"The first batch of ilmenite-rich lunar soil will soon be transported through the space elevator, which will bring us sufficient helium-3 resources."

"So research on controllable nuclear fusion technology must also be put on the agenda as soon as possible."

"Convene this meeting today."

"The main discussion is whether to cooperate with overseas forces in research and development."

"Accept their application to join the controlled nuclear fusion research project."

Imperial Capital.

Headquarters of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Yang Senping, who was sitting on the dean's seat in the conference hall, looked around at everyone and explained the main purpose of the meeting.

The news that the Guanghan Palace lunar base has been officially built and that lunar resources will be mined cannot be concealed from the other four superpowers including the Northern Magnesium Eagle and the Bear Kingdom.

So they proposed cooperation at a joint meeting.

Gather the power and resources of multiple forces around the world to jointly develop controllable nuclear fusion technology.

And by the way, they also attracted small forces like Neon Hanguo.

Because of this.

After the live broadcast of the Guanghan Palace Moon Base, overseas forces will immediately send congratulations.

Current research on controllable nuclear fusion by various parties basically focuses on deuterium and tritium as nuclear fuels used to produce fusion.

Deuterium is found in large amounts in all water on Earth.

Tritium does not exist in nature.

It needs to be produced by neutron bombardment of lithium.

However.

By moving to helium-3, another isotope on the periodic table, nuclear fusion can become easier to achieve.

Helium-3 is a light and non-radioactive helium isotope.

Fusion reactors using helium-3 could provide a highly efficient form of nuclear energy with almost no waste and negligible radiation.

However, helium-3 is almost non-existent on Earth.

And a small amount of helium-3 is produced by geological activities and nuclear weapons testing.

On the contrary, it is abundant on the moon.

It can be said that whoever masters helium-3 resources will be more confident in developing controllable nuclear fusion technology.

That is the artificial sun.

Completely change the energy structure of human civilization.

Those overseas forces are not fools. Seeing that Yanfang's space elevator will continuously transport helium-3 from the moon to the earth, some actions must be prepared in advance.

If they choose to cooperate in research together, if controllable nuclear fusion is successfully conquered in the future, they will also be able to enjoy the convenience it brings.

But if you continue to be stubborn.

When Yan Fang comes up with an artificial sun on his own, their situation will become even worse.

At that time, its international status will further decline.

You need to completely look at other people's faces.

You must know that it was precisely because they chose to block technology that Yan Fang himself conquered one advanced technology after another.

Until today, it was crushed by future technology across the board.

With the lessons learned before them, they will definitely not make the same mistakes again.

Tripp, who was the first to react to this, chose to put down his face and actively joined other forces to express his desire to jointly develop controllable nuclear fusion technology with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In addition, he expressed his sincerity and promised to use all his technical experience in nuclear fusion research over the years.

Send the best scientists in this field to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to participate in research work.

It is no exaggeration to say that if this cooperation is achieved, it will be equivalent to concentrating the world's top forces to develop controllable nuclear fusion technology, and its progress will definitely be much faster than now.

Maybe within five years we can conquer the artificial sun and officially move humanity towards first-level civilization.

Since this matter has a large impact and is related to the future global pattern, a decision must be made after careful consideration.

More importantly, uphold professionalism and leave it to professionals.

The above expresses support for the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

This important decision-making power was left in the hands of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

As a result, Yang Senping, as the dean, was under tremendous pressure and could only hold this meeting to let everyone vote by a show of hands.

But it should not be said that today’s meeting is indeed of high value.

Everyone here is an academician.

Some people in related fields came specially from branches across the country to participate.

This is enough to prove the importance that Chinese Academy of Sciences attaches to this international joint cooperation.

But due to the importance of this matter, after Yang Senping's opening remarks, the conference hall couldn't help but fall into a brief silence.

Although everyone was thoughtful, no one spoke rashly.

Yang Senping was able to reach the position of dean by slowly working his way up from being an academician. At this moment, he understood to some extent what everyone was thinking.

Basically there are two views.

That is to say, they believe that they have enough strength to carry out controllable nuclear fusion research alone and do not need the intervention of external forces.

The other believes that with the joint efforts of the entire international community, the research on controllable nuclear fusion will definitely advance significantly, which will be beneficial to the development of human civilization.

After all, time is everything most of the time.

The sooner you enter a first-level civilization, the better you can ensure your own safety in the galaxy.

In this way, even if the solar system is really invaded by alien civilization one day, I believe that humans can protect themselves.

Otherwise, mankind may not even have controllable nuclear fusion, and may only be beaten.

However, a decision must be made in convening this meeting. Seeing that it was reaching a deadlock, Yang Senping could not help but frown.

Finally, after a slight hesitation, he turned his attention to a middle-aged man next to him.

"Academician Li."

"You are the person in charge of the artificial sun project at Luyang Science Island. I think you have the most say in this matter."

"Would you rather tell me your opinion first?"

"Dean Yang, it's very difficult for you to push me out now!" Li Chengzhe smiled bitterly when he heard his name was called: "Why don't you give me an idea?"

"Okay, say whatever you want. The content of today's meeting is for everyone to speak freely and actively discuss." Yang Senping glanced at Li Chengzhe and dropped this sentence again without question.

Hear this.

Li Chengzhe also immediately understood that he could not get through it.

As the person in charge of the Luyang Science Island Artificial Sun Project, the team he leads has been developing controllable nuclear fusion technology for many years, and has also made breakthrough progress that leads the world.

It has successfully achieved combustion for 100 seconds at 200 million degrees Celsius.

Completely broke the world record.

In fact, when he was informed by Yang Senping to return to the Imperial Capital headquarters to attend this meeting, he guessed that he would inevitably express his opinion.

After all, he is the project leader.

The key point is that he is more aware that the opinions of many academicians here are not very unified.

No matter what decision the court makes in the end, there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied and think it is a wrong decision.

But now that Yang Senping has spoken, he can't hesitate any longer and has no choice but to speak out his thoughts according to his own understanding.

"I think many people here know that most of our Science Island members have studied in overseas nuclear fusion research centers, including myself of course."

"Although we are temporarily leading the research on artificial suns, and we have also broken the world record."

"But we have to admit that overseas there is a lot of technology and experience we need."

"There are other forces involved."

"I believe that controllable nuclear fusion technology will be conquered faster."

Like Pei Hongyin, Li Chengzhe also wants to see the advent of controllable nuclear fusion as soon as possible.

The best way is undoubtedly joint research.

After all, they achieved a record of burning for one hundred seconds at 200 million degrees Celsius, but this is still a long way from true controllable nuclear fusion.

It is even possible to be stuck at a certain stage throughout your life, unable to make new progress.

Therefore, he himself supports joint research.
To be continued...