Chapter 287 NASA's defense is broken, and the Riemann hypothesis progresses

As the press conference for the lunar soil handover ceremony came to an end, Xu Yuan's announcement that the moon landing would be completed within five years caused heated discussions around the world, especially among members of the International Astronautical Union who spoke out publicly.

Including the Ou Space Administration and the Neon Aerospace Research and Development Agency.

French Space Research Center, etc.

They all said that this was impossible to do.

With China's existing rocket and manned spacecraft technology, it is impossible to have the ability to land humans on the moon within five years.

Even doubling it would be difficult.

When interviewed by reporters, he openly accused Xu Yuan of deceiving the public.

I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t get the lunar soil sample, but I felt a little angry and embarrassed.

However, after public opinion arose, overseas users also began to express doubts.

Discussions are taking place in the community.

"Although I really want to believe what Xu said, unfortunately this is something that is absolutely impossible to do."

"The difficulty of landing on the moon is by no means as simple as collecting lunar soil. Xu is a little too confident."

"Oh my God, there must be something wrong with my ears. I heard such unrealistic words."

"I'm so envious of the people there who actually have the opportunity to participate in the lunar soil lottery."

"They don't even have a new generation of rockets or a new generation of lunar landers. How are they going to land on the moon? I don't think five years is enough."

"Their space technology is developing very fast and has far surpassed us in this field. Now they should focus on the design and development of a new generation of spacecraft instead of vowing to land on the moon within five years."

"Although it seems difficult, I am willing to trust Xu. He is the most charming person I have ever met."

"Perhaps Xu can create another space miracle."

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While the outside world was arguing about this matter, NASA remained unusually silent.

They did not publicly raise questions online or directly launch verbal attacks like other members of the international space organization, perhaps because they were given lunar soil samples.

September.

Several days have passed since the lunar soil samples returned to Earth.

NASA finally received the lunar soil samples.

It was around ten in the morning local time.

In a laboratory in the NASA headquarters building, Fwork stood in a lab coat.

Our eyes are focused on the negligible 2 grams of lunar soil sample in the instruments in front of us.

Exactly.

Next to him were the person in charge, Bolsons, and the scientific researchers in the bureau.

"This is the lunar soil sample they donated. There are only 2 grams in total. They really don't know how to be grateful."

After staring for a long time, Fwork looked away. The expression on his face was as angry as it could be. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the number of lunar soil samples.

After all, they have accomplished a manned lunar landing, and the aerospace technology they possess is among the best in the world.

Responsible for human exploration of outer space.

As a result, other countries collected more than 2 grams of lunar soil samples, but only a pitiful grams were given to them.

What's more, many years ago, they generously gave each other lunar soil samples.

In his opinion, he should at least get a few hundred grams this time.

At this time, Bolsons was also in a bad mood, but the main reason was because of Congressman Fwork in front of him.

When the terms were signed, we refused to cooperate with the other side in space travel and even did not approve their application to join the International Space Station project. Even under such circumstances, the other side was able to develop space technology to this level on its own.

How could he have the nerve to ask for lunar soil samples?

Now, they have given us the sample, but it is only two grams, making us a laughing stock around the world.

Of course, I thought so in my heart, but when the words came to my mouth, I explained:

"Xu Yuan, the person in charge of the other party's lunar landing project, gave an explanation in an interview with reporters."

"We only donated 1 gram of lunar soil samples, and now they are giving us double the amount, which is very generous. As for the Ouang Space Bureau and the Neon Space Research Institute, they didn't even get 1 gram of lunar soil samples."

After hearing what Bolsons said, Fwork snorted coldly.

"It's this Xu Yuan again!"

But his complexion had obviously improved a little.

After all, although they only need 2 grams of lunar soil samples, they are at least much better than others.

But this feeling of relaxation did not last for two seconds, and then I heard Setvi, who was not far away, take over the conversation and add something.

"They collected more than 2 grams, but they only gave us grams. I heard that they gave more to netizens for lottery than we did."

"What did you say?"

"lottery?"

Fvok obviously didn't know about this, and when he heard the news, he turned his head and widened his eyes.

The pupils were no less than an earthquake.

The main reason is that although he is not a professional technical personnel in the aerospace field, he also knows the difficulty and value of lunar soil collection. Especially for areas that do not have the ability to collect lunar soil, even a 0.1 gram lunar soil sample can be considered rare and valuable.

It needs to be fully studied to maximize its value.

