Earth Era

Space launch is not a simple matter, it requires the tacit cooperation of ground staff and astronauts. The professionalism of the astronaut's responsibilities is no less professional than the professionalism of the stellar physicist's profession. If Zhao Huasheng wants to successfully go to the moon and adapt to the environment on the moon, living in a space base and receiving training are very necessary.

After hearing the order conveyed by the soldier, Zhao Huasheng put down the book in his hand, stood up, and said, "Okay, please take me there."

The soldier silently led Zhao Huasheng into the car, and a few hours later they arrived in front of a huge building complex. This is an astronaut training base. Basically all astronauts in human civilization have been trained here. Only after passing the training can they carry out space missions. The crew of the original Red Heart spacecraft, as well as Skylab and the astronauts who built the lunar base were all trained here.

Zhao Huasheng will also spend two years here.

"Two years..." Zhao Huasheng sighed silently in his heart, and then entered the astronaut training base. Zhao Huasheng knew that if there were no accidents, this would probably be his last two years on earth.

There are many skills that a qualified astronaut needs to master. Instrument operation, machine control, simple medical and human structure knowledge, propeller and engine knowledge, maintenance knowledge, as well as star positioning, navigation and other related knowledge must be mastered. In particular, the knowledge related to survival in weightlessness or microgravity environments must be firmly mastered.

Under the dim moonlight, Zhao Huasheng spent his first night in the astronaut training base. The facilities in the astronaut training base are very complete and all kinds of daily necessities are available. In the next two years, if nothing happens, Zhao Huasheng will probably not leave here again.

The earth returned to ice, and human civilization began another wait in silence and quietness. But no one knows what awaits us this time. Zhao Huasheng didn’t know either. Zhao Huasheng was just doing his own thing quietly, accepting the training from each expert extremely hard and seriously, and time slipped away quietly in this silence.

Only a few days have passed since the first piece of reverse fusion layer material appeared. It completely covers the sun. As a result, the short-term warmth was deprived, and the sun once again fell into low temperature and dimness. The climate above the earth also slowly decreased within two months. and eventually dropped to the previous temperature level. The entire earth was once again shrouded in ice, and thick ice caps once again appeared above the ocean. All crops died, and their remains stood on the frozen earth, shivering with the cold wind. Everything on this earth exudes an aura of death and chilling.

Time passed slowly, and one year and nine months after Zhao Huasheng began training, the lunar base was generally completed. The astronauts and the ground engineer team began to conduct module testing on the lunar base and carry out a series of work such as post-processing modifications. It took several years and with the participation of millions of outstanding talents, this great building unprecedented in human history was finally built. And Zhao Huasheng will be the owner of this great building.

Zhao Huasheng has seen real-life images of the lunar base. To put it simply, it looks like a spider with six legs. Its main building is a long strip, with three short strips protruding from both sides of the long strip. Different functional areas of the lunar base are distributed in these different locations.

About a few hundred meters away from the main building is a large solar power panel. When there is sunlight, the light energy will be converted into electrical energy and then stored in the base. When there is no sunlight, the lunar base relies on this electrical energy and chemical fuels stored in the base to obtain energy. Calculated based on the power generation of solar power panels and the amount of fuel reserves. The lunar base can maintain normal operations for at least sixty years without receiving external supplies. This can already be regarded as a veritable permanent survival base.

The human government completed this building in accordance with Zhao Huasheng's requirements without any compromise, and also pinned its hope for the revival of human civilization on this building. Also pinned on Zhao Huasheng.

The last three months in the astronaut training base were spent quietly. Today is the fifth year since the solar crisis broke out. Today is Zhao Huasheng's last day on earth. Zhao Huasheng is about to take a new rocket to the Sky Laboratory. After arriving at the Sky Laboratory, Zhao Huasheng will go to the moon with three astronauts and the last batch of supplies. After landing at the lunar base, the two astronauts staying at the lunar base and the three astronauts who came with Zhao Huasheng will return in the spacecraft, leaving Zhao Huasheng alone here.

