Chapter 1780 Life in Space

The people who were sent by several sects to explore the moon this time are all the elites of their respective sects. These people’s psychological quality is no worse than those of the astronauts, so even though they are in the deep space, everyone doesn’t feel too nervous .

In the state of weightlessness, there is no difference between up and down. Chen Xuan is at the hatch door of the cockpit at this time. The angle between his body and Xia Ruofei Ling Qingxue is just perpendicular. He glanced at Xia Ruofei from the hatch door. He said with a smile: "Everyone can't wait, let's go!"

"Come on!" Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "Everyone, sit still!"

While talking, Xia Ruofei's mental power has been explored, and the black obsidian flying boat is remotely controlled, leaving the 400-kilometer orbit and continuing to fly towards a higher orbit.

The Obsidian spaceship started, and the five traction ropes connecting the dragon spaceship assembly slowly stretched.

Xia Ruofei and others in the spaceship felt the spaceship shake slightly, and then the spaceship began to shift to a higher orbit under the traction of the obsidian spaceship.

Under Xia Ruofei's intentional control, the obsidian flying boat accelerated relatively smoothly, so the force on the traction rope was actually not great.

In the history of human exploration of the moon, no matter whether it is a manned landing on the moon or an unmanned exploration, the process of going to the moon is basically the same. As it goes higher and higher, the circle around it will naturally become larger and larger, and finally enter the earth-moon transfer orbit. Then it will decelerate and enter the orbit around the moon.

The process of the Obsidian spacecraft going to the moon is also similar, but because the gravity of the earth has no effect on the Obsidian spacecraft, the process of raising the orbital height is faster, and the curve is naturally steeper.

Of course, in terms of time, the time it took for the Obsidian spacecraft to go to the moon is longer than any lunar exploration in human history.

The reason is also very simple, just two words - speed.

Using rockets to send probes or astronauts to the moon is a process of continuous acceleration. In order to enter the low-earth orbit, the Apollo 11 manned mission to the moon has already accelerated to 7.67 kilometers per second, and entered the earth. When the moon shifted its orbit, the speed reached 10.5 kilometers per second. So it took Apollo 11 three or four days to send the astronauts to the earth.

Although the flying speed of the Obsidian flying boat is much faster than that of ordinary civil aviation aircraft, compared with the high-thrust rocket, it is still a lot slower in speed. Its advantage is that the formation has already offset the influence of gravity, so it does not need to be extremely fast to get rid of the gravity of the earth, and it can even fly directly to the moon at a constant speed.

But anyway,

The straight-line distance of about 300,000 kilometers still needs to be covered by actual flying, so the time is naturally longer.

After the Obsidian spaceship started, all the members of the expedition team in the dragon spaceship had to wait patiently.

Everyone has nothing to do in the cabin, many people choose to fix themselves on the bulkhead, and then take out the spirit crystal to practice.

Although Xia Ruofei needs to control the obsidian airship, most of the time, he only needs to allocate a little mental power to monitor the flight status, because the obsidian airship only needs to keep flying away from the earth at a constant speed.

In fact, starting from the 400-kilometer orbit, the Obsidian spacecraft needs to fly for more than ten days at the current speed to reach the traditional Earth-Moon transfer orbit, which is about 60,000 to 70,000 kilometers away from the moon. In traditional spaceflight, the farther away from the earth, the smaller the effect of the earth's gravity, and when it is about 60,000 to 70,000 kilometers away from the moon, the moon's gravity plays a dominant role, so that the aircraft will be captured by the moon's gravity and become orbiting. Fly on the moon, and then continue to adjust, and finally fly around the moon stably, ready for the next step of landing on the moon.

The formation of the obsidian airship ensures that the airship will not be affected by gravity, so the process of going to the moon is not so complicated, but the route is basically the same.

That is to say, during these ten days, the Obsidian spaceship will tow the dragon spaceship assembly and fly more than 200,000 kilometers.

This process is of course very boring.

Moreover, there is nothing in space, and there is no need to choose a flight route, so it is very simple to control.