Therefore, he had never heard of anyone directly using lunar soil samples to participate in the lottery.

It is almost like we have achieved lunar soil freedom and there is no need to worry about collecting lunar soil at all.

Even at their peak, NASA had never performed such a shocking operation.

But after calming down, he suddenly became even more unhappy. He could not accept that the lunar soil samples won by netizens in the lottery were more than those he had received.

"They did put out a few samples of lunar soil for the lottery," Setway boldly predicted, "Could it be that the other party really has mastered the manned lunar landing technology, so they don't care about these lunar soil samples at all?"

If we really have the technology to land humans on the moon, we can collect a large number of lunar soil samples with just one trip.

There is really no need to worry about these few grams.

Recently, the entire network has been discussing Xu Yuan's answer to a reporter's question about landing on the moon in five years.

Although they did not express their attitude publicly, they were well aware of this matter.

We even conducted internal analysis and discussions.

This is to verify the authenticity of the message.

When he heard Setvi bring up the matter again, Fwork did not talk to the other party directly. Instead, he turned his head and focused his gaze on the person in charge, Bolsons.

"What do you think about this?"

"When Xu was asked by reporters about the five-year moon landing, was it a deliberate fake news, or do they really have the capability to do so?"

Speaking of this matter, Fwork couldn't help but feel a headache. The opponent's development momentum was becoming more and more alarming.

From purely theoretical academic fields to high-tech equipment such as hypersonic missiles, our technology has surpassed theirs, so much so that the world situation is changing rapidly.

But at this stage no one dares to fall out.

Coupled with the restrictions on the semiconductor industry, once a lithography factory is built, one can only focus on one's own technology.

I hope to return to the top with more advanced technology.

Unexpectedly, before the projects in the field of mathematics had made any progress, the aerospace field suffered another heavy blow.

The House of Representatives no longer dares to imagine how the global situation will change if the other side really achieves manned lunar landing within five years to demonstrate its strength.

So no matter from which perspective, we certainly don't want this news to be true.

If someone else had given such an estimated moon landing time when asked by a reporter, he would definitely be ridiculed by people from all walks of life around the world and called it a fantasy by countless aerospace experts.

After all, it is a new generation of launch vehicles, a new generation of manned spacecraft, and a new generation of lunar lander.

A qualitative leap is needed in technology.

How to master university knowledge from high school without accumulating time.

Unfortunately, the person who said this was Xu Yuan.

The most gifted young scientist among the billions of people on Earth.

Created many scientific miracles.

Take the example of the Tiangong Space Station. At that time, no one believed that a country could build it so quickly, and it even took faster than the multi-member International Space Station.

However, the result was that Xu Yuan did lead the astronauts to do it.

It can be said that Bolsons was a little afraid of Xu Yuan. He couldn't imagine how such a genius could exist in the world.

It completely broke my own cognition.

It was as if there was no scientific research and technological research project that could be called difficult in front of the other party.

Therefore, in response to Fwork's question, he paused for a few seconds, tried to calm himself down, and then told him the analysis results given by the bureau.

"According to the relevant information we have collected and provided by the Security Building, there has been very little progress in the research of the next generation of rockets, manned spacecraft, and lunar landers."

“Not even two years have brought any improvement.”

"I think we have encountered unsolvable bottlenecks in many technologies."

"So our conclusion is that even with a genius like Xu Yuan, the probability of achieving a moon landing within five years is very low."

In the view of Borsons and the technical staff of the bureau, Xu Yuan, as a researcher of the Chinese aerospace system and also involved in the construction of the Tiangong space station, could not have been without involvement in the research and development of the new generation of spacecraft. Since there has been no obvious progress so far, it only means that Xu Yuan's talent has not played a role in the research and development of the new generation of spacecraft.

This way there is no need to worry too much.

Even if there is new progress, it still takes a long time from design to production.

The probability of landing on the moon within five years is too low.

Fwork was undoubtedly very satisfied with the conclusion given by Bolsons.

"That's good."

"I wonder how it is possible that their aerospace technology is advancing so fast."

A smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth, and after saying this, he quickly lost interest in the two grams of lunar soil samples.

He clapped his hands and pretended to walk outside.

Naturally, nearby researchers such as Bolsons and Setvi also left soon after.

However, when they walked out of the laboratory and into the corridor, Bolsons took the initiative to make a proposal.

"Councilman Fvok."

"I think the best approach is not to wait until they fail to fulfill their promises, but to take concrete measures."