This is still like a normal day for Zhao Huasheng. Morning time. Zhao Huasheng got up and washed his face. I brushed my teeth, combed my hair, and left my residence after having breakfast. There were already several staff waiting for him outside.

Unlike the grand occasion when the Red Heart spacecraft was launched, Zhao Huasheng's trip to the moon seemed unusually low-key. The human government did not publicize this launch operation. On the contrary, the human government kept it strictly confidential. Therefore, most people in Equator City are unaware of this incident. There is no media, no audience, and no spotlight. Zhao Huasheng arrived at the launch base calmly. After the last inspection, he took the elevator to the rocket head in the launch tower, then lay there and fixed his body on the seat. .

Wang Tang, Li Wei, Meng Zhuo, the head of state, some scientists, and a few staff were the only spectators of this launch event. Zhao Huasheng lay expressionless in the launch cabin, and the several astronauts accompanying him did not make any movements except operating some instruments.

The camera in the launch cabin broadcast the scene here to the control hall in real time. Looking at Zhao Huasheng's expressionless face, Li Wei's eyes suddenly overflowed with tears.

Although she didn't know what Zhao Huasheng's plan was, Li Wei could probably feel that this would be the last time that she and Zhao Huasheng would be on the same planet. After this, the distance between the two people will no longer be described as the end of the world. Even if they are far away from each other, they are still on the same land after all.

The atmosphere in the control hall was silent and serious. The staff shuttled between different instruments, busy, confirming the information of each module of the rocket. Finally, the launch commander Wang Tang said a sentence: "Countdown to launch, thirty seconds."

There was already something like white mist emerging from the tail of the rocket. The cold wind blew over and dispersed the white mist, but then more white mist appeared, always covering the tail of the rocket in the mist. Zhao Huasheng calmly looked at the numbers that were beating in the launch cabin, his face still expressionless.

Zhao Huasheng felt the weight of his body and the pressure brought by the earth's gravity on him, and felt a little lost in his heart. Zhao Huasheng knew that after he left the earth, he might never feel this feeling again. Because there is no gravity in space, and the gravity on the moon is only one-sixth that of the earth.

A slight tremor reached Zhao Huasheng's body. It was weak at first, but after just a few seconds, the tremors grew to panic-inducing proportions. Zhao Huasheng clearly heard the words Wang Tang said in the ground control base: "...one...zero. Ignite, launch!"

The astronauts traveling with Zhao Huasheng had obviously had many launch experiences, and they had also experienced this kind of trembling at this moment many times. Compared to Zhao Huasheng, they appear more experienced and calmer. Although Zhao Huasheng had undergone two years of training, he had no practical experience after all.

Zhao Huasheng felt as if a big stone was pressed on his chest. Not only that, his limbs, head, etc., seemed to be pressed hard on the floor by a strong hand, unable to move at all. It was an irresistible force, the inertial force brought about by the acceleration of the rocket, and at the same time, it was also the earth's attempt to retain Zhao Huasheng.

But the earth's retention could not keep Zhao Huasheng after all. The power of the rocket is too great and the acceleration is too fast. Zhao Huasheng glanced at the number on the dashboard. That number was 17,800 meters. In this short period of time, he had already risen to an altitude of 17.8 kilometers. This height is more than twice as high as the Himalayas.

At the last moment of leaving the earth, many pictures flashed through Zhao Huasheng's mind. There were scenes of him having dinner with Li Qi, scenes of him and Li Wei meeting for the first time, as well as the first hug, the first kiss...everyone he met on the earth, what happened Everything was so clear in Zhao Huasheng's mind at this moment.

The rocket is still flying at high speed. Its speed had already broken through the sound barrier, the rocket body pierced the atmosphere, and the gas at the tail left a white line in the sky. But it's night now, so the white line is probably invisible. All that could be seen from the ground was the bright fire at the tail of the rocket.

At this moment, Li Wei left the control hall and walked outside. She raised her head, looked at the rocket tail flames like stars in the sky, silently clasped her hands together, and then closed her eyes.

The tail flame finally disappeared from the sky, and I don't know where it went. (To be continued ~^~)

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