have a burden in his heart, but this is not the key to the problem. Xingjiang International will strongly support it. We have no other requirements. The only requirements are the same as you, and we will achieve a revolutionary breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion as soon as possible. Of course, we will not ask for a fixed time breakthrough. This is not realistic, but there must be phased progress and people must see hope."

Li Jiangan said hesitantly: "But, this is too much of a loss for you..."

"Suffering a loss?" Luo Sheng couldn't help but smile and said, "As the saying goes, it's a blessing to suffer losses. I started out in the Internet. There is such a saying in the context of the Internet that the wool comes from the dog, and my interest demands are not in the fusion device. Only without conflicts of interest can we cooperate better. My interests lie in the helium-3 resources and on the space ladder."

"As long as you have a breakthrough, the helium-3 I dug back from the moon will be priceless, and the ladder becomes the Strait of Hormuz for space boards. The profit here is much larger than that of nuclear fusion devices. To put it in an inappropriate analogy, it is like the absolute profit of lithography machines to chips, and the controllable fusion devices are also the same as helium-3 resources, let alone the ladder. So you can accept the financial support I give to your project."

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