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Chapter 527 The battle for low-Earth orbit, the three major observatories are in a hurry!

When Wen Chengling talked about fullerene, the word "scammer" immediately emerged in Luo Jia's mind. Since fullerene's antioxidant ability is 125 times that of vitamin C, it is often used in the cosmetics field, collecting IQ taxes from female compatriots, and creating products that are claimed to be able to whiten quickly.

But Luo Jia never expected that Lengquan Port Laboratory had made a breakthrough in fullerene. If the anonymous letter content was true, it would have to attract Luo Jia's attention. After all, today both East and West are trying to increase human lifespan and even further grasp the secrets of life.

"How likely is this letter to be true? Why do you think the letter writers should remind us?" Luo Jia asked the Wen brothers.

Wen Chengling frowned and said, "I can't figure out why anyone would remind us that those who can understand the progress of the R&D of Lengquan Port Laboratory must be their internal personnel. Logically speaking, the people in Lengquan Port should hate us. After all, in the field of immune activation, Lengquan Port lost to us, which can be said to be a complete defeat and is quite miserable."

"Is it because of a safety hazard?" An Ran said, touching her chin, "Just like the last time, the immune activation technology of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory caused major casualties. In order to avoid the tragedy repeating, we are reminded to prepare early."

Luo Jia shook her head, "The possibility is not high. That is the top team led by James Watson and Reinhardt. The last time they had a problem was because they were anxious. If they were more cautious, they might not lose. I don't believe that great people like Watson and Reinhardt would fall twice in the same place, which would be too insulting their IQ."

Everyone nodded. The world's top scientists at the big bull level fell twice in a row due to safety, and the probability was too low.

"Deliberately attracting us into the game? Let us spend our energy on fullerenes and buy time for Cold Spring Harbor?" Shen Lang guessed.

"There is this possibility." Wen Chengfeng nodded slightly, "fullerenes are spatial three-dimensional cage structures composed of carbon molecules, and the number of carbon molecules is not fixed. They can be twenty, three hundred, or five hundred. Because fullerenes produced in nature usually have sixty carbon molecules, they are also called C60."

"Simply put, even if we know that Lengquan Harbor is studying fullerenes, we cannot know which structure of fullerene they are studying, whether there are any substances that match it, etc. If we open another fullerene research line, it will undoubtedly increase the burden."

Luo Jia nodded gently, and after listening to everyone's opinions, he made the final decision.

"With constant response to changes, the Department of Life Sciences maintains its original plan, not seeking the fastest, but seeking the most stable. Yesterday at Lengquan Port is our lesson. They used to be the most famous life science laboratory on the earth, but now they have become infamous. The reason is that they are too fast and just pull the eggs." Luo Jia said.

Wen Chengling nodded and agreed, "I understand. Don't worry about the anonymous letter. We will continue to stick to our own rhythm. Our character is in turmoil and I will remain calm."

Luo Jia nodded, "It's great, then let's go."

"By the way, Anran, please ask the secretary to arrange the time. In the afternoon, the Director Guo Shouyu of the National Observatory will come. It seems to be quite urgent. We'd better meet him together."

An Ran showed a strange expression, "National Observatory? What's the matter with them? I found that the comet that was about to hit the Earth was in danger, so I came to us for help?"

Pooh ~

Everyone laughed. Apart from Luo Jia, An Ran was the second most powerful person in the company. However, this gentleman still retained a little innocence in his heart. When Luo Jia said that when the observatory people came, he immediately thought of the end of the earth, and his thinking was also very clear.

Luo Jia smiled, "If it was really that serious, the person who came would not be the director of the observatory, at least he had to be the minister or something."

"Don't think too much. Director Guo came to us to complain. The National Observatory, Purple Mountain Observatory, Shanghai Metropolitan Observatory, and the three major domestic observatories have been in trouble recently and are in urgent need of our help."

...

"Son of a bitch!"

"This bastard Musk!"

Director Guo from the National Observatory did come to Xingchen Technology to complain. He just met and chatted in the office in the afternoon. The director, who had black-framed glasses and a strong scholarly atmosphere, began to swear.

"In just half a year, Musk's damn Starlink project shot more than 4,000 satellites, and he still occupied low-Earth orbit!"

"How do we observe this!"

"If this continues, our entire astronomical observation system will be destroyed by Musk!"

"There is money inside and out!"

"The National Observatory has more than one observation station, but dozens of them are large and small. From the capital to the Western Xinjiang, how much money has the country invested in these projects, and how much youth has my colleagues dedicated!?"

"Yangbajing, Kashgar, Ali, Xilingol, in order to better observe conditions, many observation stations are located in remote and deserted places. Many of our researchers stay in these places for a lifetime, which is really hard!"

"It's good now. Musk's starlink plan is getting more and more crazy. I wish I could drive a thousand satellites in a week. As long as we open the mirror, satellites, satellites, and satellites are all Musk's satellites. More than 4,000 satellites have brought huge troubles to our space observation work. Originally, our group of astronomical observations had already worked very hard. Musk directly tripled our hard work! The probability of making mistakes has also tripled!"

"I heard that according to Musk's plan, he will eventually place more than 100,000 communication satellites in low-Earth orbit, which is simply our life!"

