"The nuclear thermal thruster takes the Mars spacecraft out of the atmosphere, giving it an initial speed, and then turn on the nuclear ion thruster in space to continuously accelerate with the minimum energy consumption. Such a nuclear thermal + nuclear power thruster will allow the Mars spacecraft to fly to Mars at the fastest speed!" Du Xingyu had already planned in his mind.
He immediately said in his mind: "Invest 100,000 energy points and start the simulation of nuclear ion propeller!"
Technology Simulator: "Simulation is enabled."
In front of Du Xingyu, relevant structures needed for nuclear reactors and ion propellers appeared, and Du Xingyu began to design and combine them.
He has overcome this difficulty of a small and safe nuclear reactor last time. What he needs to do this time is how to output nuclear energy stably into nuclear power and design an ion thruster that meets the needs.
"It is better to use liquid hydrogen cooling circulation system... The nuclear power system is connected to a radio frequency generator, heats the ions to one million degrees Celsius, and constrains them through a magnetic field, allowing the ions to rotate at a fixed frequency, inject energy, and continuously increase the propulsion force..."
On the day Du Xingyu was thinking about nuclear ion propellers, another small episode happened to the Space Administration.
"The selection of academicians from both academies has begun this time. All the institutes of our Space Administration have reported it, but I don't know how many of them will be selected." Cao Liang said at the Space Administration meeting, "This year, our Space Administration attaches great importance to it. I hope everyone will pay attention to it when applying for the materials. Who can be selected is not only a personal honor, but also a pride of the Space Administration!"
The two academies are naturally the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, which is almost the highest honorary title of Chinese scholars.
Because of this, it is difficult to become an academician of the two academies! Each of them is a master of outstanding contributions and research results in the scientific community, such as Du Xingyu's teacher Liu Yuan and his uncle Xiong Ming, both are academicians of the National Academy of Engineering.
Everyone is very serious, which is also an opportunity that many scholars dream of!
After the meeting, Cao Liang left Du Xingyu specifically and said, "There are several places in the bureau this year. I plan to declare you and prepare the materials."
"Me?" Du Xingyu asked, "Is it too early?"
As the top scientific research institutions in the country, most of the academicians in the two academies are over fifty years old. Now the youngest academicians in the two academies are nearly forty years old! And Du Xingyu is only in his early twenties.
"You are very young," Cao Liang said, "but the two hospitals do not have any regulations on how old you must be to be selected as academicians. Your scientific research contribution is absolutely enough. No matter what, report it first!"
"Okay, thank you, leader." Du Xingyu thanked. He knew that if he could become an academician, he would get more convenience in applying for scientific research funds! His opinions would also be more substantial!
Du Xingyu submitted the materials, and some researchers in the Space Administration, who were much older than him submitted the materials.
The members of the National Academy of Engineering Management Committee are all old academicians and pillars of the country. They are now discussing the list of selected candidates for the Academy of Engineering this year.
Generally speaking, they have discussed the situation, leaving only the most controversial name - Du Xingyu.
"Everyone, what do you think about whether Du Xingyu is selected as an academician of our academy?" asked a member.
"Du Xingyu, of course he can do it in terms of ability," said an old academician. "And he is very outstanding in aerospace dynamics and meets the requirements of our Academy of Engineering. However... he is only in his early twenties, and there is no precedent yet."
The National Academy of Sciences focuses more on theoretical science, while the Academy of Engineering prefers applied science. Du Xingyu is obviously more suitable for the Academy of Engineering. If he makes achievements in both fields, he is qualified to serve as an academician in both academy!
"Our standard for selecting people is not about age!" Liu Yuan said, "It can be said that Du Xingyu's achievements in aerodynamics have surpassed me, and he is enough to be elected as an academician!"
"Old Liu, Du Xingyu is your student. He is indeed very outstanding. It is undoubtedly a matter of becoming an academician in the future." An old academician said, "But there are still many candidates, some of which have been applied for seven or eight consecutive years, but have not been selected yet. Should we consider prioritizing them this year?"
"The capable ones come first!" Xiong Ming said, "Since there are capable young juniors, we should give him a bigger stage! I support Du Xingyu entering the Academy of Engineering!"
"I'm not against it. Du Xingyu can indeed enter the Academy of Engineering, but it can't be placed until next year or the year after?"
Everyone discussed for a long time but couldn't decide.
At this time, someone reported a message.
The committee member who learned the news looked happy and stood up and announced: "Everyone, I just got the news. The Nobel Prize Selection Committee announced that Du Xingyu was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics next year for his research in aerodynamics and has been recognized by most committee members."
"What? Did he get the Nobel Prize nomination?" These old academicians were quite surprised. Some of them had won the Nobel Prize nomination, and some of them had won the Nobel Prize in both houses.
But Du Xingyu's age is not as good as anyone.
"With Du Xingyu's achievements in aerospace dynamics, he will definitely be the Nobel Prize in Physics next year!" Liu Yuan said in surprise. If his students can win the Nobel Prize, he will also have a bright face as a teacher.
"Good boy, I have brought glory to our country!" Someone sighed.
"I think Du Xingyu is definitely qualified to join the Academy of Engineering. We cannot bury talents!" said a boss of the Academy of Engineering.
"right!"
Everyone agreed and finally decided that Du Xingyu would become the youngest academician of the Academy of Engineering!
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"Congratulations, congratulations! From now on, you will be upgraded from Dr. Du to Academician Du!" Xu Lianqiu joked about Du Xingyu.
"You are like you've been cheating when you've been promoted. I haven't graduated from graduate school, you've become an academician! You've also been nominated for the Nobel Prize..." Xu Lianqiu's tone was envious and admiration. She stared at Du Xingyu intently, trying to find some clues about cheating from him.
"It's average." Du Xingyu smiled, "As an academician, it's time to apply for a Mars mission."
Du Xingyu has applied to the higher authorities, hoping to change the next unmanned Mars exploration plan to a manned landing, and the higher authorities are still considering it.
"Academician Du, your application has been approved halfway!" He Jingcheng also walked over with a smile on his face.
"He Gong, what is half? Could it be that you only buy tickets to Mars and not buy the return trip?" Du Xingyu said jokingly.
"Haha." He Jingcheng smiled, "Is it that the bureau is still a little worried. One is the funding issue. The space missions have been too frequent recently, and it is indeed a bit tight."
"Second, the Mars landing mission is carried out so quickly, and the bureau is worried that the technology is immature and will cause accidents for astronauts."
"So the above decided that if we can successfully build Mars spacecraft before the window period between Mars and Earth, we will carry out a manned landing mission. If it doesn't work, we will still launch an unmanned Mars rover as planned."
Chapter completed!