Galaxy Technology Empire

[Today is December 30, 2019. The weather in Kaohsiung is not bad. The sunny winter in southern China is rare in Luoyang. It may already be snowing heavily in my hometown at this time.

I am very honored to be one of the first astronauts from the Space Development Council to go into space. This makes me both excited and nervous...]

Liao Qingsong stretched and continued writing in his diary.

Since he became the first astronaut to use a mass projector in outer space, he was transferred from the Zhangzhou Astronaut Training Base to the Kaohsiung Base a week ago.

Five other people came with them. The spacecraft pilot Zhang Yunfeng, co-pilot Chen Liang, correspondent Li Xuan, maintenance worker Fang Haibo, space operator Qin Xuexue, and Liao Qingsong was another space operator.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door of his dormitory. Liao Qingsong quickly got out of bed and opened the door. When he opened the door, it turned out to be Zhang Yunfeng piloting the spaceship.

"Captain Zhang, why do you have time to visit us?"

"I have nothing to do, let's chat." Zhang Yunfeng said with a smile.

In fact, the spacecraft is being driven by not only the pilot, but also the captain (commander) and psychological counselor. Zhang Yunfeng can only be said to be in the middle and upper reaches among the professional pilot students, but his personality is optimistic and calm, and he is very capable of leadership. It is precisely because of this that he stands out among the many reserve pilots.

Zhang Yunfeng sat down and asked with concern: "Are you excited and nervous at the same time?"

Liao Qingsong nodded: "A little bit."

"The same is true for me. Maybe the 1st of 2020 will be the beginning of the interstellar era of mankind." Zhang Yunfeng said proudly.

"Yes! My name will be engraved in history." Liao Qingsong suddenly became excited.

"Qingsong, where is your hometown in Luoyang?"

"My hometown is at the bottom of Xishan Mountain in Luoning, Luoyang."

"Then our hometown is quite close. I am from Jiezhou, Yuncheng, Shanxi Province."

Zhang Yunfeng and Liao Qingsong chatted for more than an hour.

…

Time is flowing forward like the water of the Yangtze River. The hands of the clock stopped at 9:00 on January 1, 2020. At this moment, there is still one hour before the launch of the Qinglong-class 002 spacecraft.

This is the second time that the Qinglong-class spacecraft 002 has gone into outer space. The first time was to temporarily carry fuel to replenish the Xuanwu-class spacecraft. This time it is the second time that it has gone into outer space and the first time it has carried out a manned space mission.

Zhang Yunfeng, Chen Liang, Li Xuan, Fang Haibo, Qin Xuexue, and Liao Qingsong had already put on the anti-Dutch suits of the life-sustaining warehouse and entered the life-sustaining warehouse one by one.

"Are you ready?" Zhang Yunfeng shouted through the special communicator.

"Ready." The other five people responded in unison.

"Check the equipment and connections of the life-sustaining warehouse again." Zhang Yunfeng ordered meticulously.

"receive."

The six people checked the equipment and connections again, and then Zhang Yunfeng gave an order, and they pressed the button for injecting the life-sustaining fluid.

Translucent life-sustaining fluid quickly flooded upward from beneath their feet.

Gurgling... Strings of residual bubbles in the lungs emerged from the mouths and noses of Zhang Yunfeng and others, like drowning people.

This time, the Qinglong-class manned space flight was broadcast live around the world, so many viewers saw this scene.

Webcast room.

"What are you doing?" - Fish's memory

"It feels a bit seeping." - Ming Jue Li

"Fuck!" - It's terrible to be uneducated

"It should be something like an anti-charge liquid. People can breathe directly into the liquid." - M78 Nebula

"Will it always be like this when we go to outer space in the future? What should I do if I can't swim?" - Landlubber

" @Landlubber, this has nothing to do with whether you can swim (ー_ー)!!" - Chengdu user

"I feel so tired (▽)."——Spring is warm and the flowers are blooming

"It should be an anti-gravity liquid, otherwise astronauts will not be able to withstand the overload of the mass projector." - Life is short

A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door.

Shanghai Hilton Hotel.

Representatives from various countries who have come here are watching the global live broadcast of the Qinglong-class manned spaceflight in small groups.

"I didn't expect that they actually achieved anti-loading liquid." Dr. Archimedes knew what this was at a glance.

"It is inevitable. If they want to use a mass projector to quickly project a manned spacecraft, they must solve the overload problem." Maxwell, who was exhausted mentally and physically, said with some frustration.

Alice, the representative of the United States Federal Assembly on the side, asked curiously: "Can this kind of breathable liquid solve the overload problem?"

"Yes, Ms. Alice, this uses the principle of incompressibility of liquids." Dr. Archimedes explained.

"How difficult is it to implement this technology?" Alice then asked.

Archimedes thought for a while and said: "The difficulty lies in the liquid raw material, which must be breathable and harmless to the human body, and the chemical properties must be stable."

"In other words, if we know the liquid raw material, can we replicate this technology?" Alice asked enthusiastically.

"Uh..." Dr. Archimedes suddenly didn't know how to answer this.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"Theoretically, Ms. Alice is right."

"Theoretically? That doesn't work in practice?"

"It's difficult to say accurately about materials science. Sometimes even if you get the materials, you may not be able to copy them." Dr. Archimedes shrugged and said helplessly.

…

[Launch countdown: 30...10...3, 2, 1, launch. ]

The powerful current instantly excites the magnetic vacuum cable, and a vacuum pipe running between heaven and earth is instantly formed.

Under the action of electric current, the superconducting rail's electromagnetic force, one of the four basic forces, is like an ancient giant beast breaking free from its cage.

Bo! Under the acceleration of electromagnetic force, the spacecraft broke through the top membrane at a distance of 60 kilometers in an instant, and then let out a scream, which was caused by breaking the sound barrier in the atmosphere.

The astronauts inside Qinglong-class No. 002 might not have known that they had reached low-Earth orbit if they hadn't looked at the waterproof computer in front of them.

The orbital height suddenly reached 120 kilometers, and it was constantly beating upward.

Zhang Yunfeng and Chen Liang began to check the status of the spacecraft and were ready to make manual corrections at any time; while Li Xuan sent back the status information of the spacecraft to the ground control center.

Due to the increased power of the mass projector, the Qinglong-class 002 spacecraft can directly reach a low-Earth orbit of about 180 kilometers this time.

The autopilot system ignited the main engine instantly when the Qinglong-class 002 spacecraft reached 180 kilometers into low-Earth orbit.

The Qinglong-class spacecraft No. 002, which was at the end of its life, was instantly injected with a new power, hung with light blue tail flames, and began to orbit the blue star.

Kaohsiung Ground Control Center, Fourth Control Room.

"The QL-002 spacecraft has successfully entered orbit and is currently orbiting. It will reach the orbit of the new Kaohsiung Space Station in 1 hour and 27 minutes."

"Everything is normal on the QL-002 spacecraft and the astronauts are in good health."

"The new Kaohsiung Space Station is ready for docking."

Zeng Baojiang nodded with satisfaction. This time the launch was almost completed. The most dangerous stage when the mass projector projects the spacecraft is between 60 and 120 meters. Once the spacecraft exceeds this distance, the safety is almost assured. .

Regarding this launch mission, Zeng Jiang was even more nervous than the previous Xuanwu-class launch. After all, it was a manned spacecraft and a global live broadcast. In addition, the Outer Space Conference was approaching. It could be said that there was no room for failure in this launch mission.

Looking at the holographic star map, the Qinglong-class 002 spacecraft quickly circled the Blue Star orbit and continued to increase its orbital altitude. It seemed that this manned space mission could be successfully completed.