Chapter 3 Hermann Oberth
Back in the parking lot, Yannick, who was about to get in the car, kicked the tire hard.
Damn, this old man is pretending to be noble. If he wasn't worried about chilling the hearts of other scientists, he would really want to throw you into a dark prison. After all, he has all the papers published by Einstein in the original time and space in his mind. At the worst, he could just sign his name and publish those papers. How much impact can it have on the scientific development of this time and space?
After cursing in his heart, Yannick sat in the car angrily, feeling angry. "Don't go back yet, just take a look around."
Well, now, he mentioned to Einstein the idea of developing nuclear weapons. Who knows whether this old man will go to the United States to submit a letter to US President Roosevelt proposing to build an atomic bomb like the original time and space.
Thinking of the destructive power of nuclear weapons, Japan, which even clamored that 100 million people would be destroyed and prepared for a desperate battle, surrendered obediently in the end, Yannick couldn't help but shudder. After all, no one wants an atomic bomb to fall on them. overhead.
Thinking of this, Yannick ordered to Anne. "Tell Mr. Hans to send someone to Einstein to monitor him. If he dares to go to the United States... I will decide then." In the original time and space, Einstein went to the United States in 1933, when the mustache officially became a The German Chancellor, the Nazi party wanted to kill the Jews, and the ethnic conflicts were extremely serious. After Einstein went to the United States, he never returned to Germany. In 1940, he obtained American citizenship.
There are no mustaches now, let alone the Nazi party. Although there is discrimination against Jews in the country, the whole of Europe is now anti-Semitic, and the United States is not much better.
Anne agreed neatly. "Understood, Your Highness."
The car drove for a while, and Yannick, who was casually staring at the scenery outside the car window, suddenly saw a simple platform set up on the side of the road. On the platform, there were cylindrical pillars more than two meters high with no idea of what purpose. There were several young people nearby who were explaining something impassionedly to the few people surrounding them.
"……"What the hell?
A few minutes later, Yannick suddenly shouted. "parking!!"
Ina slammed on the brakes, and Annie, who was sitting in the passenger seat, jumped forward and almost smashed the windshield. And Yannick was unprepared and bumped into the hard back of the passenger seat, making stars appear in his eyes.
"Damn it, can you drive?! Are you trying to kill me on purpose? What kind of broken car is this? It doesn't even have a seat belt?!" Just as Yanik was covering his head, which was a little dazed, he thought to himself While they were cursing wildly, Ina and Annie had already drawn their pistols and looked around nervously. "Your Highness, are you okay? What happened?"
"I'm fine..." Yannick shook his dizzy head and pointed behind him. "Go back the way we came."
Ina asked with a worried expression. "Yes, Your Highness, are you okay?" She seemed to have seen His Highness hit the back of the seat and heard a loud bang.
"It's okay." Yannick looked down and found that he did not see a seat belt installed on the car. It seems that the seat belt has not been invented yet. "Drive back quickly."
Less than two minutes after the car drove back, Yannick saw the young men carrying the cylindrical object dejectedly walking down the road.
It was so dangerous, it almost went astray. "It's just a few of them. Miss Anne, go down and ask them who they are?"
"Yes." After the car stopped, Annie got out of the car and ran over to call those people. After questioning, she came back and reported. "Your Highness, they are members of the 'Aerospace Navigation Association' that was just established last year. They are trying to raise research funds around here these days."
Astronautical Association? No wonder that thing looks so much like a primitive rocket. "Who is their president?"
"Herman Obert." Hearing Anne's answer, Yannick couldn't help but nodded secretly. This secretary is really competent. Otherwise, he would definitely have to make another trip to ask for the name of the president.
Their president is Hermann Oberth...?
Yannick almost laughed.
At this time, Germany was really full of talents. Just kicking a rock while walking on the road could hit a famous celebrity in future generations.
Hermann Obert is the famous father of European rocketry, a German rocket expert, one of the founders of modern aerospace science, and an aerospace pioneer as famous as Tsiolkovsky and Goddard. His classic work on rocket propulsion was regarded as the "bible" in the aerospace field by an entire generation of engineers. Even Qian Lao, a famous scientist in later generations, was deeply influenced by him.
Unlike Einstein, he was not an anti-war person. In 1941 in the original time and space, Hermann Oberth went to the Peenemünde Research Center to participate in the development of the V-2 rocket. In 1943, he also formulated the A-9 and A-10 multi-stage rocket plans, intending to attack from the sea. United States Washington.
Thinking of this, the depression caused by Dr. Einstein's uncooperative attitude suddenly disappeared. "Invite their president to my place for lunch."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the palace, Hermann Obert followed him. "I salute you, Your Majesty the Crown Prince."
Yannick stepped forward and greeted the distinguished guest warmly. "Mr. Obert, I have long admired your name. I heard that you are now the president of the Astronautical Association? Have you heard the story of Chang'e flying to the moon in the Ming Dynasty?"
Obert smiled and nodded. "I heard about it. I even bought that comic book for my youngest son, and he also liked reading it."
Yannick motioned for him to sit on the sofa and smiled slightly. "Of course it's a fairy tale, but what I want to see is us Germans flying to the moon."
Obert couldn't help but be stunned. "What does His Highness the Crown Prince mean?"
Yannick said extremely seriously. "My meaning is very clear. Not only must the rocket fly into the sky, but also break out of the atmosphere and fly to the moon. Then use manned rockets to let our astronauts set foot on the moon. Of course, this is only the first step. The second step is The first step is to establish a base on the moon, which will be the starting point for human exploration of the universe. Then Mars, Jupiter, Saturn... one day we will fly out of the solar system and conquer the endless sea of stars!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!!" Obert stood up excitedly. On the way here, he racked his brains to think of how to explain his rocket dream to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so as to get more research funds. Unexpectedly, the young Crown Prince was bolder and saw further than he was. Compared with His Highness's grand ideal, my dream of just launching a rocket into the sky is too small.
At this time, he was as excited as a Maxima meeting Bole, and he immediately regarded Yannick as his confidant in life.
Seeing that his face was flushed with excitement, Yannick decided to pour some cold water on him first to prevent this guy from getting too excited and belching. "Mr. Obert, please listen to me calmly. This kind of space program must be a grand project and requires long-term progress in overall technology to be completed. Take the most important rocket engine as an example. With current technology and materials , we can’t even build an engine that can reach the first cosmic speed, can we? There are also various communication equipment, remote sensing devices, and computing machines.” Mentioning computers reminded Yannick of the gay genius of the British Empire. I think he is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, so we have to find a way to kidnap him to Germany.
Realizing his gaffe, he smiled awkwardly. "His Royal Highness is saying that I have lost my composure."