"It would be best to restart the moon landing plan." He learned through some channels that the Clay Mathematics Institute and the International Mathematical Union had formed a research team just to suppress Xu Yuan's influence in the field of mathematics.

Want to prove the Riemann hypothesis before Xu Yuan.

This incident also made him feel a little moved, thinking that perhaps the same approach could be adopted in the aerospace field.

As long as they restart the moon landing plan before Xu Yuan and successfully send astronauts to the moon again, their position in the aerospace field will still be unshakable by others.

Even if we face each other from behind, we can still achieve manned lunar landing.

But until the other side succeeded in landing a man on the moon, their plan to restart the moon landing was not implemented.

I'm afraid the situation is completely different.

So he took this opportunity today to bring it up again.

Hopefully I can convince the House.

Unfortunately, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

When Fwork heard that the moon landing plan was going to be restarted, he suddenly stopped moving forward, turned around and looked at Borsons, and after a long time he still gave an uncertain answer.

"Regarding the resumption of the moon landing plan, I have reported it to the House of Representatives, and the matter is still under discussion."

"In addition, we have already cooperated with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, so we also need to consider that matter."

Done.

He didn't plan to stay here any longer, so he said goodbye to Bolsons and went downstairs to take a special car to leave.

When only his own researchers were left around, Bolsons shook his head and sighed.

"Ah~"

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to see the moon landing program restarted in my lifetime."

“Perhaps humanity’s space industry really needs to be saved by China.”

He could understand what Fwork was trying to say. It was basically impossible to get the House of Representatives to pass such a costly moon landing plan.

Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is fully committed to researching experimental starships.

It is even more impossible to restart the moon landing alone at this stage.

Therefore, in the limited life he has left, this may be the only manned moon landing he will see.

We can only place our hopes on Xu Yuan.

No matter from which aspect, it can be said to be very contradictory.

After muttering these words to himself, he turned around and went back to his office upstairs, not intending to continue discussing the matter.

As for the remaining Setvi, he was feeling quite complicated at the moment.

Thinking about how he had been slapped in the face so many times, from initially believing that the other party could not complete the autonomous space rendezvous and docking experiment for the first time, to the subsequent full completion of the Tiangong space station, he now dared not make any confident affirmative judgments when facing Xu Yuan.

Until the five years were up, no one knew whether this much-anticipated moon landing could be achieved.

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In the end, NASA did not make any public response to either the two grams of lunar soil samples or China's plan to land on the moon within five years.

This made the Ouangkong Bureau and other parties feel embarrassed to make any further protests.

All he could do was remain silent in disgrace.

However, it is worth mentioning that both Neon and Indo-Pacific Aerospace plan to announce their own lunar soil sample collection plans.

It seems that they don't want to fall too far behind in the space competition.

However, these news did not generate much heat and were just for fun for netizens.

Just forward it to the chat group and say a few words.

Xu Yuan finally had time to meet with the five members of the mathematics research team.

"I don't need to introduce them to you, right?" In the room of the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science, Ma Zhiming pointed at the five young figures in front of him and said to Xu Yuan beside him with a smile.

To this, Xu Yuan quickly followed up:

"I personally selected these team members. Of course, there is no need for you to introduce them to me, Dean Ma."

The five mathematics professors in front of him, including Tian Zhen, were the team members selected by him through examinations. They will subsequently conduct academic research on the proof of the Riemann hypothesis.

Speaking of which, today was the first time Xu Yuan met them, and they had no private interactions before.

However, several members of their team had actually come here to report after the list was officially announced.

Because they don't communicate much with each other and are not very familiar with each other.

Therefore, research on the Riemann hypothesis was not started immediately.

Xu Yuan even asked Ma Zhiming to help, so that they could get to know each other first, and at least know each one's strengths.

When faced with a difficult problem, they can cooperate with each other to solve it.

Otherwise, it would be like a pile of loose sand, and even if Xu Yuan was in control of the correct direction, he would be affected in the opposite direction.

This has the opposite effect.

Slow down the proof of the Riemann hypothesis.

After all, the research teams established by the International Institute for Mathematical Modeling and the Clay Mathematics Institute have begun to prove the Riemann hypothesis, which is somewhat stressful for them.

The progress of proving the Riemann hypothesis must be as fast as possible.

In the following time, Xu Yuan talked with them separately and had a clearer understanding of their situation.

