Chapter 294 Nomination

The attending physician examined Ye Changsi. In his opinion, it was a miracle that this patient could wake up within 7 days after suffering a severe brain injury.

But it was okay. I heard that he was a professor who had studied abroad in the 1990s. He was also a very powerful person. It was a pity to lose him.

Ye Changsi cooperated with the doctor to complete the examination. At this time, his wounds had basically healed, and his brain, which was the most worrying thing, did not seem to have any problems. The doctor asked him to have a good rest and left.

Ye Changsi, 42 years old, studied abroad in the 1990s and worked in spacecraft design at Rolls-Royce. Two weeks ago, he was secretly recruited by Xinyuan to return to China on the pretext of visiting his parents' graves. As a result, he accidentally fell down the stairs and injured the back of his head, with the risk of high paraplegia and stroke.

Fortunately, after the rescue, he miraculously regained consciousness, which was of course a good thing in the eyes of outsiders.

But in fact, Ye Changsi knew that the real Ye Changsi was dead. However, it was a coincidence that although the surname was different, Changsi's name was the same as in his previous life.

He still remembered that the guard tried to hold him as a buffer before the plane crashed, while he held the briefcase tightly, hoping that the information would not be lost.

Fortunately, he already knew that the crash had no catastrophic impact, and he couldn't help but secretly feel lucky. It was a pity for the people on the same plane. I don't know if they also encountered amazing things like him.

Ye Changsi moved his head slightly, and he could still feel the pain, so he lay down carefully, began to rest and digest those strange experiences.

As for reporting to the base, I will wait until my injury is healed. It's a peaceful and prosperous time, and I should enjoy life.

…

"Nine astronauts from multiple countries will go to the International Space Station together on January 21."

On January 3, a week after the Dream Chaser completed its first manned flight mission and returned safely, the ISS officially announced that it would use the Dream Chaser to send 9 astronauts to the International Space Station on January 21 and bring back the same number of people, completing the handover with the largest number of changes in the number of people on the International Space Station.

As for the commissioned launch fee... it has not been announced.

Yuri Borisov felt terrible when he saw this news.

Although they learned from the grapevine that many countries of the European Space Agency were very dissatisfied with the launch cost of the Dream Chaser, they still accepted it.

Because the price of using the Soyuz spacecraft to launch these 9 astronauts is 522 million US dollars, even if the cost of a single launch of the Dream Chaser is 7 times the declared 69 million US dollars, it is less than 500 million US dollars, which is much cheaper than the Soyuz spacecraft.

Although Lucia has been compensated in other aspects as an important member of the ISS, such as giving Lucia more planned supply missions and reducing Lucia's ISS maintenance expenses for the next year, that's just how much money!

As long as the ISS does not have its own high-security manned spacecraft, it has to use the Soyuz all the time, and it can collect a lot more money!

However, even without the Dream Chaser, Lucia's good days are only a few months away. SpecaX's manned Dragon spacecraft has conducted another test launch and is scheduled to make its first manned flight in May. In August, the Orion spacecraft will also carry astronauts to orbit the moon in NACA's Artemis II mission. Aramco will soon have two reusable manned spacecraft, both larger and more advanced than the Soyuz spacecraft.

A large part of the reason why Director Yuri felt bad was because of the restart progress of Energia 2.

The booster was OK. The glide recovery booster of Energia 2 had already produced samples, and it could basically be used right away, which was very good.

The bad part was that the core stage of Energia 2 had an 8-meter diameter recyclable rocket body, which required thermal insulation tiles to be laid around it like a space shuttle, and it had to glide into the atmosphere and land after being launched into orbit.

Although the technical requirements could be relaxed because it was unmanned, cost control was still a hassle, and the upper end of the core stage could be opened, and the requirements for the joints were also very high.

As the chief designer of Energia 2, Miklin had collected all the research data during the Union period. There were no technical obstacles, but the problem was money. More than 15 billion rubles had to be invested in the early stage, and the timing of the first flight was not guaranteed.

Even if a lot of wool could be pulled from the two crouching dragons and phoenixes of the island country and India, it would still be difficult for Lucia, who had already carried out multiple projects, and the funds were obviously tight.

I can only hope to make some money in other ways to support RKA's aerospace business.

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"Oh my god, how much time I wasted, Suka! Brett!"

At Moscow State University, Valery flipped through the ternary basic circuit and program design textbooks that China had already made public, and was surprised and annoyed at the same time.

He had been indifferent to the world and missed precious time. He didn't read these at the first time.

There are also various journals and academic papers published by Xinyuan and Yellow River Semiconductor. Although they are all basic parts, they can make people ecstatic and let people know that the future of ternary is just as broad!

There are several old men of similar age who reacted similarly to him. They were all researchers who participated in the alliance's ternary computer technology research back then. They are still alive and are gathered here.

There are also European and Aramco integrated circuit and software experts present, and they also want to find a breakthrough from Lucia.

Valery spent more than two days to go through the results of the ternary chip that were made public. This is much better than his closed-door research.

He sighed, "If the further content was not in the Journal of Aeronautics and Astronautics Development in China, I would have kept reading. Giving up the ternary research was Lucia's most wrong decision. We should continue."

A semiconductor expert from Germany nodded. He also liked to tinker with some other-base circuits in private and was very surprised by the appearance of the ternary chip.

"Even if it is already public, the ternary chip is enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Its significance is no less than the invention of the integrated circuit. It is an extremely important breakthrough."

"But as far as I know, the Nobel Prize evaluation committee is still struggling with who is the inventor."

"..."

Valery found that it was difficult to find specific leaders in these journals. Most of them were laboratory teams. But if that was the case, the Nobel Prize in Physics could only be awarded to three people each year, and it would take several years. I guess they are also worried.

At this time, the official from Ame asked.

"Professor Valery, let's get back to the point. What do you think is the difference between the technical route of Yellow River Semiconductor and your research route? Which one is better?"

Valery hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head.

"I can't make a judgment. Although they are all symmetric ternary systems, the alliance's research is still in its early stages and has not entered the integrated circuit stage. However, I think the direction at that time was correct and its potential is no less than theirs."

"In other words, we can't bypass these patents, or overtake them on the curve?"

"No, some basic parts are difficult to bypass."

The other party shook his head regretfully.

"This is too bad. It seems that we can only hope that pressure can bring some breakthroughs.

But Professor Valery, we will still fund your research and hope that there will be good news one day."

Valery: "Then you may have to increase your efforts. I am almost 70 years old, but I still have the confidence to continue."