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"According to the current general plan, we will be able to launch the first unmanned spacecraft for testing in about 1965 or 1966."
The chairman finished reading the space master plan in his hand: "There is no rush for the Chinese to travel in the sky."
Prime Minister: "Manned spaceflight has been postponed for a few years. Let's first establish a satellite system, which will not only serve the country's construction and production, but also have relatively good economic returns. I think it can be done."
Tang Hua: "Well, but there is also a shortcut for manned spaceflight."
Chairman:?
"We select a few young pilots with high overall quality and send them to the Soviet Union for training," Tang Hua said. "I can try to propose this proposal at the Baikal Conference. If this proposal is feasible, we will buy a ticket and give a ride Last trip to space."
Chapter 19, Meetings on Lake Baikal
"Bonus from Moscow: We help each ally send an astronaut into space!"
This is true in the Brezhnev era.
The Soviet Union's International Cosmonaut Program.Help the socialist fraternal countries to train astronauts for free, and then use the alliance spacecraft to send them to space for a circle for free, and do experiments in the salute series of space stations.It not only embodies the strength of Soviet aerospace technology, but also improves the cohesion of the entire socialist camp.
Pilots from other countries sent into space are sorted strictly according to the status of the fraternal countries in the arena. The first batch of pilots who trained East Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic were also in this order in theory.However, Czech pilots were the first to go into space because the Soviet Union had to appease the Czech Republic, and the Czech Republic suffered from the "Prague Spring" in 1968.
These three countries were followed by Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, ... Finally, even astronauts from Vietnam, Laos, Syria, and India all hitched a ride into space with the Soviet Union.
With this historical precedent, Tang Hua is very sure that buying a ticket to hitchhike is a feasible solution, it's just a matter of time.
Besides, Tang Hua didn't plan to go too early.At this Baikal meeting, let’s not talk about free-riding, but first engage in space technology exchanges and complementarity. Wait until around 1965, when the Soviet Union’s manned spacecraft and rockets are completely reliable (higher maturity than in 1965 in history) and then go to China. car.
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"Seoul, are you on July 7st for summer vacation?"
"Yes."
"That's just in time," Tang Hua said to Tang Hancheng and Zhou Xuan, "On July 7, our family will take the train from Beijing. This summer vacation will not go to Beidaihe, but to the Soviet Union instead."
Zhou Xuan: "Going to Moscow for a meeting again?"
Tang Hua: "I went to the Soviet Union for a meeting, but not to Moscow."
……
Depart from Beijing, pass through Zhangjiakou, Zhurihe, Erlianhot and enter Mongolia.After galloping for a day and a half on the flat Mongolian plateau, we entered the Soviet Union and drove for another day, arriving in Irkutsk.
The venue for this year's meeting is Listvyanka, a small town on the shore of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk.
According to the Sino-Soviet Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Agreement in 1954, the scientific circles of China and the Soviet Union hold two academic exchange meetings every year, and China and the Soviet Union hold one each.
This year's Soviet Conference was named "Baikal Conference" after the meeting place.
Most of the previous conferences discussed basic sciences such as mathematics, theoretical physics, and biology. This time, the two parties agreed to change to an interesting topic—aerospace.The second topic is theoretical physics, without mathematics and biology topics.
So on the Chinese side, Tang Hua, Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong, and Zhao Jiuzhang formed the first group.On the Soviet side, it was Korolev who brought the delegation to the meeting.
"Tang Hua, we are early," Qian Xuesen said after getting off the train, "Korolev and his gang have a work delay, and they are squatting in the research institute to work overtime, and they haven't left yet. Conservatively, they will I won’t be able to arrive in Irkutsk until July 7.”
"I guessed this. The first and second test launches of the Vostok spacecraft were not very successful. Don't you have to work overtime?" Tang Hua said, "It doesn't matter. Let's go to Listvyanka first and live there. Wait for them in a few days."
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"Wow! So beautiful!"
