Qiongzhou Aerospace Training Center Affiliated Airport.
Qiongzhou, Aerospace Training Center Affiliated Airport.
A large white aircraft parked quietly at the starting point of the airport runway. On the back of the strange-looking aircraft, a two-stage rocket more than 20 meters long was ready for launch.
There is an inconspicuous building not far from the runway. Inside the building, Huo Qiang walked into the lounge with a freshly released list. The thirty reserve astronauts in the lounge stood up together, and everyone's eyes fell on the list at the same time.
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The order of the training team's astronauts' launch is not fixed, but the principle of quality priority is adopted. After receiving the launch mission, the training team selects the thirty-six reserve astronauts with the best physiological condition and undergoes a competition-style physical examination.
, according to the order of physiological indicators, in theory, the top twelve people will enter the launch list.
However, there are always exceptions. The specific candidate for launch depends on what kind of talents are needed on the moon. Therefore, physiological indicators are only a reference for candidates for launch, not a decision criterion.
What Huo Qiang holds in his hand is the list of who will stay and who will go.
His sharp eyes glanced around, and his voice was calm and powerful: "Sit."
Everyone sat down suddenly and looked at Huo Qiang with expectations, apprehension, restlessness and uneasiness in their eyes.
Having stayed in the training team for more than half a year, the students here are very aware of the dangers of aerospace engineering. There may be problems with the rocket at some point. It is not an exaggeration to say that aerospace is a gamble with death, but the dangers faced by astronauts are extremely small.
Not going anywhere.
"The comrades whose names have been called line up in front of me!" Huo Qiang shook the list, "Duan Zhiyang!"
"Here we come!" A short major officer stood up.
"Fang Xu."
"arrive!"
"Tao Lele."
"arrive!"
"Yuan Yu..."
Companions came out one after another, and the eyes of the others were filled with joy and envy. Everyone was silently counting the number of people who came out. When there were eleven candidates standing in front of him, Huo Qiang put down the list and shouted out the last one.
Name: "Ye Han!"
"Here we come!" Ye Han shouted subconsciously, and then there was a buzz in his head. When he came to his senses, he was already standing at the end of the line.
Huo Qiang said: "The others will bring it back, you guys follow me."
Twelve people were brought to the small conference room. After they were seated, Huo Qiang handed out the prepared pen and paper to everyone: "I believe you have been prepared for a long time. It is now nine o'clock in the morning, and the next half hour will be
I leave it to you... I'm right outside, if you have any requests, you can come out and see me."
After speaking, Huo Qiang left the conference room, leaving behind twelve candidates who were restless.
After a long silence, Duan Zhiyang, who was sitting next to Ye Han, let out a long sigh, picked up the pen, and began to write a suicide note resignedly. While writing, he muttered: "Write it down, it's just a routine matter. I have written it several times."
"That's right, we are the first batch, and the equipment is all new, so there must be no problem." Another candidate comforted himself.
One candidate sighed and pushed away the pen and paper. Although he didn't say anything, everyone had lived together for more than half a year and knew that there was no one in his family anymore. The organization introduced him to a girlfriend, and the relationship was not as good as needed yet.
The point of leaving a will.
After a while, the only sound left in the conference room was the rustle of pen writing.
Everyone has their own ideas, but regardless of whether they write or not, and what content they write, everyone is very calm.
This is not an accident.
The Moon Palace Project has a strict schedule. If everything goes well, the first phase of the project will take about half a year to complete. However, no one dares to say that there will be no accidents in the middle, and the actual construction time is likely to be delayed.
In a cold and desolate place like the moon, everyone must live in a fully enclosed living cabin. There are only a few people on the entire construction site, and loneliness is unavoidable.
In this case, people with a calm personality and tenacious nerves can persist longer, while people with a lively and energetic personality may live on the moon for a long time in a narrow living space and simple and boring interpersonal life. It is very likely that they will develop psychological symptoms due to depression.
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Therefore, the space team recruits people not only based on their physique and occupation, but also on their character and character. They must be able to endure loneliness...or have home-like attributes, or at least home-like tendencies.
Ye Han only wrote a few words and then threw the pen aside, raised his head and thought for a while, got up and left the conference room, opened the door, and saw Huo Qiang waiting outside.
"Is it finished?" Huo Qiang asked.
Ye Han shook his head: "Chief, I want to make a request."
"you say."
"I want to meet my wife." Ye Han was a little embarrassed.
"No problem, I'll arrange it right away." Huo Qiang nodded immediately, "Do you need to arrange a room for you? There is still some time."
As long as there are no unreasonable demands such as withdrawing from the training team, he will definitely do his best to meet them.
"No need, I'm not in that mood." Ye Han smiled bitterly, "Chief, if possible, I would like to ask you a small favor."
"explain."
"Don't send your family members up until the lunar base is stabilized."
"Don't worry, I would do the same thing if you didn't tell me... We men are working hard outside, isn't it just for our wives and children?"
"Thank you, chief."
"You're welcome." Huo Qiang called someone over to explain a few words, turned around and asked with a smile, "How are you, are you nervous?"
Ye Han replied: "I'm not nervous at all, I just don't understand how you called me."
His major is weapons, and what the moon base needs most now is engineering talents, but Huo Qiang will definitely not make such an obvious mistake, so he just took this opportunity to ask.
Huo Qiang chuckled: "Why else? It's totally fine."
Ye Han looked confused, and Huo Qiang explained: "The Americans have also started construction on a base at the North Pole of the moon, which is only a hundred kilometers away from our base. As the saying goes, you must be on guard against others, and you must guard against Americans.
ah."
"So close? Did Beidu reach an agreement with the Americans?" Ye Han asked curiously.
Huo Qiang nodded: "Too close is inconvenient, and too far away loses the meaning of building a base on the moon. More than a hundred kilometers is a suitable distance."
"I'm the only one here, am I too weak?"
"Don't worry about this. The Americans are still in the material preparation stage and will not send people to the moon in a short time. You must use this time to familiarize yourself with the conditions on the lunar surface, formulate combat plans and defense plans, and avoid being in a hurry when an accident occurs."
"I understand." Ye Han nodded, "Where's the equipment? You can't let me use my bare hands, right?"
"We have to overcome difficulties for the time being." Huo Qiang said, "It is not easy to transport supplies from the ground, but don't worry, there are two special 3D printers on the moon. When everything goes on track, you can use it to print any equipment you need."
Ye Han's eyes lit up: "Including power armor?"
"Including powered armor." Huo Qiang nodded, "And it's an improved version of vacuum."