After the discussion ended, compared to the others who moved their lips slightly, as if they didn't know how to say something, Tian Zhen, who was standing in the middle, became the mouthpiece and spoke straight to the point.

"Academician Xu, when can we participate in the proof of the Riemann hypothesis?"

The main reason is that they have been here for a while, but the mathematics they usually study has nothing to do with the Riemann hypothesis, so they are inevitably a little anxious. You know, they chose this opportunity to come here because they wanted to study the Riemann hypothesis with Xu Yuan.

Because I hadn't met Xu Yuan before, nothing happened.

I finally got to talk to Xu Yuan today, so I must ask him some questions. Otherwise, if Xu Yuan leaves again, I may not know when we will meet again.

Xu Yuan listened to Tian Zhen's words, but he was not surprised at all.

Since he chose Tian Zhen to join the research team, he must know him very well.

Then he turned his gaze over.

"Professor Tian."

"I am most satisfied with your solution process for the test paper I gave you. You are very talented in mathematics."

He gave two compliments directly and generously.

This action also made Tian Zhen a little dumbfounded. He was suddenly praised by his most admired idol, and he immediately felt at a loss.

"Xu... Academician Xu, the questions you asked are very clever."

When Xu Yuan saw the other party's performance, he stopped keeping the secret and immediately picked up a stack of documents from the table behind him.

"All right."

"I came here today to tell you that from today on, our group will officially begin studying the Riemann hypothesis."

"These are the proofs I derived earlier. You can start with them."

After saying that, he handed the documents in his hand to Tian Zhen and the others one by one.

Although he has not been here recently and only let Tian Zhen and others to work together, he has not stopped his research on the Riemann hypothesis.

In the state of deep learning, he tried from multiple directions and used different mathematical and physical methods to prove it.

The result is that several of them successfully caused the panel progress bar to grow.

This shows that all these methods are effective.

Although I don't know if I can complete the final proof and make the progress bar reach 100%, it is worth trying to study the proof in depth. If I do it all by myself, it will undoubtedly take more time to eliminate the wrong direction that will not lead to the end.

It is obviously the most appropriate way to let Tian Zhen and others take charge now.

It can greatly save time and prove the Riemann hypothesis at the fastest speed.

That’s partly why he formed the research group.

In addition, the research directions he assigned to each member were their respective areas of expertise.

With their mathematical talents, it would not be without any gain.

"Go study it first. If there is anything you don't understand, you can always ask me."

“I will come here often from now on.”

As Xu Yuan repeated this instruction, Tian Zhen and the others looked impatient.

After responding immediately, he quickly returned to the room where he usually solved math problems.

Take the time to study the mathematical information in the document.

For them, if they can make Xu Yuan believe that there is a method to prove the Riemann hypothesis, then the value of their work is absolutely correct, and studying and researching it is also a great improvement for them.

In a blink of an eye, only Xu Yuan and Ma Zhiming were left in the office. They looked at each other and smiles appeared on their faces.

"They are all the most talented mathematics professors in the country. I hope they can grow into world-class mathematicians in the future."

"I don't aspire to be as good as you, a master of mathematics, but at least I want to be as good as Delignewitten."

Ma Zhiming looked in the direction where Tian Zhen and the others left, and suddenly said something with some emotion and longing, with a hint of anticipation on his face.

After all, apart from Xu Yuan, there are very few top mathematicians in China who can engage in academic research.

Such a hierarchy of mathematicians is not conducive to the future development and growth of the domestic mathematics community.

Although today Acta Mathematica Sinica has become a top journal in the field of mathematics.

Xu Yuan immediately looked over when he heard this. He naturally understood what Ma Zhiming was worried about. Then the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile, and he responded confidently.

"Don't worry, Ma Yuan."

"They will become the world's top mathematicians, and I believe it won't be long before they become world-famous for proving the Riemann hypothesis."

"It seems that you are confident in proving the Riemann hypothesis." Ma Zhiming responded with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he spoke again:

"I'm beginning to mourn for the research team formed by the International Mathematical Union and the Clay Mathematics Institute. By choosing you as their competitor, they are doomed to have no chance of proving the Riemann hypothesis."

At the same time, Tian Zhen and a few others were concentrating on studying the contents of the document.

Soon there was no suspense at all, and I was attracted by the direction, ideas and methods used in the process.

They were like a dried sponge, desperately absorbing the rich mathematical knowledge in it, and at the same time became more and more determined to prove the Riemann hypothesis.

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(End of this chapter)