Chapter 292

There is probably no more complicated job in the world than astronauts.

At the beginning of the mercury program, NASA recruited more than 100 elite pilots in the military as candidates for astronauts, but only seven were selected for the first generation manned space program.

Especially in the early stage of human space history, no one knew what would happen if they left the earth. In theory, anything could happen. In the vast universe, there were only astronauts and aircraft, and the ground control center was thousands of miles away, so no one could rely on it. Therefore, it requires astronauts to be able to deal with all kinds of emergencies as much as possible.

That's what training is all about.

Although the time of every day is filled very tightly, even maddening, even breathing has become a luxury, but it must be admitted that there are some very interesting parts, such as weightlessness training on vomiting comet, so that the body can float and rotate freely in the air, and taste space food for the first time, although the taste of the first generation of space food is not so good How about the swimming pool training in the use of motor and tools

The latter is also Zhang Heng's favorite part. Wearing a spacesuit, he dives into the bottom of the water for activities. When he looks up from below, he can see the sparkling water surface, the bubbles of divers around him, and the sound of air flowing in the helmet and the sound of water outside the helmet can be heard by his ears.

At this moment, the world seems extremely quiet. Although Zhang Heng knows that he is not in space, it does bring us an extraordinary feeling.

Of course, most of the time, training is boring and tiring. With cramming theory courses and high-load physical training, even though Jalai has lost a lot of weight, what makes him sad is that after so much suffering, the fat will still return to him.

And that's not the worst part. Besides, there's some sadistic training.

The johnville human centrifuge, which can accelerate from static speed to 200 km / h speed in 7 seconds, is definitely a nightmare for everyone. It is said that it is used to test the astronauts' ability to maintain consciousness under extreme gravity. Compared with it, the experience on the multi axis trainer seems not so bad.

Of course, the most terrifying is the lunar training machine, which is probably NASA's most ugly and dangerous invention.

Well It looks like a mechanical flea.

NASA uses this device to simulate the situation of the lunar module landing on the moon, but in fact, even NASA admits in the future that the lunar trainer does not fully simulate the lunar module, nor does it simulate the cab. In fact, more often, it just puts the driver in danger.

In the virtual simulator, you can easily discuss the cause of the lunar module crash with the trainers around you after the crash, but on the lunar training plane, you can either land successfully or create an accident yourself. If you are lucky, you can be ejected by the seat at the moment of the crash, otherwise you will explode with the lunar training plane.

It is said that at the beginning, NASA used four lunar trainers for experiments, and three of them crashed, with a crash rate of 75%.

"I hope someone can tie up the engineers who built this machine and sit down on their own masterpiece." Fat Jalai muttered.

However, no matter how many players complain, the captain on the other side has already started to call his name step by step, "the first one, Anthony."

The strong man named Anthony raised his eyebrows. Obviously, he was not very happy to sit in this crazy machine, but after a month of training, he has tried all kinds of strange training and machines, and his acceptance ability has been improved by leaps and bounds. What's more, the captain also controls the division of their power.

The strong man named Anthony hopes to leave a bold impression in front of the captain. After all, the evaluation of astronauts is not only physical, but also spiritual.

Therefore, although he had a certain degree of doubt about this thing in front of him, he carried out the order meticulously and sat in.

Anthony, a strong man, put on his seat belt. The staff on one side checked him and reminded him, "it's a bit windy today. Drive carefully."

"So Should I leave my last words in advance? " A strong man named Anthony had a good sense of humor.

"The handle is under your seat. If you pull it in time in case of danger, you will be ejected from the training machine, and then the parachute behind you can take you back to the ground safely."

"I understand."

The captain turned on the communication channel. "When you're ready, go ahead."

Although the training machine was wobbly, like a drunken man, it finally rose into the sky and reached the predetermined height.

"1100 feet, over minimum distance to ground." Anthony is in the middle of the channel.

"Roger, we can start trying to land." The captain returned, while the other players stood on the other side and looked up at the lunar trainer in the sky. From this angle, it looked like a flea flying into the sky.

Because the front end of the training machine is open, people can even see a strong man named Anthony operating nervously inside.It's very difficult to land on a lunar training plane. In all training, even if it's not the most difficult, it can definitely rank in the forefront. What's more, today's wind is relatively strong, which will further increase the difficulty of landing.

"Maybe he'll kill himself." Said the feeble young man, squinting.

Several other players took a look at him.

"What's the matter? Don't tell me that's not what you think. We all know that day will come, right? It's not a bad thing to lose a competitor, is it The feeble young man leisurely said, "by the way, this is for you. I've never regarded this kind of goods as an opponent."

Although his words are hard to hear, it's hard to refute. He looks like a bad boy, but to everyone's surprise, he performed very well in the later flight training and theoretical study, second only to Zhang Heng. Although his specific achievements have not yet come out, it should not be a problem for him to get a place.

On the contrary, other people, especially those who do not perform very well in training, really need to start thinking about the future. When the results of the first round of training come out, it may be time to turn over.

The moon landing training machine is still slowly descending under the operation of the strong man, but people's minds are no longer above it.

At this time, the captain's voice sounded again in the channel, "you're too fast. You need to slow down. Repeat. You're too fast. You need to slow down. Try to raise the altitude first and then try to land."

Anthony, a strong man with sweat on his face, kept pulling the control lever in his hand, but at this time, the lunar training machine was like losing control, shaking violently in the air, and at the same time, the distance from the ground was rapidly narrowing.

All this happened too fast. In just a few seconds, the lunar trainer had accelerated and hit the earth under the action of gravity, and the flame soared into the air, followed by black smoke.

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