Chapter 6: Standing on the shoulders of giants

"What's impossible about this?" Lin Ran continued to tap, but this time the tapping did not follow the Fibonacci sequence, but tapped the desktop slowly at a speed of once per second:

"Euler could manually create a three-degree-of-freedom ballistic equation. Working at NASA, you must have seen many people who can manually calculate complex integrals, and the precision of the calculation is even more accurate than the FRIDEN 130 calculator provided by Boeing.

I deduced the atmospheric drag coupling effect through Clairaut's mathematical model of the Earth's shape under rotating fluid equilibrium, Legendre's spherical harmonic functions, and Laplace's perturbation theory. Is there anything strange about that?"

Lin Ran was trying to ease the atmosphere of the whole scene as much as possible, avoiding putting pressure on the other party's already extremely fragile nerves again.

Is this the feeling of standing on the shoulders of giants? Lin Ran thought, even without an enhanced brain, he had sufficient advantages in this era.

Elites like Haines only had the share of being tightly pinched by him.

As for how he judged that the other party was a NASA elite, standing outside the telephone booth, he heard the conversation between Haines and his boss clearly. The super-strong mental arithmetic ability shown by the other party in the call, it would be strange if he wasn't an elite.

If any small character at NASA could have this ability, then there would be no need to compare in the space race.

It was just that in front of him, no matter how awesome the elite was, he couldn't beat the wisdom of later generations.

"Randolph, okay, I'll just believe that you are a Ramanujan-style figure in the aerospace field, and I am the Sir Mukherjee who discovered Ramanujan. So you are answering me so patiently, what do you want?" Haines said after taking a deep breath.

"I just arrived in New York, I need a place to stay, and I need to give me some dollars. I am penniless now.

As for the reward, the fourth and fifth terms of the Newton gravitational perturbation correction formula are the reward. You know its value very well.

As for why I found you, this is a coincidence."

"Dear Professor Stuhlinger, hello. The first day after entering the 60s was a small shock for me, because I met a Ramanujan-style figure on this day, provided he didn't lie to me.

Like Ramanujan, he is an Asian with extraordinary talent in mathematics, and he can deduce the Newton gravitational perturbation correction formula to the fifth term by manual calculation..."

Haines brought Lin Ran back to his residence in New York, although the conditions proposed by the other party were incredible in his view.

Such a figure would actually worry about food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

He originally thought the other party's request was to help him join NASA. As a result, it could be dismissed with just simple money.

However, in Haines's view, it also gave him an opportunity. If he confirmed that the other party was really a Ramanujan-style genius, even if the other party didn't want to, he would take the initiative to propose helping Lin Ran join NASA.

And the person he was writing to now was his predecessor, Ernst Stuhlinger, director of the Ion Propulsion Laboratory at the Marshall Bo Bo Yuhang Center.

His own status could not send a yellow-skinned person into NASA, even if the other party was a Ramanujan-style genius, but Stuhlinger could.

After firmly remembering Lin Ran's formula derivation in his mind in the private room of the cafe, and burning the derivation formula in the metal basin, Haines brought Lin Ran back to his residence and hurriedly wrote a letter to Stuhlinger to tell him about what he saw today.

Back at Haines's residence, Lin Ran was sorting out the gains and losses of this short half-day in the guest room.

"I didn't expose too much in the conversation with Haines. It's not a problem to say I came from the mainland.

Who can verify whether I came from the mainland or not?

As for this identity, it is definitely not enough now. After returning to 2020, I still need to continue to find opportunities to further improve it.

Because if I want to join NASA, this identity now will definitely not be able to dispel suspicion.

Especially with my knowledge accumulation and ability, after joining NASA, I will inevitably be as dazzling as a firefly in the dark night.

No matter how far away McCarthyism is, I have to make my identity seamless.

There is no problem with being a black household, but a black household whose origin cannot be found will be a big problem. That is absolutely not allowed."

With Haines's protection, the 3 days in 1960 passed exceptionally steadily. The area where the other party was located could also be considered a wealthy area, and public security was guaranteed.

In addition to thinking about what to do next, Lin Ran was also conducting a series of tests based on limited conditions:

"For physical changes, I can use testing methods for astronauts to test the changes in my body.

However, baseline tests, stress tests, and motion capture—these test types either require a control group or require professional equipment, which is not realistic for me now.

The high-speed camera for reaction testing is certainly not available, and it is difficult to borrow it after returning to 2020. Even if I can borrow it, it is not a good thing if someone discovers the abnormalities in my body.

For the time being, I can only make a preliminary judgment on physical abnormalities through some local methods.

Whether it is limb positioning, repetitive movement trajectories, or muscle control, these can all be completed without props."

Coming from an aerospace background, Lin Ran learned many methods of how to test the body in astronaut-related course learning.

He originally thought that he would never have the opportunity to become an astronaut in his life, so he wouldn't use these methods, but he didn't expect that he could put these methods to use at this point in time. By setting a specific target through the brain, similar to the lower part of the earlobe, and then looking at the deviation degree of the finger touching this position, and changing different targets to gradually increase the test difficulty, he could judge the precision of limb control.

Or he could perform designated actions; the so-called drawing a square with the left hand and a circle with the right hand was also a method.

"Sure enough, as I predicted, my control over my body has reached a whole new level. If I only consider humans, my degree of control over my body should be the best among humans."

After the brain issued the instruction for the finger to move down 2 centimeters, although there was no ruler to measure, Lin Ran could judge by eye that this was 2 centimeters.

After confirming again and again through the stability of different postures that he had complete mastery of high-precision body control, Lin Ran had a preliminary understanding of the changes that had occurred in himself:

"The Door allows me to move in different locations and time-spaces. Combined with the changes in my body, I have a certain ability to save my life.

And the evolution of the brain is even more exaggerated to an astonishing degree. At present, it seems that not only has computing power and memory improved, but the ability for deep thinking has also been greatly improved.

In the remaining time, Lin Ran held the principle of not causing trouble. In the conversation with Haines, besides continuing to show his genius, he did not expose any more abnormalities.

For the other party's questioning about his identity, Lin Ran also just brushed it off.

Without more information, Lin Ran upheld the principle that for problems outside of science, saying more leads to more mistakes, and he might have to spend more effort to compensate in the future. In short, he knew nothing when asked.

When Lin Ran was keeping a low profile, he received an express letter from NASA: "Bring him to Houston and arrange an interview for him." ===== CHAPTER 7 =====