I Kidnapped An Alien Civilization

2021-07-07

Chapter 400 What is Home?

Mozi Science and Technology Laboratory currently has more than 2,000 full-time employees.

The highest degree is 35-year-old Ni Ruchu, who holds Academician degrees from 6 211 universities;

The highest IQ is 30-year-old Ou Zigao, whose IQ test is as high as 230, which is higher than Newton’s 20 points;

The 28-year-old Ou Dafei, who has the highest emotional intelligence, can get a stranger’s bank card password through a ten-minute chat;

The 55-year-old Gong Ziliang has the most work experience Professor, has worked in cattle, sheep, rabbit, security, factory workers, bank clerks, actors, takeaways, doctors, university professors, researchers and other occupations.

Why Li Mo chose Fang Lanshan, a former NCAA rocket designer, as the No. 2 person in the laboratory, the most important reason is his calmness.

Happy but not mad, sad but not hurt!

Fang Lanshan is always able to clearly recognize the current situation of the situation and make the most suitable choice for him after the drastic emotional changes.

Just like now, he who successfully launched the spaceship did not fall into ecstasy, but took advantage of this opportunity to raise doubts in his heart.

After Zhou Dong brought tea, he closed the door and left.

Li Mo then said: “Today, I am not the Boss, and you are not an employee.”

“We are two people, two Earth people.”

“If you have any questions, just ask.”

Be honest!

Fang Lanshan’s eyes lit up, and a trace of excitement appeared on his face, “Thank you, Mr.”

“Professor Li!”

Li Mo:.

“The first is the problem of the fire star base.” Fang Lanshan looked puzzled: “Why do you insist on using a reinforced concrete structure at the bottom of the base instead of using aluminum-titanium with better performance and lighter weight? What about alloys?”

“Although reinforced concrete is cheaper, the transportation cost and labor cost are several times higher than aluminum-titanium alloys.”

Li Mo slightly nods, he knows Fang Lanshan will definitely raise this question. Because this is the entire design scheme, the most controversial is what material the base of the fire star base is made of.

Aluminum-titanium alloys, titanium-laminated alloys and even plastic alloys have all become the research objects.

In the end, the aluminum-titanium pie prevailed. This alloy is resistant to high temperatures, corrosion, low density, hardness, and pull resistance. Although it is very expensive, it is very cheap compared to the cost of the entire fire star base project.

Fang Lanshan confidently wrote the aluminum-titanium alloy into the plan, but was ruthlessly rejected by Li Mo, because there were only three big characters: “use cement!”

Cement is another name for concrete, which left the project team members scratching their heads. Of those materials they chose, cement was the least likely to appear on fire star.

Would you go to an alien planet and build a house with cement?

A mason?

What a joke!

But Boss-Li Mo seemed to turn a deaf ear to their opinions, so the Material Research Institute had to work overtime to study the coagulation of concrete in the fire star environment.

Fortunately, after many simulation experiments, the Materials Research Institute finally found that the special 825 cement, in the fire star environment, has sufficient setting speed and strength after setting to ensure the stability of the base.

If in concrete, insert rebar made of nickel-chromium steel. Supported by a steel mesh structure, the fire star pyramid will be capable of resisting Level 8 earthquakes.

The earthquake resistance of the pyramid was just an unexpected gain, and was not originally considered by the project team. Because the fire star core has been extinguished, the internal geological activity is very weak. For hundreds of years, there have been almost no earthquakes above Level 2 on the surface of the fire star.

So the seismic capacity of reinforced concrete is not a plus.

And reinforced concrete has a fatal flaw, that is, weight. The weight of reinforced concrete required to build the base of the pyramid is 2 tons heavier than the use of aluminum-titanium alloys.

2 tons is 4000 jins.

On Earth, the weight of 4000 pounds may not be much, but it is equivalent to the weight of 25 adult Earth people. Any single-cylinder three-wheeled motorcycle produced in Huaguo can lift a weight of 4,000 jin and travel around the world.

But Earth and fire star are separated by 55 million kilometers of space. At this distance scale, every gram must be weighed against each other.

Reinforced concrete is obviously not a good choice.

So Fang Lanshan was very confused about Professor Li Mo’s “abnormal” behavior.

His face was full of anticipation, looking forward to what insight this man with the smartest brain on Earth might have, or what special advantages reinforced concrete had.

This problem was completely expected!

Li Mo smiled slightly: “In your mind, what is home?”

Home?

Fang Lanshan’s consciousness is confused, what does this have to do with home?

But the Boss’s expression didn’t look like a joke, he frowned for a moment: “Home is a place to rest.”

Li Mo shook the head, it seems that this guy The former NCCA rocket designer still did not fully appreciate the family culture of China.

“Isn’t it right?” Fang Lanshan didn’t think there was anything wrong with his answer. At NCCA, he works 12 hours a day, and home to him is nothing more than a long-term Inn, a place where he can sleep, bathe, and eat.

“That’s right, it’s not right!” Li Mo said the words “seems right but actually isn’t” again, he picked up the teacup and took a sip: “For Chinese people, home is not only It is only a place to rest, and more importantly, it acts as a ‘root’.”

“Every Chinese, no matter where they are, will care about their home, because there It’s his root.”

“The universe is too vast, with a distance of 55 million kilometers, the residents of the fire star base may never be able to return to Earth in this lifetime.”

“So, I will use traditional reinforced concrete on fire star to create a new home for them.”

“In this new home, it still retains the atmosphere of the old home on Earth, It is a very important thing.”

“Because between fire star and Earth, there will inevitably be a phenomenon of civilization isolation!”

Fang Lanshan was shocked, Li Mo valued family so much, he couldn’t understand. But as a scientist, I have a deep understanding of civilization isolation.

If we take the production of writing as the criterion for the emergence of civilization, human civilization has a history of 6,000 years. But the real formation of Earth civilization was after Columbus’ voyage, and cultures from all over the world communicated with each other, forming an inseparable Earth civilization.

But the distance between fire star and Earth is 55 million kilometers, and the Navigator takes more than a month to sail. It is foreseeable that the communication between future fire star residents and Earth humans must be reduced.

The reduction of communication means the generation of estrangement, and the two estranged groups must be suspicious of each other.

Eventually, this suspicion can develop into hostility.

Like how the British once colonized North America.

Because of the barrier of the ocean, suspicion grew in the hearts of the British colonists in North America, and eventually the War of Independence broke out. They overthrew the British rule and established a new country.

North America and the UK are separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and Earth and fire star are separated by the vast space.

It is foreseeable that with the development of fire star, human civilization may split into two hostile civilizations, Earth civilization and fire star civilization in the future. This is also what countless scientists worry about colonizing space.

Fang Lanshan understands that Boss wants to keep his “roots” in the hearts of the first residents of fire star, so that they don’t forget where they came from and don’t get lost in the vast space.

“Time to ask your second question!”

(end of chapter)