Chapter 302 This Is the Academic Class of the New Era! (5K Votes Requested, Please Follow Up)

In Mary's impression, the Chinese have never bought other people's second-hand equipment since the beginning of this century. Now that Dean Wan suddenly wants to buy their eliminated equipment, is it because of lack of funds or because the other party wants to learn about their technology?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be.

The Chinese people should also have mastered the equipment technology they eliminated before.

Mary couldn't figure it out and asked Dean Fang directly.

"Dean Fang, can I ask why you want to buy the obsolete tokamak device?"

Dean Fang blushed, thinking why?

Wasn't it arranged by that guy Luo Yao?

If their equipment wasn't broken, he wouldn't have to be so shameless as to buy someone else's obsolete equipment.

A new tokamak equipment costs about tens of billions of Chinese dollars, but second-hand ones are much cheaper and can be purchased for only a few hundred million.

Generally speaking, second-hand tokamak devices are only wanted by scientific research teams with low technological development, such as Kimchi.

In order to cover up the truth, Dean Fang can only say half-truth: "We don't have enough R&D funds, so we want to buy second-hand equipment for experiments."

Mary, who is also a researcher, is doubtful.

Insufficient funds are common, including for them.

But if they can sell second-hand equipment, they can also make back their money.

John is really poor now, the doctors' strike is still going on, and their research and development funds have not come down yet.

So Mary was very excited.

"In this case, considering our past friendship, we can sell it to you, but in terms of funds..."

"Cash on delivery costs hundreds of millions, and we won't deny it."

Mary knows that on Blue Star, when doing business with Chinese people, you don’t have to worry about whether they will pay you after receiving the goods.

In this regard, the Chinese people have the best reputation.

In order to carry out the experiment immediately, Mary, at the request of Dean Fang, asked Bai Di, who was staying at John's to move the cultural relics, to carry the tokamak device first.

In less than half a day, John's tokamak device arrived at the Southwest Institute of Physics in China.

After checking with the detector and confirming that the device was not equipped with listening devices such as bugs, Dean Fang asked the engineer to start modifying it.

Of course, Mary, who had received hundreds of millions of funds, couldn't hide it, and Robert soon learned about the situation.

After asking about the situation, Robert informed Noah, the director of the ITER project.

"You said they're buying old tokamak units?"

"That's right, sir, it's absolutely true. Dean Fang over there said that they are short of funds now and it would not be cheaper for them to directly purchase the old equipment. We have already received the payment from them."

"Okay, I understand, you continue to pay attention to their movements over there."

After Noah hung up the phone, he immediately informed the Minister of Science and Technology of Ugly Country.

That night, the Hexagon Building became lively.

"They are short of funds now? They can only buy old devices? It seems they are not as wealthy as we imagined!"

"They have made too many moves in the past few years. They have spent a lot of money just to support the semiconductor and new energy industries, not to mention that they are now going to develop nuclear fusion technology. That cannot be solved by tens of billions."

"Then what do you think we should do now?" the leading white man said seriously.

"Increase our efforts to invest in the traditional energy sector. Natural gas and oil are what we need to invest in. When it is important, we can raise the price and make a lot of money."

"This is a good proposal. I think we should seize the time to cooperate with Daxiong on the next space station. Now China's scientific research team is already short of funds, which means that their space projects will also be delayed."

"Since the International Space Station's life-support system had a problem, our astronauts have been waiting anxiously for more than 20 days to wait for the spacecraft. They will not be able to go back up in a short time. In addition, it will take at least two months to repair the life-support system. , and now NASA is considering retiring it early."

"This is not good news." The leading white man said after thinking for a moment, "We can't let this happen again. We need to strengthen research and development and investment in space technology to ensure that we have the ability to complete space missions independently, rather than relying solely on on the International Space Station.”

Participants all agreed. They are well aware of the importance of space technology and realize that the early retirement of the International Space Station may have a significant impact on various countries' space programs.

"We need to take immediate action." The white leader decided, "Increase investment in research and development of space technology, especially in life support systems and aircraft technology. We can't let this kind of accident happen again."

"The energy plan and the space station plan are immediately put on the agenda. This may be the most important window period for us so far. Once the Chinese have sufficient funds, we may not still have an advantage in these two fields."

Everyone in the conference room looked serious.

Soon, a large amount of money poured into the traditional energy field, and businessmen who smelled it all entered the market, preparing to make a lot of money with the capital.

NASA Administrator Bill also made an appointment with Alexander from the Big Bear Space Commission.

"Mr. Alexander, you should be very clear about the current International Space Station. After the life support system has problems, its decommissioning time needs to be advanced. I hope that we can cooperate again and develop a new International Space Station as soon as possible."

Alexander looked calm on the surface, but in fact his heart was filled with worry.

There is no doubt that they can make a lot of money by cooperating with Bill, but now due to their agreement with Luo Yao, they cannot cooperate with Bill.

