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Chapter 67 – Selection of academicians

“The nuclear thermal thruster takes the Martian spacecraft out of the atmosphere, gives it an initial speed, and then turns on the nuclear power ion thruster in space to continuously accelerate with minimal energy consumption. Such a nuclear thermal + nuclear power thruster will allow The Martian spacecraft flies to Mars at the fastest speed!” Du Xingyu has a plan in mind.

He immediately said in his mind: “Put in one hundred thousand energy points and start the simulation of nuclear power ion thruster!”

Technology Simulator: “Simulation has been started.”

In front of Du Xingyu’s eyes, the relevant structures required for nuclear reactors and ion thrusters appeared, and Du Xingyu began to design and assemble.

He has overcome the difficulty of a small, safe nuclear reactor last time. What he has to do this time is how to output nuclear energy stably into nuclear power and design an ion thruster that meets the demand.

“Also use a liquid hydrogen cooling cycle system… The nuclear power system is connected to a radio frequency generator, which heats the ions to one million degrees Celsius, and is constrained by a magnetic field to allow the ions to rotate at a fixed frequency and inject energy to continuously increase the propulsion… …”

In the days when Du Xingyu was pondering the nuclear power ion thruster, another episode occurred in the space agency.

“This time the selection of the academicians of the two academies has begun. All the research institutes of our space agency have reported them, but I don’t know how many will be selected.” At the space agency meeting, Cao Liang said, “this year We are very important to our space agency, and I hope everyone will pay attention to it when submitting materials. Who of you can be selected is not only a personal glory, but also the pride of the space agency!”

The two academies, naturally the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, are almost the highest honorary titles of Chinese scholars.

Because of this, it is difficult to become an academician of the two academies! Each of them is a leading figure with outstanding contributions and research results in the scientific community, such as Du Xingyu’s teacher Liu Yuan, and his uncle Xiong Ming, who are both academicians of the National Academy of Engineering.

Everyone is very serious, and this is also an opportunity that many scholars dream of!

After the meeting, Cao Liang specially left Du Xingyu and said: “There are a few places in the bureau this year. I plan to declare you up. You 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 50 years old, and now the youngest academicians of the two academies are nearly forty years old! Du Xingyu is only in his early twenties.

“You are very young.” Cao Liang said, “but the two academies do not stipulate how old you must be to be selected as academicians. Your scientific research contribution is definitely enough. Anyway, report it first!”

“Okay, thank you for your leadership.” Du Xingyu thanked him. He knew that if he could become an academician, he would get more convenience in applying for research funding! His opinions will also have more weight!

Du Xingyu submitted the materials, and some researchers in the space agency also submitted materials much older than him.

The members of the Management Committee of the National Academy of Engineering are a group of old academicians and pillars of the country. They are now discussing the list of candidates for the Academy of Engineering this year.

In general, they have discussed it, and there is only one most controversial name left-Du Xingyu.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Everyone, what do you think about whether Du Xingyu is selected as an academician of our academy?” a member asked.

“Du Xingyu, of course his ability is okay.” An old academician said, “and he is very good in aerospace dynamics, which also meets the requirements of our Academy of Engineering, but… he is only in his early twenties, which has no precedent.”

The National Academy of Sciences puts more emphasis on theoretical science, while the Academy of Engineering is more inclined to applied science. Du Xingyu is obviously more suitable for the Academy of Engineering. If you have made achievements in both fields, you are eligible to serve as academicians of the two academies at the same time!

“Our criteria for selecting people is not based on 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 an academician!”

“Old Liu, Du Xingyu is your student. He is indeed excellent. It is beyond doubt that he will become an academician.” An old academician said, “But we still have many candidates. Some of them have been declared for seven or eight consecutive years. Those who were not selected, are you considering prioritizing them this year?”

“Those who can go first!” Xiong Ming said, “Since there are capable young juniors, we should give him a bigger stage! I support letting Du Xingyu enter the Academy of Engineering!”

“I am not against it either. Du Xingyu can indeed enter the Academy of Engineering, but can’t it be released until next year or the next year?”

Everyone discussed it for a long time, but they couldn’t settle down.

At this time, someone reported a message.

Upon receiving the news, the committee members smiled and stood up and announced: “Everyone, 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 already won Approved by most committee members.”

“What? He was nominated for the Nobel Prize?” These old academicians were quite surprised. Some of them were nominated for the Nobel Prize, and some of the two houses also won the Nobel Prize.

But Du Xingyu’s age is no one can match.

“With Du Xingyu’s achievements in aerospace dynamics, he will definitely have 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 won glory for our country!” Someone said with emotion.

“I think Du Xingyu is absolutely qualified to join the Academy of Engineering, and we can’t bury talents!” said a senior engineer from the Academy of Engineering.

“Correct!”

Everyone agreed and finally decided that Du Xingyu would become the youngest academician of the Academy of Engineering!

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“Congratulations, congratulations! You will be upgraded from Dr. Du to Academician Du in the future!” Xu Lianqiu teased Du Xingyu from the Space Administration and Rocket Power Research Institute.

“Your upgrade seems to be hanging up. I haven’t graduated from graduate school. You are an academician! You have also been nominated for a Nobel Prize…” Xu Lianqiu’s tone was full of envy and admiration, and she stared at Du Xingyu intently, trying to follow Several clues were found hanging on him.

“Generally so.” Du Xingyu smiled, “Become an academician, it’s time to get down the Mars mission application.”

Du Xingyu has applied to the above, hoping to change the next Mars unmanned exploration program into a manned landing, and the above is still considering.

“Academician Xiaodu, your application is half passed!” He Jingcheng also walked over with a smile on his face.

“He Gong, what is half? Is it possible to buy only tickets to Mars and not to buy the return trip?” Du Xingyu said jokingly.

“Haha.” He Jingcheng smiled, “Is the bureau still a little worried, one is the funding problem, the space missions are too frequent recently, it is indeed a little tight.”

“Secondly, for the mission to land on Mars so quickly, the bureau is worried that the technology will be immature, causing accidents to the astronauts.”

“So the above decision is that if we can successfully build a Mars spacecraft before the window period between Mars and the Earth, we will carry out a manned landing mission to Mars. If not, we will launch an unmanned Mars rover according to the original plan.”

“Great!” Du Xingyu affirmed, “Before the window period, the Mars spacecraft will definitely be built! Now we can start designing the three-dimensional model of the spacecraft…”