"Let me lead a team?" Li Mo quickly shook his head and refused, "It's okay for me to calculate the problem, but the actual operation still depends on the engineers."

Professor Wu widened his eyes and rebuked loudly, "A mathematician who only thinks about solving problems is not a qualified mathematician. An excellent scientific researcher must dare to shoulder his own responsibilities. Besides, this is a special period, and no one knows it better than you."

the nature of a planet.”

"That's it. I'll say hello to Professor Tian and ask him to fully cooperate with you."

"The credit is yours, and I will shoulder the blame for you."

Professor Wu couldn't resist Li Mo's refusal and made a decision.

Then he pulled out a piece of paper from his desk and handed it over. "Write down the people and equipment you need on it, and I will help you coordinate."

Seeing Professor Wu's decisive look, Li Mo could only nod in agreement.

Taking the pen and paper, he pondered for a moment.

"I need 48-hour access to the supercomputer in the supercomputing center."

Li Mo put forward his first condition.

Compared with foreign observatories, its only advantage is that it has complete orbital data. But to calculate the accurate orbit timetable of the planet based on orbital data, the amount of calculation is very large. Looking at the country, only the supercomputing center

Taiwan, a supercomputer capable of 339 petaflops of double-precision floating-point operations per second can do the job.

Li Mo carefully observed Professor Wu's expression. He wanted to see if Professor Wu was so courageous. That supercomputer is an important weapon of the country and has been carrying data calculations for key domestic projects. It is not something ordinary people can use.

Professor Wu pondered for a moment, frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "I promise you, I will apply in advance when needed."

"You also need to have 10 hours of full access to our country's Sky Eye." Li Mo did not write it directly on the paper. He knew that this would pose another problem for Professor Wu.

Sure enough, Professor Wu asked hesitantly: "Do I have to use the Heavenly Eye?"

"The stargazer at Yanjing Observatory is also very advanced and can help you get more use time."

Li Mo picked up the pen and shook his head, "According to my speculation, the unknown planet has characteristics that cannot be observed by the naked eye. It is difficult to observe even with an infrared astronomical telescope. The most suitable observation equipment is a radio telescope like the Sky Eye."

Professor Wu saw that Li Mo insisted on his opinion and nodded, "Okay, after the accurate orbit calculation is completed, give me an accurate time and I will report to the superiors."

"If you need anything else, please tell me." After hearing Li Mo's first two requests, Professor Wu felt that it didn't matter no matter how many more requests he made.

Li Mo picked up the pen and wrote on the paper while saying, "The five students from the Department of Mathematics need to have strong computing skills. The five students from the Department of Astronomy need to have conducted astronomical observations in the wild."

"This is staffing. The Department of Mathematics is responsible for calculations, and the Department of Astronomy is responsible for observations."

"A place that can work 24 hours a day, and preferably with complete astronomical observation instruments, allows me to check the data at any time."

Li Mo put forward all his requirements. Compared with the first two, he believed that Professor Wu would agree.

Professor Wu asked: "Can it only be done by students? How about I invite some professors to participate?"

Li Mo shook his head: "Students are fine, because compared to the mental work of other scientific research projects, this one focuses more on physical work. It is best for team members to be in place within two days."

Seeing that he still insisted on his point of view, Professor Wu shook his head. Although the young genius in front of him was extremely intelligent, he still lacked in worldly sophistication, so he allowed himself to give him some advice.

He said in a teacher's tone: "To succeed or fail a project, it is also important to have a strong enough backing so that you can charge forward."

"Let me and Professor Tian be your backers."

As he spoke, he took the paper and added his own name and that of Professor Tian from the Department of Astronomy to the project team.

At the same time, dozens of scholars gathered in the large conference room of NASA's Space Research Institute, including astronomers, physicists, mathematicians, and even chemists. Everyone was excited about the impromptu meeting.

The purpose is doubtful.

At this time, the director of the institute, wearing a NASA uniform, walked onto the podium. After a few simple opening remarks, he directly turned on the big screen, and a huge photo with space as the background appeared on the screen, as well as an article.

"I invite you all to come here today because of an article." As he said this, he motioned to his assistant standing aside to distribute the paper.

"This is an astronomy paper published in Nature, and the author is a Chinese."

"In the paper, the author describes in detail the possibility that there is an unknown planet in the solar system and gives specific data."

"The authenticity of the paper data has been verified."

As he spoke, he raised his head to observe the reactions of the scholars present. Sure enough, as expected, these old antiques in the ivory tower were stunned by the news.

"Oh my God, is this a joke?"

"The behavior of this Chinese author, in their words, is too real. Isn't this giving away a gold mine to others?"

"Oh my God, it's the 21st century, and there are still planets in the solar system that we don't know about."

"What's the difference between us and primitive people?"

Everyone in the audience was talking a lot, but some scholars had already read the paper in magazines in advance. They just sat quietly, waiting for NASA's further explanation.

"What is the difference between these usually stubborn guys and the women at the market?" The director of the institute was very satisfied with the following reaction.

He clapped his hands and said, "Quiet, I will issue a NASA mission."

"I want you to form a research team and strive to use the data in the paper to discover this unknown planet within 2 months."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gray-haired physics professor below raised his hand.

"Isn't it unethical for us to do this? After all, the data we want to use are all the hard work of the Chinese author." He asked with some doubts.

"Morality, what is morality!" The director of the research institute on the stage immediately interrupted his speech, "If the public knew that NASA spends tens of billions of dollars in budget every year, but it doesn't even know how many planets there are in the solar system,

What do you think they will do?" He paused and made a slashing motion with his hand.

Then he continued: "I have received news from Europe that their telescopes have been moved."

Finally, he said threateningly: "If you want your next quarter's budget to be paid in full, take action immediately and discover that damn planet before the Europeans do."
Chapter completed!