"At that time, not only us, but also North America, all observatories around the world will be stumbled!"

Master Guo was very excited. He had been engaged in astronomical observations for his whole life and was almost forced to the verge of collapse. When he talked about his colleagues, his voice choked several times.

Luo Jia frowned. Of course, he knew the importance of astronomical observation. Without astronomical observation capabilities, you are like a blind man without eyes, not even knowing that a meteorite hits the earth.

Without astronomical observation capabilities, there will be no star map, and there will be stars in the sea. You can't even figure out where the starship is heading.

"Why is it in addition to North America? Musk's star link occupies low-Earth orbit resources, and the North American Observatory should also be affected, right?" An Ran asked casually.

"They have two space telescopes, Hubble and Webber, among which the cost of the Webber space telescope is as high as more than 10 billion US dollars, and its astronomical observation capabilities are unique in the world. In addition, North America also plans to launch the LUVOIR, the Super Sky Telescope Origin, the Hound, etc.."

"In short, North America has been preparing for it very early. They know that the Starlink program will cause the ground observatory to lose its function, so they are preparing to move the telescope to space. my country's space program started late. So far, we do not have our own space telescope. As for the super space telescope of the sky-surveillance level like Origin, it is even more out of reach."

Speaking of this, Luo Jia and An Ran looked at each other, and they did not expect that things would collapse so quickly. Musk was absolutely crazy. He fired rockets into space three times a week, even four times a week, and threw a large number of satellites in low-Earth orbit.

On November 11, 2019, just as the Chinese people were welcoming Double Eleven and sending money to merchants to pay IQ tax, a major event that could be recorded in the history of space occurred at Cape Canaveral Aviation Base in Florida, North America.

When Musk launched the Starlink communication satellite, he found that one of the satellites had a malfunction. According to principles, the faulty satellites should be removed and replaced with a new one.

However, Musk made an action that surprised everyone. I don’t want the faulty satellite! Launch it first, and then let the faulty satellite fall off by itself.

Only those who truly understand aerospace engineering will understand the meaning behind this matter.

It means that the Starlink project has entered the real commercial operation stage, the cost of communication satellites is so low, and the cost of the Falcon 9 rocket has reached the point where Musk can waste it unscrupulously!

Once it enters this launch rhythm, Musk is too lazy to dismantle the unqualified satellite and send it directly to space to throw away. The symbolic significance behind it is too great. If China does not stop it, the starlinks may really be successful. From now on, the Earth's near-Earth orbit will be surrounded by North American communication satellites layer by layer, like a wall of iron, and it will be difficult for others to insert their satellites into it.

This is a typical hegemony of non-renewable resources in space!

Once Starlink is successful, it will inevitably seriously impact the global telecommunications network, this giant industry worth ten trillion US dollars!

After hearing Master Guo's words, An Ran scratched her head, and first of all, she felt that things were a bit tricky. The three major observatories are the lifeblood of my country's space research. Due to this huge impact, they suffered heavy losses and cannot be measured by money.

In addition, he was a little guilty. Everyone knows that Musk was forced by Xingchen Technology to do so crazy. If he didn't seize the time to get out the Starlink, he would only lose even worse. Because Xingchen Technology was even more crazy, they built the Space Elevator and the Zero Space Station. These two super projects. In comparison, the only super space project in North America is Starlink.

Of course, a short-term backwardness does not mean anything. North America's other plans to fight against Star Technology are still under intense preparations, and I believe they will be launched soon.

After thinking for a while, Luo Jia raised her head and saw a smile on his face, saying to An Ran: "It seems that the plan must be advanced."

An Ran nodded and said, "Well, although it is a bit troublesome to adjust the plan, it is also due to the situation. Musk is a much faster than we imagined."

Luo Jia rubbed her hands, "Then let's decide this way. There is no need for the management bureau to discuss it. You are responsible for adjusting the plan. I will go to the Optics Department and find Mr. Lu in person."

An Ran slapped her thigh and stood up, "Okay, but the plan is a bit complicated. I need at least ten days."

"It should be no problem." Luo Jia thought for a while and said, "After all, Mr. Lu also has his own difficulties."

Master Guo was confused when he heard this. He frowned and asked in confusion: "Two, what are you talking about?"

"We are talking about the space telescope." Luo Jia said calmly and calmly: "If you still have an impression, last year we dug up Dr. Jean Pierre and his team from the European Space Administration."

"Now Dr. Pierre is working with our subsidiary, Star Optics Group, and Mr. Zhang Yuechuan and Lu Chengfeng to prepare our first space telescope."

Director Gou was stunned and his pupils quickly magnified, "European Space Administration's chief observation expert, Dr. Pierre, who is in charge of Gaia II's plan?"

"Yes, Master Gou knows him?"

Guo Shouyu focused his attention and said excitedly: "I have met you. I have attended several academic conferences together, but I am not very familiar with you. By the way, how is your space telescope plan going?"

After hearing this, Luo Jia habitually picked up the whiteboard and graffitied it on it.

"Space Station Zero is like a big house, and the space telescope is like furniture in the house. According to normal logic, the house must be built and renovated before it can be installed. The last step is to move in."

"The Zero Space Station has not been built yet, so it's too early to talk about furniture."
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