Chapter 88 A long journey

Of course, Sai's attitude was similar to that of the academic world, so she naturally didn't care about the opinions of the idiots in the outside world, so she went up to say hello directly: "Hey Professor Shen, long time no see."

"Chairman Say?" Professor Shen turned around and saw the visitor in surprise: "It's been a long time indeed. I remember the last time we met was before I went to the Ray Diaz research team."

"Yes, I have seen your earth current theory in the PDC scientific research department. By the way, you are now working on the Wannian Yandi?" Sai said casually.

"I am the leader of the geological exploration team on the Wannian Yandi." Professor Shen paused and said, "On the day after Rey Diaz died, the Venezuelan government deported me."

"They really don't welcome me, Rey Diaz's lackey. If I weren't Venezuelan, I would probably have to go to the Venezuelan court."

"But even though I was not tried in court, these bastards still deported me without hesitation, so I had to go back to work in the PDC scientific research department."

"That's their loss. The PDC Research Department welcomes you." Sai said casually.

Expelling Professor Shen is indeed not a wise decision. Venezuela's prosperity is largely based on Professor Shen's technology.

"I would like to say something politically incorrect about this matter. I am really sorry for the death of Ray Diaz. Although he was an irrational madman, he really supported my project."

"And unlike those smart-aleck bureaucrats, Ray Diaz never does anything where a layman guides an expert. It's really hard to find such a good boss." Professor Shen said with emotion.

"It's just like coal bosses making movies in the past, right? They give the most money and won't interfere with the director's work," Sai said.

"I didn't expect you to know this allusion." Professor Shen smiled and said: "If you ask me, Rey Diaz's achievements are like the Great Wall and the Pyramids. Time will make his so-called sins irrelevant."

After Professor Shen finished speaking, he pointed to the high-voltage power line tower in the distance and said: "Compared with Ray Diaz's great earth current industry, those crying Meng Jiangnu all over the world are just a joke."

"The premise is that humans defeat the Trisolaran invaders in the future." Sai reminded.

"It's true that there will be no human species in the future, and the Trisolarans probably won't remember the super project of earth current." Professor Shen sneered.

"Are you a defeatist?" Sai asked curiously.

"Yes, in my opinion, human beings are too short-sighted and stupid. Our future is to be exterminated by the Trisolarans. This war is a joke." Professor Shen said without any subtlety.

"Although I am a triumphalist, I can understand the defeatist's thoughts. After all, the enemy is too powerful." Sai sighed.

The Trisolarans are indeed so powerful that they are so powerful that they are equally powerful even in this defense universe. A few small sophons have locked the future of mankind.

If Sai hadn't known the laws of the dark forest, she wouldn't have had any hope of victory.

"Actually, people in academia, especially in theoretical physics, are basically defeatists. They are people who are engaged in micro and even ultra-micro. These people know the technical level of the Trisolarans better than I do."

"Let's talk about space this time. Now the international community is stricter about defeatism, so there is no guarantee that it will involve academia." Say suggested.

"It doesn't matter. I'm going to space anyway. I won't be able to come back for more than ten years after I go there. The international community can treat me how they want to," Professor Shen said nonchalantly.

Sai thought about it and found that this was also true. The top speed of the Ten Thousand Years Emperor Yan was only one thousandth of the speed of light. Even at this speed, it would take more than a day to go to Venus.

At the same time, the exploration work for each planet is measured in months, and most of the year must be spent investigating Venus and Mercury.

Similarly, the Wannian Yandi cannot just go and not come back. It will take several days to return to Earth from Mercury, and this is just the beginning of this exploration activity.

After replenishing fuel in Earth's low-Earth orbit, the Wannianyan Emperor will fly to the outer planets of the solar system to explore the remaining five planets.

Considering that there are many exploration targets in the outer solar system, the Wannian Yandi needs to frequently decelerate and accelerate. In addition, maintaining the operation of the ecosystem for more than ten years also requires energy.

Therefore, the speed of the Wannian Yandi will only be one ten thousandth of the speed of light at most, and the farthest planet Neptune is more than a billion kilometers away from the earth.

This means that it will take four to five years just for the Wannian Yandi to pass by, and whether it is exploring these planets or returning from Neptune to Earth, it will take many years.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Professor Shen to take more than ten years. The PDC think tank estimates that the time it will take for the Wannian Yandi to complete the exploration of the solar system is about 15 years.

Fifteen years is indeed a long time, so from a certain perspective, Professor Shen doesn’t care about the future.

"Professor Shen, this means that you will spend more than ten years on the Wannian Yandi. Why did you choose to embark on this spaceship?" Sai asked after thinking about this.

"Well, let's talk about Ray Diaz. He helped me a lot, but because of his various crazy actions, I, the "accomplice", was also involved and became notorious."

“A colleague of mine at the Royal Academy of Sciences told me that he knew an insider tip from the Western academic community, that is, I should have been the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.

"But the European Union put pressure on the Nobel Committee for political reasons, causing them to refuse to award me the award, saying that awarding the award to a dictator's lackey was an insult to Nobel."

"As a result, the Chinese Academy of Sciences revoked my academician title, expelled me from the Institute of Geography, and even the university where I studied canceled my doctorate."

"So I thought that since the earth society doesn't like me so much, I have no choice but to go to space and study alien worlds." Professor Shen said with a smile.

Then the two chatted for a while, during which Professor Shen incidentally told Sai the history of the Wannian Yandi.

Contrary to what most people think, the Wannian Yandi was not jointly built by many countries, but was built by China alone. However, the Wannian Yandi was donated to the PDC.

Not many people knew the inside story of this incident. Even Professor Shen didn't know why this incident happened. Sai was one of the few people present who knew the details.

However, what Professor Shen knows is that in the Chinese aerospace industry, the concept of the Wannian Yandi has a long history and can be regarded as an antique.
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