What a loss!

Alexander seemed to see countless ugly national coins flying away with wings in front of his eyes.

"Bill, we currently have our own plans to complete, and we can no longer cooperate with you." The long-term pain was worse than the short-term pain, and Alexander decided to find an excuse to send Bill away.

"Can't cooperate?" Bill was obviously not satisfied with this answer. He had cooperated well before, so why couldn't he cooperate now?

Alexander sighed softly, knowing that he had to find a good excuse before they could break up with Bill.

"Bill, we now have our own plans and goals to achieve. Cooperation with you may affect our planning process, so we can only temporarily stop cooperation."

"You also want to independently develop a space station?" Bill's face turned ugly. Are you going to compete with them?

Alexander wanted to laugh when he saw Bill's nervous look.

"We don't have the strength. Doesn't it cost money to build a space station? Do you think we have money?" Alexander spread his hands and simply smashed them.

They don't want to build a space station, they just want it!

Why are they building a space station when they can go to the moon?

They are not that rich and they want the entire space.

"You really can't build a space station? Then you have given up on exploring space?"

Alexander thought that their current space projects were basically suspended, so he said: "It is true, but it is only temporarily suspended because there is no funds. It is very likely that it will be started again in the future, and it will not be too late for us to cooperate again."

Bill frowned, always feeling that Alexander was deceiving them.

Alexander's statement was a bit far-fetched and seemed to be perfunctory. After all, the financial difficulty was only a temporary problem, but the Big Bear Space Commission chose to stop cooperating with them. Bill felt that Alexander was not telling the truth.

"Mr. Alexander, I understand that financial constraints will affect the progress of the project, but I think we should be more honest with each other." Bill said, "If you are really willing to cooperate again, I hope you can tell me sincerely, and Not in this vague way.”

sincere?

It was impossible for Alexander to tell his agreement with Luo Yao. He shook his head and said, "This is indeed the case now. If you don't believe me, there is nothing I can do about it."

Bill left without hesitation. After returning to NASA, he found Peake.

"Big Bear is definitely hiding something from us. Do you think they are lying to us? They won't start the space project on the surface, but they are secretly doing it?"

"It's very possible that the Bears are very good at deceiving people. I don't think we can listen to them."

Pique's words made Bill even more convinced of Big Bear's purpose.

"Our cooperation with Daxiong may have given them the illusion that our aerospace technology is no longer good! You know, the first and only person to land on the moon in the world was ours!"

"NASA's aerospace technology is not as good as it used to be? What a joke!"

"Since Big Bear does this, we have to prepare in advance. We will develop the space station ourselves!"

Pique was surprised after hearing Bill's words.

"Mr. Bill, I think we still need to carefully consider the development of the space station. The key technologies of the International Space Station are provided by Daxiong. If they are gone now and we manufacture it alone, it will probably take a lot of time."

Not only will it take a lot of time, but it may not be made at all!

There are some technologies they really don’t have.

"So what do you mean, we still need to find someone to cooperate?" Bill Shoes looked at Pique, "What do you think of the Chinese?"

Pique stared.

Looking for a Chinese?

Isn't this a bit too courageous?

"Mr. Bill, I think the chances of them cooperating with us are very slim."

Bill refused to give up and said, "Not even for Qian Lao's sake?"

As one of the founders of NASA, Mr. Qian always felt that the Chinese would give them a face.

"Mr. Bill, let's give up our fantasy. I don't think this is possible."

"On the contrary, Oumeng is fine."

Bill mused.

"Ou Meng has also been building a space station recently. They also asked us for help some time ago. We can definitely take this opportunity to join them."

"What you said makes sense." Bill nodded, "We can consider cooperating with Oumeng to build a new space station together."

Peake also echoed: "Yes, Ou Meng's space station project looks very promising, and they have also shown their sincerity in cooperating with us. We can definitely take advantage of this opportunity to carry out space projects with them."

Bill decided to get in touch with Oumeng as soon as possible to discuss specific matters of cooperation. They will take this opportunity to re-establish NASA's position in international space cooperation. It would be too funny for an ugly Chinese to not have his own space station.

According to the information given above, the Chinese scientific research team is short of funds, so they must take advantage of this opportunity to launch the space station!

On the other side, after a month of modification, the device with the function of a high-speed firing gun was modified.

This time Wei Sha didn't need Luo Yao to remind her, and she took the AI ​​​​medical cabin and stayed next to the laboratory.

A month later, Wei Sha finally went to Luo Yao with the newly released experimental results.

"Gong Luo, the neutron irradiation ability in the fusion environment is too strong. Although the probability of tungsten being affected is 3% smaller with the addition of toughening agent, the neutron beam still leaves a lot of french on the tungsten. Your flaws are right."

Frenkel defects, also known as dislocation defects, are irregularities or disorders in the positions of atoms in a crystal structure.

