Another Nobel Prize Season

Although Lu Zhou could sense that the two pilots were somewhat unwilling to accept their new identities, it was comforting that they did not bring those emotions into their work and studies. They completed every task with great seriousness.

What pleased Lu Zhou most was that the two truly deserved to be called elites selected from the test pilot squadron. Whether it was extravehicular training in simulated weightlessness underwater or endurance training under simulated high-G conditions in a centrifuge, they achieved outstanding results.

As for subjects like parachuting and wilderness survival training, there was no need to elaborate.

After becoming official pilots, those were mandatory courses for them anyway.

Compared with a high-thrust manned rocket, the Auspicious did not place particularly demanding requirements on its crew's physical condition. Its acceleration in the atmosphere would at most reach two Gs, and after entering low Earth orbit, the Hall Thruster would switch to outer-space mode, flying with lower engine thrust in favor of thrust-to-weight ratio. Even ordinary people could ride such a spacecraft.

That said, all necessary preparations still had to be made.

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And so, day after day passed, and December soon arrived.

The annual Nobel Prize banquet was held as scheduled in Stockholm's Blue Hall.

Like all living Nobel Prize laureates from previous years, Lu Zhou received an invitation from the Swedish royal family. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also asked whether he was interested in attending diplomatic events. However, after considering it again and again, Lu Zhou politely declined.

For one thing, he was simply too busy with research to get away. For another, there was no fun in flattering other people. Compared with watching others receive awards, he preferred going up to accept one himself. Though he did