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Chapter 342 Simulated Spaceship

For spacecraft simulation training.

After discussions by the Space Development Committee, they gave up the plan of all-round astronauts. After all, human energy is limited. If we train all-round astronauts, not only will it take too long, but the cost-effectiveness will be too low.

In the near future, Dongtang will usher in the age of cosmic navigation and large-scale space operations. If we train all-round astronauts, not only will the training time be too long, but the number of astronauts will also be greatly reduced.

After many discussions and meetings, they finally decided to subdivide the astronaut profession into subdivided professions such as driver, maintainer, outer space operator, communicator, doctor, logistician, technician, etc.

Ma Wu chose the profession of transport spacecraft pilot, while Liao Qingsong chose the profession of outer space operator.

These professional astronauts are necessary for a spacecraft. After all, the Space Development Committee plans to carry out long-term outer space colonization activities, so these standing astronauts are indispensable.

After being divided into majors again.

Ma Wu was participating in the spacecraft pilot training while conducting the g-force training in the life-sustaining warehouse.

Liao Qingsong also received training in resistance to war and outer space operations.

A11 training area.

This is a one-to-one model of a Qinglong-class manned spacecraft. In fact, except that it cannot fly, all the configurations in this model are exactly the same as the real Qinglong-class.

Of course Ma Wu knows some basic data about the Qinglong-class manned projection spacecraft.

It is a regular hexagonal cylinder with a side length of 3 meters, a height of 12 meters, and a volume of 280 cubic meters. The weight of the spacecraft hull and equipment is 21 tons, and the fuel oxidizer totals 18 tons.

There are a total of 8 astronaut life-sustaining compartments, totaling 40 tons, and can carry about 21 tons of supplies.

However, he was very confused about this matter. After all, the Jianmu Project was now half-dead and unfinished. Why was the spacecraft they trained still a Qinglong-class manned spacecraft? He was puzzled by this matter.

Is the Qinglong-class manned spacecraft going to be transformed into a launch vehicle to be transported to outer space?

Suddenly a hand patted his shoulder. Ma Wu was startled. He turned around and saw that it was Jiang Shui, another roommate who also chose the driver major.

"What are you thinking about?"

"No, I'm just surprised why the Qinglong class is used as a simulation training object." Ma Wu said as he took the Qinglong class instruction manual and became familiar with it.

"So that's the problem. I'm also full of doubts." Jiang Shui was also getting familiar with the Qinglong class.

"Forget it, the Space Development Committee may want to consider it on its own, let's get familiar with it first!"

Jiang Shui nodded and said, "Maybe they plan to transform the Qinglong class into a launch vehicle model."

"Who knows." Ma Wu spread his hands.

However, a few of them are quite interested in the Qinglong-class manned spacecraft.

Ma Wu looked at the Qinglong-class interior that looked like a future spaceship. It would be great if the mass projector had succeeded. It would be such a pity.

The simulated cockpit of the Qinglong class is in the third section of the cabin (the third level when it is upright), and the driver's life support tank is in the second section of the cabin.

The first section of the cabin is the fuel and main engine, while the fourth section and part of the third section are the material warehouse.

The cab is not too big and can accommodate four people inside. However, according to the staffing settings of the Qinglong class, there are only three people in the cab, the driver, co-pilot, and correspondent. No one else is allowed to enter the cab at will.

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As future spacecraft pilots, Ma Wu and Jiang Shui are both familiar with those buttons and operating systems.

"What is this red button?" Jiang Shui asked while flipping through the manual.

Ma Wu looked at it and replied: "It's an emergency ejection button, which can activate the life-sustaining cabin to eject the spacecraft."

"What is the use of this thing? Can the life-sustaining chamber be used directly in outer space?" Jiang Shui asked speechlessly.

"Yes, the life-sustaining cabin itself is an escape cabin combined into one design. The life-sustaining device inside can sustain the human body for about 60 hours in outer space." Ma Wu explained, pointing to the instruction manual.

"Even so, I don't think this thing is of much use. Unless there is cryonics technology that can allow people to freeze in a life-sustaining chamber for several years, otherwise, in the vast and boundless space of the universe, the possibility of rescue and the possibility of rescue will be projected out.

It's almost like a welfare lottery." Jiang Shui is not optimistic about this escape cabin design.

"At least near low-Earth orbit, this thing is quite useful. It's better to have it than not to have it at all." Ma Wu said with a smile.

Several of them were talking and reading the instructions. The Qinglong-class cab adopts a lot of new designs, such as touch screens, holographic projections, etc.

These designs reduce a lot of buttons and greatly reduce the difficulty of driving for the driver. During the acceleration and deceleration phases, artificial intelligence is operating the spacecraft, while the driver assists in the life-sustaining cabin.

However, just in case, a large number of mechanical buttons are still retained to prevent the electronic system from malfunctioning. Although the electronic system of the spacecraft is designed with triple redundancy, this does not mean that it is foolproof.

After all, spacecrafts have been flying in outer space for a long time. As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will not get wet. Electronic equipment is damaged by cosmic rays over time, and more or less problems will occur.

Although the cosmic ray protection measures of the Qinglong-class spacecraft are very comprehensive, there are no absolutes in everything. If you are too superstitious, you can easily capsize in the gutter.

After Ma Wu and others got initially familiar with the cab, they put on spacesuits inside the cabin and started simulation training.

In-cabin spacesuits are different from extra-vehicular space suits. Of course, Galaxy Technology’s materials science is very strong. Even though it is an in-cabin space suit, its quality is still high, comparable to NASA’s extra-vehicular space suits.

The performance and protection are strong, but the size and weight are not too heavy or bloated, just like wearing a thin down jacket from Lingnan area.

In addition, the design of the spacesuit inside the cabin is very convenient. The astronauts can put it on directly after coming out of the life-sustaining cabin.

If you want to get out of the spacecraft and enter outer space for operations, you don't need to change your spacesuit. You can just put on the extravehicular spacesuit.

Therefore, in order to simulate training, Ma Wu and the others had to wear space suits in the cabin and move around in the cockpit. Fortunately, the constant temperature system in the cockpit was not a fake.

After all, the weather in Zhangzhou is still very hot in October, and it won’t get cooler until November. Their in-cabin spacesuits have very good thermal insulation capabilities. Without air conditioning, it can kill people.

In the cab, Ma Wu operated the spacecraft in a simulated flight.

[Student Mawu, you made eleven mistakes in the operation just now. The first one was: you repeatedly pressed the left auxiliary engine start button twice every second...]

The artificial intelligence separated by Zhong gave Ma Wu a list of his mistakes during the operation.

Looking at the data in front of him, Ma Wu was also very embarrassed. He quickly looked over his mistakes carefully and tried not to repeat the same mistakes next time.

If you cannot obtain full marks for more than 10 consecutive times during the simulated driving training of a spacecraft, you will not be eligible to obtain a spacecraft driving license.

A driver's license is the first step to becoming a spaceship pilot. After all, everyone wants to be the first people to go to outer space. At this time, the success rate in simulation training is the key data.

As long as they also have a driving license, astronauts with a high success rate will definitely be the first people to go into outer space.

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