Guo Shouyu, director of the National Astronomical Observatory, came to Luo Jia, hoping that Starlink Technology could help solve the problem of Starlink satellites interfering with space observations.
The reason why this plan has not been launched is not because Luo Jia does not pay attention to it, but because the plan is too huge. The lunatics of Xingchen Technology are ready to solve the problem of space observation for many years in the future.
“Lagrangian point!?” Guo Shouyu cheered up and said, “Are you going to put the eyes of the stars on the Lagrangian point and do the whole star field observation!?”
Luo Jia nodded slightly, “Yes, in addition to the Eye of the Stars, we will install more than a dozen observation equipment, large and small, on the No. 0 space station. If necessary in the future, we can also install the space telescope on the back of the moon. in the base.”
“In short, please rest assured that we do not care about the field of space observation, but because we want to solve the problem thoroughly, we spent some time building the equipment.”
Luo Jia explained, and Director Guo burst into tears with excitement, as if he had seen a huge space telescope standing quietly somewhere in the solar system, helping humans observe and understand the boundless depths of the universe.
The Eye of the Stars is undoubtedly epoch-making. If you have seen Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem, you will know that when the three celestial bodies move together, it is impossible for even a highly civilized Three-body person to make accurate predictions. matter.
However, after adding specific constraints, we can still find five relatively static points, which are called Lagrangian points.
All in all, all celestial bodies in the universe are constantly moving in complex motions. Only the Lagrangian points are relatively static, which is more worry-free for placing observation equipment. The discoveries of the other five points are not all Lagrangian points. Thanks to the credit of the day, before him, the Swiss Euler had already found three points, which were only completed by the Italian Lagrange later.
“Then where do you plan to put the Eye of the Star? L1 or L2?” Guo Shouyu asked hoarsely because of excitement.
Luo Jia smiled and said lightly: “There is no difference. As we all know, there are more than billions of celestial bodies in the universe. In the Milky Way alone, there are 400 billion existences similar to the solar system. All these celestial bodies exert gravitational force together. The movement of the universe is extremely complicated.”
“The so-called Lagrangian point is a relatively static point obtained under the condition of only considering the sun and the earth, and the influence of other stars is not included. No matter where we stop the eye of the stars, we will It needs constant adjustment, but because the Lagrangian point is relatively static, it saves fuel.”
“Our ultimate goal is not to use Lagrangian points, but to kill Lagrangian points, relying on powerful controllable fusion, to provide a steady stream of energy for the eyes of stars, so that they can appear in any Where we want it to go.”
“It’s a pity that at this stage, our controllable fusion technology is not yet mature, so we have to settle for the next best thing and let the eyes of the stars stay at the Lagrangian point first.”
After listening to Luo Jia’s words, Guo Shouyu nodded again and again, feeling a sense of awe in his heart, not using the Lagrangian point, but killing the Lagrangian point, this is probably the unique domineering of the tough guys .
You think we’re going to occupy Lagrangian points?
It’s really just that we put the telescope there before the controlled fusion is completed!
“Let’s put it at L2, North America’s space telescope Webb, my country’s lunar exploration relay communication satellite Queqiao, European Space Agency’s exploration spacecraft Planck, and a large number of detectors and communication satellites , are all piled up at Lagrange L2 point, and there will not be any more of us.” When Luo Jia said this, he looked very ordinary.
“Great! I’m looking forward to it!” Director Guo blushed excitedly and said, “Your eyes of the stars will directly hit the face of the Webb Space Telescope! Just imagine that wonderful scene in your mind.” I’m so excited that I’m about to burst!”
Go to the face of the Webb Space Telescope?
Luo Jia shrugged, he didn’t mean to target North America, but who made the Lagrangian points only five in total, among which L1 and L2 points are relatively close to the earth, which are most suitable for parking space detection equipment, equipment from various countries Getting together at point L2 is also inevitable.
“Okay then, since Director Guo said it, we’ll take the Webb Space Telescope in the face!” Luo Jia smiled and made a gesture of invitation, “Please, our space observation equipment will be partially open for use The power is given to the three major domestic observatories, but as the old saying goes, there is no rule without rules, so we still need to sign a cooperation agreement.”
