Chapter 292 Dangerous Mechanical Fleas (Happy Lantern Festival~)

There is probably no more complicated job in this world than an astronaut.

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

Especially in the early days of human spaceflight history, no one knew what would happen if they left the earth. In theory, any situation could arise. In the vast universe, there are only astronauts and aircraft, and the ground control center is thousands of miles away. Rely on, so this also requires astronauts to be able to deal with various emergencies as much as possible.

That's what training is all about.

Although every day is packed so tightly that it's maddening that even breathing has become a luxury, it must be admitted that there are some very interesting parts, such as the scene on the vomit comet. Weightlessness training, allowing the body to float and rotate freely in the air, tasting space food for the first time, although the taste of the first generation of space food is not very good, maneuvering and tool use training in the swimming pool...

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

The world at this moment is extremely quiet. Although Zhang Heng knows that he is not in space, it does give people an extraordinary feeling.

Of course, most of the training is boring and exhausting, cramming theoretical courses, high-load physical training, even Jialai has lost a lot of weight, but what makes him even more sad is that after eating so much After Ku left the dungeon, the fat would still return to him.

And that's not the worst part, there's also a sadistic part of the training.

The Johnville human centrifuge, which can accelerate from a standstill to a speed of 200 kilometers per hour in 7 seconds, can definitely be called a nightmare for everyone. It is said to test the ability of astronauts to maintain consciousness in extreme gravity conditions , compared to the experience on the multi-axis trainer, it seems that the experience is not so bad.

Of course, the scariest thing is the lunar landing training machine, which is probably the ugliest and most dangerous invention of NASA.

Uh... It looks a bit like a mechanical flea from the outside.

NASA used this thing to simulate the situation when the lunar module landed on the moon, but in fact, even NASA itself admitted in the future that the lunar landing training machine did not completely simulate the lunar module, nor did it simulate the cockpit. Most of the time it just puts the driver in danger.

In the virtual simulator, after the crash, you can easily discuss the reasons for the crash of the lunar module with the trainers around you, but on the lunar training machine, you either successfully landed or caused an accident yourself, if you are lucky You can be ejected from the seat at the moment of the crash, or you will explode with the lunar training machine.

It is said that at the beginning, NASA used four moon landing training machines for experiments, and three of them crashed, with a crash rate as high as 75%.

"I hope someone can tie the engineers who made this machine to try their own masterpieces." Fat Jarai muttered.

However, no matter how much the players complain, the captain on the other side has already begun to call the names step by step, "The first person to board, Anthony."

The strong man named Anthony raised his eyebrows. He was obviously not very happy to sit in this crazy machine, but after a month of training, he had tried all kinds of weird training and machines. Accept Their ability has improved by leaps and bounds, not to mention that the captain still has the right to score them.

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 mental attributes are also very important.

Therefore, even though he had considerable doubts about the thing in front of him, he still carried out the order meticulously and sat in it.

The strong man named Anthony put on his seat belt, and the staff on the side checked him and reminded him, "The wind is a bit strong today, so drive carefully."

"So... should I leave my last words in advance?" The strong man named Anthony humorously.

"The handle is under your seat. If you pull it in time if there is danger, you will be ejected from the training machine, and then the parachute on the back can bring you back to the ground safely."

"clear."

The captain turned on the communication channel, "Let's get started when you're ready."

Although the lunar landing training machine wobbled like a drunk man, it finally rose into the sky and reached the predetermined altitude.

"1100 feet, exceeding the minimum distance to the ground." The strong man named Anthony said in the channel.

"Got it, you can start trying to land." The captain replied, and at the same time, other players stood on the other side and looked up at the lunar landing training machine in the sky. From this angle, it looks like a flying machine of fleas.

Because the front end of the training machine is open, everyone can even see the strong man named Anthony operating nervously inside.

It is very difficult to land on a lunar landing training machine. It can definitely rank among the top if not the most difficult of all trainings. What's more, today's wind is relatively strong, which will further increase the difficulty of landing.

"He might accidentally kill himself." The weak young man narrowed his eyes and said.

The other players glanced at him upon hearing this.

"What's the matter, don't tell me that you don't think so, we all know that day will come, don't we? It's not a bad thing to lose one competitor, right." The weak young man said leisurely, "By the way, This is for you, I have never regarded this kind of thing as an opponent."

Although his words were ugly, it was hard to refute. He looked like a bad boy, but to everyone's surprise, he performed very well in the subsequent flight training and theoretical study, second only to Zhang Heng, although the specific results have not yet come out, it should not be a problem for him to get a spot.

On the contrary, other people, especially those who did 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 their faces.

The moon landing training machine was still descending slowly under the operation of the strong man, but everyone's thoughts were no longer on it.

And at this moment, the captain's voice sounded again on the channel, "Your speed is too fast, you need to slow down, repeat, your speed is too fast, you need to slow down, try to increase the altitude first and then try to land."

The strong man named Anthony was sweating all over his face, and kept pulling the control lever in his hand, but at this time, the moon landing training machine seemed to be out of control, shaking violently in the air, and at the same time, the distance from the ground was also rapidly decreasing. draw closer.

All of this happened too quickly. In just a few seconds, the lunar landing training machine had accelerated and hit the ground under the action of gravity, flames rose into the sky, followed by thick black smoke.