Chapter 697 Another Year of Nobel Prize Season

Although Lu Zhou could feel that the two pilots were somewhat reluctant to their new identities, it is gratifying that they did not bring their emotions into work and study, and completed every task seriously. Task.

And what surprised Lu Zhou the most was that the two elites selected from the flight test brigade had made considerable achievements in both the underwater simulated weightlessness environment out of the cabin training, and the anti-stress training in the centrifuge simulated overweight environment. excellent grades.

As for subjects such as skydiving and field survival training, there is no need to say more.

After becoming an official pilot, these things are compulsory subjects for them.

In fact, compared with high-thrust manned rockets, Xiangrui does not require particularly high physical fitness for its members. The acceleration in the atmospheric environment is twice the G value. After entering low-Earth orbit, the Hall thruster It will also switch to outer space mode, flying with lower engine thrust while giving priority to the thrust-to-weight ratio, so even ordinary people can ride this spacecraft.

But even though it is said so, the preparations that should be made still have to be done.

In this way, time passed day by day, and soon it was December.

Another annual Nobel Prize dinner was held in the Blue Room in Stockholm as scheduled.

Although Lu Zhou received the invitation from the Swedish royal family like other living Nobel Prize winners, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also asked him if he was interested in attending diplomatic occasions, but after careful consideration, Lu Zhou politely refused. .

One is that the research work is too busy to leave, and the other is that it is really meaningless to praise others. Compared to watching others present awards, he still prefers to go up to receive awards. Although the delicious food in Lanting is quite memorable, it is not enough to make him miss it so much that he must go there.

In addition, the winners of this year's physics award are David O'Sharon and Arthur C. Gossard, and the reason for the award is their research in the field of semiconductor spintronics.

The former obtained a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University and served as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The latter is a master in the fields of materials science and computer engineering, and is also at Santa Barbara. to teach.

Such outstanding scholars who are proficient in two fields at the same time are rare in today's era of highly subdivided disciplines, and it is even more difficult to make outstanding achievements in two different fields. However, it is precisely because this is a difficulty that ordinary people cannot complete, that it highlights the importance of the research results of the two.

In particular, the discovery of the quantum-confined Stark effect and the fractional quantization of the Hall effect not only means a major breakthrough in physics, but also has a profound impact on the chip industry.

In fact, as early as several years ago, people have been predicting that the two will win the award, but it is a pity that they have accompanied them all the way until now.

Now that this award has finally fallen into the hands of the two, it is well deserved.

It is worth mentioning that there have been websites predicting whether Professor Lu will be considered for this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Many people even bet on him on a famous gambling website.

However, the final result was just as Lu Zhou expected. The Nobel Prize review committee would not consider awarding group research results, even if the research on controllable fusion is good enough.

However, Lu Zhou estimated that this was only one of the reasons, and the main reason was probably because he had just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Otherwise, the role of the theoretical model of plasma turbulence in promoting the world's controllable fusion engineering research is more than enough to qualify for the award.

No matter how bad it is, there is He-3 atom probe technology.

Being a generous man, he didn't mind sharing the multi-million crown prize with his old friend Prof. Lazersson.

At the same time, on the day when Lu Zhou decided to drop the Nobel Prize dinner, news came from East Asia Electric Power.

After a one-year construction, the Xihe Fusion Reactor has finally been completed in Daya Bay. It is expected to complete the final commissioning before the end of the year, and start to deliver clean and cheap electricity to Guangdong, Guangxi, Shenzhen, and Xiangjiang on New Year's Day.

At present, the installed capacity of the power station has reached 11,000 MW, surpassing the total installed capacity of the former Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. The follow-up Xihe Reactor will continue to expand the power generation units, and eventually match the total installed capacity of the Pangu Reactor with 100,000 MW.

Also in this December, the cross-regional power grid project in Southeast Asia has entered the final stage of completion. Jinwu and Houyidui, which are located in the north and central respectively, have also completed the first phase of the project, and they will be delivered by next autumn at the latest.

At that time, controllable fusion will fully cover the power grids in East China, South China, North China, and Central China, and gradually phase out some highly polluting thermal power stations.

It is said that because of the Hou Yidui incident, at the last meeting someone proposed to dismantle the Three Gorges and return the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to a piece of green water and green mountains. It's just that the pros and cons of this matter are highly debated in the academic circles, so the discussion will be over in the end.

On the other hand, with the completion of the Xihe Pile, the desire of other ITER member states to negotiate has also become stronger.

If one year ago, they were confident that they could replicate the success of Pangudui in at most five or six years, then now, regardless of whether they are still so confident in their own scholars and ITER itself, Huaguo will take them in the energy field. The gap that has been gradually opened up, as well as the determination and courage to promote the energy revolution, have made them unable to wait any longer.

Lu Zhou is not very clear about the specific progress of the negotiations, nor what the country has exchanged from European and American countries, but judging from the fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited him to visit Stockholm with the delegation, the progress should be quite smooth.

After all, if the negotiations do not go well, the relevant departments would not dare to let him, the chief designer of the fusion project, take such a risk.

Lu Zhou, who was standing at the door of the training room, couldn't help sighing when he thought that he had missed so many interesting things.

Looking at the chattering teeth of the two lying on the vibration test bench, he said with some regret in his tone.

"I'm jealous……"

Wang Peng, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, was slightly taken aback.

"envious?"

Looking at the two pilots who were lying on the vibration test bench, Wang Peng looked at Lu Zhou with strange eyes.

What is so enviable about this thing...

"Well," without noticing Wang Peng's eyes, Lu Zhou nodded and said casually, "Don't you want to go to heaven?"

Wang Peng: "Going to heaven... Do you mean going to space?"

"if not?"

Wang Peng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "...I probably never thought about flying so high."

Lu Zhou sighed and asked, "What's the maximum height you can jump from?"

Wang Peng: "The highest time... was about 6,000 meters."

Generally speaking, parachuting is performed at a height of less than 1,000 meters. At this time, the temperature and air pressure outside the aircraft will not drop too much, and the parachute personnel will not face the danger of freezing or lack of oxygen.

Skydiving above 5,000 meters is dangerous even for special forces. Unless it is a last resort, such as an aircraft approaching a sensitive area and cannot descend, no one will choose high-altitude skydiving.

"Is it more than 6,000 meters high?" Lu Zhou didn't know what he was thinking. He smiled and threw down a sentence that was difficult for ordinary people to understand, "Maybe you will return to the army after a few years. Skydiving at an altitude of 1,000 kilometers is commonplace."

1,000 kilometers?

Wang Peng was stunned subconsciously, then smiled.

Unexpectedly, Professor Lu, who has always been rigorous, would sometimes make a mistake about the unit...

If you parachute from a height of 1,000 kilometers, you will be like a popsicle when you come down.