“That’s a good relationship. It’s our dream to cooperate with the toughest guy in the technology world.” Guo Shouyu said excitedly.
The three of them left the workshop chatting and laughing. This trip to Star Optics was actually just a quick tour. Luo Jia is not stupid. Please ask Guo Shouyu to take a look at the equipment and boost the confidence of the three major observatories. Parameters, technical details, and did not tell the whole story.
As for cooperation, the telescope that will be sent into space is not one, but a whole set, dozens of large and small, and it is quite reasonable for the observatory to use it in spare time.
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A week later, Washington, DC.
“Can any of you tell me? What happened to the big mirror sent by Xingchen Technology to Station Zero!?”
The president’s roar echoed in the meeting room. He called the space telescope of Xingchen Technology a big mirror, which made many people want to laugh, but looking at the blue face of the president, everyone restrained their smiles again.
“Musk, you are our chief scientific advisor, tell me, what is that mirror for!?”
The President pinched his waist, pointed to the spy photos on the tactical board, and asked Musk, while Musk looked listless. It was the weekend, and he was resting at his home in Los Angeles, but he was taken overnight Pulling here, my heart is actually quite depressed.
“Obviously, this is a refracting space telescope with a traditional Newtonian structure. It can be clearly seen from the spy photos. Its lens diameter is more than 25 meters. It is equipped with a NIRCam near-infrared camera. The NIRSpec near Infrared spectrograph, MIR mid-infrared device, FGS fine guide star sensor…”
The President waved impatiently and interrupted Musk’s speech, “I’m not asking these, but why this space telescope appears in synchronous orbit? Those guys from Star Technology, what are they going to do!?”
If such a large space telescope is aimed at the White House, maybe even the color of underwear the President is wearing can be photographed clearly, so it can be seen that the President is very angry today.
For a long time, North America has been the one who stands in space and monitors the whole world. He probably feels that from now on, he will be exposed to China’s super-large telescope, and he feels very upset. Anyway, today, Mr. President Very angry, except for Musk, the chief of the joint staff, the director of the CIA, all the senior officials he could find were called to the White House.
Musk frowned, “According to our monitoring, this telescope set sail from Hudu Pier four days ago and was sent to Weigu Island overnight. , and send it as a whole to the No. 1 synchronous orbital space station, where the robot engineering team stationed there will carry out final assembly and testing.”
“As for their purpose, please forgive me for not being able to make an accurate judgment, because its shape is not the shape of a traditional space telescope. The huge graphene fixing bracket and sunshade are obviously unnecessary and wasteful resource suspicion.”
Musk talked about his own ideas. In addition to the lens and the necessary mechanical structure, this space telescope also has a huge base, so that more telescopes can be installed on the base in the future, and eventually become a complex telescope. Space Observation Array.
Musk doesn’t know this, he only knows that the base is too big, which is extraordinary. If the space telescope is compared to a cannon, then the telescope of Star Technology is like a battleship. Just a small part of it.
“It’s moving! Look, the telescope has started to move!” Someone suddenly exclaimed.
Everyone in the meeting room hastily looked at the screen. Through the North American spy satellite in synchronous orbit, they can clearly see ~Soverse.com~ the huge telescope is moving. The height of the zero space station is 36,000 kilometers, and The final deployment position of the telescope is at the Lagrange L2 point at 1.5 million kilometers.
“It seems to be heading towards the Lagrange L2 point!”
“L2 point? Our most advanced space telescope, Webb, is also at L2 point!”
“Uh, if this big guy stands with the Weber, the picture should be very strange, right?”
Strange…
Musk shook his head slightly. As expected of a White House staffer, he has a solid foundation in grammar, and he can say such things as slaps in the face so freshly and refinedly.
I’m afraid that until tomorrow morning, the media all over the world will publish such a photo. Next to the huge and unparalleled Eye of the Stars is the Weber, which looks as small as an ant. think?
Musk sighed helplessly when he thought of this.
In all fairness, he does not advocate bigger is better, but in nature, sometimes, big is justice.