You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

Chapter 281 Caused by the launch of NASA’s Ares X rocket (Happy New Year’s Day!)

"This will be the beginning of another great journey~"

NASA Director Charles declared this before the launch base where the Ares X rocket is about to be launched.

On that day, many well-known news media around the world reported on their front pages. NASA Administrator Charles’ mugshot was displayed in front of the world in high spirits, once again winning the cheers of countless Americans and winning the world’s spirit. America's beaming smile.

"Lice on a bald man's head~"

Director Ruan Min of the Space Administration put down the news newspaper in his hand and said coldly.

To say who is most concerned about America's launch, it is of course Ruan Min. He is the director of the National Space Administration and the nominal person in charge of the development of China's aerospace industry. Although in fact, as the director, he cannot completely make the decision, or even a little bit, who allows him to be in office?

He can still make suggestions, make plans, and vote for or against.

In the eyes of people above and below, inside and outside, in this position, he is the one who calls the shots and must be responsible.

Therefore, Ruan Min is extremely concerned about the launch of America. He follows the progress almost every day just to see the quality of America this time.

Ever since the moon landing data was inexplicably lost, especially after the space shuttle exploded, America and NASA haven't made any big moves for a long time.

This time the emphasis was on returning to the moon and manned missions to the moon. He could tell at a glance that America was targeting us, and they were afraid that we would develop the moon one step ahead of them with our high-thrust rocket engines.

After thinking for a while, he immediately asked his assistant: "Has Professor Zhao returned to Beijing?"

The assistant did not hesitate and immediately replied: "Director, Professor Zhao has returned to Beijing. Starting today, he will start special training at the Astronaut Training Center. I have checked with the director of the training center, and Professor Zhao has already replied that he will not be absent. ~”

As he spoke, he glanced at the watch on his hand and added: "At this point, Professor Zhao should start training over there."

Ruan Min was startled for a moment, then smiled and praised: "As expected of Professor Zhao!"

"Let's go to the training center!"

With that said, he said hello and got up first to leave the office.

"Okay~"

The assistant responded, then quickly trotted to the front to prepare the car.

After a while, the two people arrived at the astronaut training center lightly dressed.

At this time, the second batch of astronauts had begun training.

The two of them looked around under the leadership of the director of the training center and searched for Zhao Mo for a while in the crowd. Dressed like everyone else, trained like everyone else, and focused like everyone else, there was nothing special about Zhao Mo, and he was even easily ignored because of his ordinary appearance.

"Shall I ask Professor Zhao to come over?"

The director of the training center said something and prepared to call Zhao Mo.

Ruan Min stretched out his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "No, I just came over to take a look~"

"Ok."

The director of the training center did not go there and just thought to himself: "Just take a look? Do you think I believe it~"

But soon, he began to believe that Ruan Min was really just here to take a look.

Because after watching the astronauts' training for a while, Ruan Min left without saying anything. He only said some of the usual words of caution before leaving.

"Excellent people are excellent everywhere and in all aspects. Even if you are not a scientist, you can be an excellent astronaut~"

Ruan Min sighed secretly.

Professor Zhao didn't react to America launching the Ares

Then he left~

Among the crowd of astronauts, Zhao Mo was studying and training seriously.

Every training is actually a learning process. Only by knowing how to learn can we make rapid progress and master the necessary knowledge faster and better.

However, for Zhao Mo, what he really needs special training is to learn related aerospace operations and outdoor survival skills training. Physical fitness and endurance are secondary.

LV8's all-round physical fitness allows him to perform centrifuge, rotating chair, weightless walking, swimming and other trainings without any difficulty.

The people at the training center also discovered this.

After only half a day of training, the people at the training center held a small meeting, and then started a "small stove" for Zhao Mo, focusing on special training on aerospace operations and wild survival skills.

Aerospace operations: operate aerospace instruments, including spacecrafts, space stations, various instruments, etc., and be familiar with related components, functions, instructions, etc.

Wilderness survival skills are auxiliary and equally important.

Even though our Shenzhou spacecraft always lands on the grassland when it comes back from the sky, with many people guarding it, this is actually just a normal state. If it does not function properly, it is very likely to drift to other places, such as mountains, forests, deserts, seas...etc., etc., so be careful.

Therefore, in order to prevent these abnormal conditions and improve the survival rate of astronauts, the field survival skills must also be added or even maxed out.