In metals such as steel, Frenkel defects mainly appear in the form of dislocations, grain boundaries, holes, etc. These defects will affect the mechanical properties, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, etc. of the material.

In a fusion environment, tungsten will produce a large number of Frenkel defects after being irradiated by neutrons.

These defects will cause the structure of the tungsten material to change, thereby affecting its physical properties. In particular, the tungsten material used in fusion reactors will form a large number of Frenkel defects after being irradiated by strong neutron beams, which will lead to the deterioration of the material. The mechanical properties are reduced and breakage and damage are prone to occur.

Luo Yao pondered for a moment. Neutron irradiation in a fusion environment is indeed a thorny problem. He knew that tungsten is currently the most ideal first wall material, but the irradiation it receives in a fusion environment will Leading to the generation of Frenkel defects, which will indeed affect the stability and life of the fusion reactor.

If the tungsten is punctured, large amounts of plasma leaking out can have devastating consequences.

"Weisha, we cannot ignore the seriousness of this problem." Luo Yao's tone was solemn, "We must find a solution as soon as possible to prevent tungsten from being penetrated in the fusion reactor."

The effect of toughening agents is too small based on current data.

This thing really needs to be studied and improved.

"Although I don't expect you to complete the research and development of materials at once, but according to the current data, the toughening agent must be improved."

Hearing what Luo Yao said, Wei Sha felt extremely wronged.

It took them a month to achieve this result, which was unprecedented. Why did Luo Yao still look dissatisfied?

Or is she despised by her idol?

"Gong Luo, we still need time, the time is too short..."

"Get some moss," Luo Yao reminded casually.

"But little moss, isn't it possible to analyze various properties of materials? Constantly conduct experiments and analyze them, and then come up with several appropriate results?"

"You don't have to do many experiments, because the little moss will simulate the experiment by itself based on your experimental data, which is very fast."

Luo Yao suddenly understood that not every researcher knew the specific usage of moss. Wei Sha seemed to regard moss as a simple calculator.

"All you have to do is feed her data."

"Can little moss be used in this way in the field of nuclear fusion?" Wei Sha said in surprise.

"Of course. The more experimental data you feed, the more accurate she will be."

"Do you really think of her as a calculator?"

Wei Sha looked embarrassed.

Luo Yao never knew that front-line researchers would face the problem of not using moss properly. He always thought that everyone would use moss.

After Wei Sha left, Luo Yao called Shan Xing to discuss the matter. Shan Xing said with a complex expression: "Gong Luo, there are some things you know that others may not know. Front-line researchers have limited mastery of AI technology. "

"We have actually done some training, but we only taught basic courses."

Luo Yao understood that Wei Sha's situation was indeed not an exception.

Scientific researchers with ordinary IQs cannot draw inferences from one example like him, so he has to find a way to teach these people to use moss.

"Currently, there is a discipline called computational materials science in the world, so I want to upgrade it and do artificial intelligence materials science."

Shan Xing was a little unresponsive after hearing this. After a few seconds, he said, "Gong Luo, do you mean to open a separate subject?"

"Well, I plan to open a separate subject to focus on artificial intelligence materials science. The development of artificial intelligence has been widely used in various fields, and in the field of materials science, especially computational materials science, artificial intelligence also has great potential and application space.”

"There is a big difference between general computational materials science and my artificial intelligence materials science, so it is best to study a separate subject."

After Shan Xing heard this proposal, he began to think about the significance and possibility of this idea.

"Gong Luo, setting up a subject of artificial intelligence materials science is indeed a promising idea. Now more and more research is conducted based on big data and artificial intelligence technology. If we can apply artificial intelligence to materials In the scientific field, it will bring huge help to materials research."

“With this subject, students of materials science will have less pain during their school days.”

Materials majors have always been criticized as sinkhole majors. Not only are the materials produced uncertain, the graduation date is uncertain, and the job is even more uncertain.

In this case, who in the right mind would choose this sinkhole?

If artificial intelligence materials science is added to the university, it will indeed solve students' worries!

"Then I'll discuss it with someone from the education department and I'll get back to you when I have news!"

Half a month later, Luo Yao received a notice from Shan Xing.

"Gong Luo, the people in the education department have agreed to this matter, but you still need to take the lead on what to teach and how to teach it."

Luo Yao originally did not expect people from the education department to handle this matter, so he replied: "Well, I know this, and I don't trust the people from the education department to take charge."

Shan Xing: ...Fortunately, the people in the education department couldn't hear me, otherwise there would be another sad person in the world.

News spread like wildfire that Huaguo University would add a course in artificial intelligence materials science.

Many professors were shocked.

Boss Luo Yao directly added a new subject to the students?

Then from now on, don’t all the materials people have to be respectful when they see Luo Yao?

It seems that this is the academic class of the new era!