I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"Unexpectedly, I sent this thing over. I thought that with the 'Pioneer II', I wouldn't need this thing."

Li Wei looked at the injection safe box with a serious look. After all, they were biochemical drugs, and as a Chinese, he had a natural sensitivity.

A few months ago, Deng Lei said that the ground would send biochemical medicine to enhance physical fitness. Li Wei also maintained a highly skeptical attitude. After all, what could be sent from the ground was definitely not some addictive ghost, but this was still a bit bizarre. .

However, now there are 10 injections in front of me, and there is an instruction sheet in the small grid on the side.

Of course, the four astronauts got the news weeks in advance and began to secretly learn how to use 304 injections, but they were still a little touched when they saw the real thing.

"The exoskeleton is the outside, this is the inside. What the ground says is that one injection guarantees the effect for three years. After the injection, you will be a little superman."

Deng Lei picked up each syringe and carefully checked whether there was any damage on the appearance. He did not stop moving his mouth:

"There is no compulsory requirement. It is entirely voluntary whether to take the medicine or not. The shelf life of these medicines is only 60 days, and they have to be destroyed after that... It's really troublesome..."

After six months of living together in this lonely place on the moon, the relationship between the four astronauts has become more casual and only becomes more serious when performing missions.

Li Wei slowly shook his head after listening to his words. There was definitely no reason not to use these injections. Sufficient clinical trials had been conducted on the ground.

"Is the Qianjin equipped with this thing?"

He suddenly thought of this problem. The status of Advance now even vaguely surpasses the development of the moon, and it seems to be doing something very confidential. It has even been absent from regular communications between several space stations many times.

"I didn't ask, but it must have been prepared, right? This medicine has a very important role in enhancing emotional stability, and the space agency probably takes a fancy to this.

We’ve been here for half a year and we’ve received all kinds of people. Aren’t we a little anxious? They will be able to fly for several years in the future, fearing that they will be suffocated to death. "

Deng Lei’s tone was casual, but what he actually said was very thrilling:

The four permanent lunar astronauts will conduct a psychological test every two weeks. They have conducted it more than a dozen times so far, and everyone has passed it.

However, according to the statistical curve of the space agency, their evaluation results have gradually slipped from "excellent" to "good", and some people even almost missed the "good" line.

According to the analysis of psychological experts, the main reason is the mental high pressure and anxiety factors from space.

Compared with the previous astronauts on the Tiangong Space Station, the lunar quartet's decline in status in half a year is actually a bit serious.

This is not because the quality of the four astronauts is not good, but because the impact of the environment is beyond imagination.

The distance of 380,000 kilometers has brought about a psychological gap that is hard to ignore. The gray and even yellowish moon in the lenses of the space suit is more obvious than the completely dark space.

Not to mention that the four-person team performs the busiest, most complex, and most dangerous work. They travel on a nuclear reactor, the explorer robot has an isotope battery, and the explosives it transports are giant mushrooms. They are just like death everywhere.

The ground is trying to change these by improving the treatment of the residence and increasing the number of team members. At the same time, it also collects experience for long-term voyages.

Like the first crew members of the Advance, they had a heavy focus on exploration and experimentation.

While the two were chatting, Liu Ming and Fu Xiangjie also came closer. The faces of the four of them all showed a unified calmness, and they each picked up an injection in silence.

"I'll go first, and I'll stay at the base later."

Li Wei took the lead in raising the syringe, and the other three nodded.

The injections will be given in order of rotation according to the place of residence. This is a consensus that has been reached before.

This batch of 304 injections is already the latest version after multiple rounds of modifications. The biggest achievement is that it no longer replaces all the teeth at once after half a month of injection like the initial version.

Xie Miao's team finally found that the cause was caused by excessive content of a certain ingredient. The 304 injection was originally designed to suit white and black populations. Due to genetic differences, the dosage is different, so there is no such trouble when used on the initial target race.

Now the effect is much lessened. The teeth are replaced one by one starting from the 20th day after the injection. The entire tooth replacement cycle lasts for 40 days. During this period, you need to pay attention to your diet, but there is no need to deliberately choose a liquid diet.

The order and time of the astronauts' injections are reasonably planned according to the mission schedule, and they can also take care of their companions.

Liu Ming picked up the pre-sealed alcohol cotton ball, wiped it gently on Li Wei's arm, then pressed the end of the needleless syringe to the target position and pressed the pneumatic switch hard.

Li Wei only felt as if his arm was hit hard by an inflatable hammer, and then looked forward. Fu Xiangjie took a photo, which was recorded in the record reported to the ground.

The syringe was then wrapped in plastic wrap and gently placed back in place.

…

Boca Chica, the third Starship launch pad.

On this newly built launch pad, another familiar SS rocket stood alone, letting the wind blow away the dissipated liquid oxygen.

Two months after the launch of the SS-5 starship, the successor, the sixth starship-superheavy booster combination SS-6, was put on the launch pad again.

Compared with its predecessors, SS-6 is definitely the most "expensive" generation.

Compared with the previous steel monsters that always felt rough, the upper stage of SS-6 is completely covered with black heat insulation tiles. The matte color and clearly textured surface finally looks a bit sci-fi, and it can also be seen from the outside. Many strange places are all newly added "redundant" equipment.

Maybe it was the stimulation of five consecutive failures, or maybe it was the persuasion of other engineers. In short, this time the SS combination finally did not cling to the budget and put the "success rate" first.

Deputy Chief Engineer Tom assured Musk that the launch was absolutely successful and that he was confident in everything except recovery.

However, Musk, who was sitting in the control room, was obviously distracted and his attention was not on the rocket at all.

For him, the starship is destined to succeed, the difference is just earlier and later. All the fatal problems in the past have been properly solved, and the rest is only a matter of time.

What he is thinking about now is the trend of NACA - the recent trend of NACA is a bit strange.

Not long ago, there were rumors in the grapevine that the Wolf Clause was about to be abolished. There was also talk that Aramco and the United States would open up free investment in commercial aerospace to China. There was even talk that the two countries would end their competition and start jointly developing outer space.

Various rumors make the future confusing, but these channels are unexpectedly difficult to rule out fraud, which has led to great unrest in Aramco's aerospace industry.

In addition to worrying about the impact of these rumors coming true on SpecaX, Musk mainly reacted to his intuition: he smelled the atmosphere of conspiracy.

He couldn't explain it clearly, but he had a feeling that he had discovered something somewhere he didn't know, and it affected everything he knew.