"...Hypothermia is when the body is exposed to a cold environment for a long time, and the heat lost by the human body is greater than the heat generated. At the beginning, people will feel cold, but as time goes by, because they become numb, it is easy to have the illusion that they are not cold. , so the time for remediation was missed, and eventually unconsciousness or even death... To prevent hypothermia, the first thing to pay attention to is to keep warm, and the second is to keep clothes dry and maintain heat supplement..." ˆ ˆ ˆ The lecturer is a special soldier, and he talks very much Describe in detail the dangers you may encounter in the wild one by one, especially the dangers that are easily overlooked.

When talking about some places, we will also give examples of cases encountered in the army.

"That is to say, I didn't go to the show, otherwise I would be another Mr. Bei~"

Zhao Mo felt that he had gained a lot, and he admired this military lecturer in his heart. The army was indeed a crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

For industries that they are not familiar with but are very interested in, they often admire the masters of this industry. This is true all over the world.

……

While Zhao Mo was concentrating on the special training for astronauts, that night, in America, a certain Dee launch center, when the launch was approaching, there was a sea of ​​people nearby, all waiting for the launch.

All that was needed was the waving of red flags and the roar of gongs and drums.

NASA Administrator Charles was watching the launch from the remote control center.

The reason why this big boss attended in person is that this launch is very important. It is the next stage of America and the first test of the new manned space program.

Since the Columbia space shuttle exploded in 2003, NASA and America have decided to abandon the previous generation of launch vehicles and manned spacecraft and replace them with the "Ares" rocket and the "Orion" manned spacecraft, and they gave them a nice name. The "Constellation Project" has ambitious plans to return to the moon in 2017 and a manned mission to the moon in 2030.

Yes, returning to the moon in 2017 is 2030 years earlier than the 13 target set by our country.

As for the manned mission plan, it is even more unique, because our country has not announced our manned mission plan, and some have only mentioned the Mars exploration plan.

Although these two plans were repeatedly postponed later, for now, everyone believes that this plan will be successful, because decades have passed and there have been many technological updates and iterations. There is no reason why we cannot return to the moon.

"Director Charles, we have detected intelligence that the magical Professor Zhao from the Eastern country on the other side has begun special training for astronauts. Their ambition to land on the moon first and even build a lunar base is undisguised."

Standing next to Director Charles was CIA Director McKinsey. He recounted his intelligence and then asked: "So, we will definitely succeed in this launch, right?"

"Of course!"

Director Charles said in a nonchalant manner, but he was complaining in his heart: "You just talk nonsense if you don't understand anything. What kind of moon base? The big Eastern countries on the other side should first complete the manned moon landing."

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the spy chief, and if it weren't for the fact that the other party's words were actually on NASA's side to a certain extent, he had gained benefits for NASA, otherwise he would have kicked people out.

Yes, returning to the moon base this time is serious, not just talk.

In fact, long before the Eastern powers on the other side developed high-thrust rocket engines, NASA had already proposed returning to the moon and manned the mission, and the American government agreed in principle. If you look at the time, you will know that it was a few years ago. However, after a financial crisis, America struggled internally and externally. Not to mention investing large sums of money in NASA, it even spent its life trying to save Wall Street.

Many of America's own media are pessimistic about this, believing that the cash-strapped government cannot afford a return to the moon plan that requires huge amounts of money.

At this time, the great Eastern country on the other side roared, and a thousand-ton high-thrust rocket engine was born!

For a moment, NASA was surprised, happy, and shocked. Suddenly, they fell behind?

Happily, there was rain from the sky. America felt a strong threat from top to bottom, so with a stroke of a pen, a huge amount of money was invested. NASA immediately said: Return to the moon? I can do that, thank you!

As for whether it will be surpassed by the big Eastern countries on the other side, although NASA feels the urgency, after research, it believes that it is not that simple. NASA still has a great technological advantage over the big Eastern countries. In the field of aerospace, high-thrust engines are only one of the core technologies. There are a large number of other technologies that Eastern countries have no access to.

"Very good~"

Director McKinsey nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "We must return to the moon before them and build our lunar base. We will definitely do it, right?"

Director Charles habitually replied: "Of course, I have no doubt about it!"

"very good!"

McKenzie nodded again, with a pleasant smile on his face.

Yes, America’s technology leads the world, there is no doubt about it!

Time passes minute by minute~

With the fuel filling completed, the test flight of the Ares X rocket has reached a critical point.

The American people, media reporters at the scene, and media reporters from all over the world except China all nervously turned their attention to the huge launch pad in the distance.

After a while~

In the eyes of almost the entire world, the commanders began the countdown.

"ten!"

"nine!"

……

"One!"

Boom~

There was a loud noise, and as bright flames ejected from the rear of the rocket engine, shrouded in a large amount of rising white mist, the 100-meter-high Ares X rocket took off into the sky...

　A new year, a new chapter! Welcome to 2024~

　　

　

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