No matter who sees the boundless, pure and blue lake at the first sight, no matter who it is, it can't help but scream.
"We are now at the junction of the Angara River and Lake Baikal. Looking here is the river, and looking over there is Lake Baikal, the deepest and largest freshwater lake in the world, nicknamed 'Siberia's Blue Eyes'."
Tang Hua's family is on a "Jim", driving from Irkutsk to Listvyanka.
Lake Baikal, the "North Sea" in ancient Chinese books may be it. The lake covers an area of 3.15 square kilometers, the deepest point is 1637 meters, and the total volume of the lake is 23.6 trillion cubic meters. This lake accounts for 20% of the total fresh water on the earth.
There are more than 300 rivers that flow into Lake Baikal, and the lake’s outlet to the sea is the Angara River. The city of Irkutsk is on the bank of the Angara River, because industrial and domestic sewage is best discharged into the Angara River. Discharging into Lake Baikal would be too bad and affect the water quality.
"Such pure lake water," Tang Hua suddenly sighed, "It's a pity not to build a mineral water plant."
Zhou Xuan: ...
The residence is a wooden villa with a lake view, and the other six members of the scientist delegation also have similar log cabins.Although it is midsummer in July, there is no trace of heat by the lake, but it is a bit cold - today's temperature is 17 to 21 degrees, and everyone has put on jackets.
"The aerospace experts from the Soviet Union haven't come yet, but the physicists from the Academy of Sciences have already come," Tang Hua said, "Seoul, you will see a friend of your father in a while, and I will see if your Russian can be heard by him." Understand."
Tang Hancheng: "What does Dad's friend look like?"
Tang Hua: "That's...a strange uncle, he is very smart, but very strange."
……
Lev Landau came to Tang Hua's villa in the evening, after dinner.
"Hey, Landau!" "Hey, Don!"
After saying hello first, Tang Hua asked, "Is Igor not here? I brought Tang Hancheng here."
"Igor's middle school has a summer camp, he thinks staying in the summer camp is more pleasant than staying with his father, and Conkeldia also went with Igor." Landau said, "However, I put Ain Stan brought it, where's your cat?"
Tang Hua turned his head to look for it, "It's over there, above the closet."
Landau came with a cat bag.Opening the bag and releasing his black cat named "Einstein", Tang Hua shouted, "Tom, come down and say hello to your country friend."
"Tom" had discovered the black cat a long time ago and entered a battle state.As soon as Tang Hua finished speaking, Tom jumped down from the top with a meow, stretched out his front paws, and slapped Einstein across the face.
"Don, this year's Nobel Prize in Physics has entered the final voting stage for candidates," Landau said. "According to rumors, the Nobel Physics Committee seems to be less optimistic about the discovery of lasers."
Tang Hua: "If you don't like it, then you won't publish it. It's the loss of the Nobel Physics Committee if I don't win the Nobel Prize, not my loss."
Landau: ...
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stockholm.Nobel Committee in Physics.
This committee is an organization responsible for selecting Nobel Prize winners in physics. Its members are appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and are usually composed of scientists and professors from the Physics Department of the Academy.
The Chairman of the Physics Committee is the same as in 1956, Eric Helten.
"From 1956 to now, Tang Hua has been nominated every year for five consecutive years." Helten muttered.
"It has been at least 15 years since Lev Landau was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics, Mr. Chairman." Veteran member Mann Sigban said.
Herten: "Landau? Landau? No, his research is always mysterious and difficult to be verified, even more difficult to reflect in the real world. Just like most of Einstein's theories. It is true that these theories have mathematical The self-consistency in theory, and the conclusions drawn are fascinating, but this kind of pure theoretical research is not in line with Mr. Nobel’s original intention.”
Gustav Yixin: "Then consider Tang Hua? His research is completely verifiable, and it has been reflected in the real world, no, it has been reflected in every corner of the world, especially the electronic market."