Xia Ruofei only needs to keep the flying boat at this speed after the black obsidian flying boat accelerates to the limit speed. It is a bit similar to the "fixed speed cruise" of a car, and it is even simpler, because even the steering wheel does not need to be controlled.

Of course, for safety reasons, it is still necessary to monitor the flight status throughout the process.

In fact, although the Dragon spacecraft has been reduced a lot, its technology is still very advanced. And after studying and practicing some time ago, everyone is very familiar with the basic control of the spacecraft, so everyone has arranged the duty list in advance, and two people will take turns to be on duty in the cockpit to monitor the flight status throughout the process.

And Xia Ruofei also needs to take into account the situation of the black obsidian flying boat, he must allocate a small amount of mental power at all times.

Of course, for Xia Ruofei now, this will not be very tiring, he can even be distracted to do other things.

In the initial stage of the flight, considering that the distance from the earth is still relatively close, and there are various satellites, space stations, and experimental cabins of various countries in the orbit, the situation is relatively more complicated than later, so Xia Ruofei decided to be on duty on the first day, and partnered with him Of course it was Ling Qingxue.

The spaceship was very quiet, everyone in the cabin behind was practicing, and in the cockpit there was only the dim light of the display screen and the dull sound of the cooling fan.

Xia Ruofei said to Ling Qingxue: "Qingxue, you can sleep for a while! Or just practice for a while, it's too boring to stay like this!"

Ling Qingxue has been leaning sideways in front of the oval porthole of the spaceship. When she heard Xia Ruofei's words, she didn't get up and said without turning her head: "I don't want to sleep yet! The scenery outside is so beautiful!"

Xia Ruofei turned his head and looked out the porthole. They could just see the huge outline of the earth from this angle.

The azure earth is like a gem. Although the whole picture of the earth cannot be seen, the shocking feeling is even stronger.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Let's take a break first! You will see the same scenery in the next ten days, no matter how beautiful it is, it will soon cause aesthetic fatigue!"

"I know!" Ling Qingxue said, "But I just can't help but want to see it!"

Then, Ling Qingxue said with emotion: "Even in my dreams, I would never have imagined that one day I would enter space and look back at the home that gave birth to mankind... Ruofei, after meeting you, my life is so wonderful ..."

Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "The most exciting thing will always be in the future! This is where it is!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei stretched her waist, and said, "Qingxue, I'll take a nap for a while, call me if you have any problems!"

"Well! Go to sleep!" Ling Qingxue said.

Xia Ruofei put his hands in his pockets, and just closed his eyes.

In this weightless environment, the sleeping position is not important, even if it is upside down.

Of course, there is no distinction between up and down in a weightless environment, so there is no so-called handstand, it is all relative.

However, it is best to keep your hands fixed on your body, which is also specifically mentioned in the spacecraft operation manual.

The reason is simple, because people are in an unconscious state after falling asleep, and in a weightless environment, the hands will naturally float up. Presumably when a person wakes up and sees his hands floating in front of him like a zombie, he will definitely be shocked.

In fact, in a weightless environment, people lose the sense of up and down orientation, and the body fluids will be redistributed-this is why many astronauts' faces will be a little swollen in space-so in fact, compared with the ground, it is still The difference is quite big, especially for people who enter space for the first time, they will feel very uncomfortable and it is difficult to fall asleep.

But for practitioners like Xia Ruofei, this little discomfort is nothing, and it is easy to overcome.

So Xia Ruofei soon fell asleep.

After sleeping for a few hours, he opened his eyes and subconsciously turned his head to take a look.

Xia Ruofei found that Ling Qingxue beside him was still not sleepy, he couldn't help but rubbed his eyes and said, "Qingxue, are you really not tired?"

"Not sleepy at all!" Ling Qingxue turned her head and smiled sweetly, "Are you awake? How did you sleep?"

"Very good!" Xia Ruofei said, "I didn't feel any difference from the ground, I fell asleep when I lay down..."

After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "It's five o'clock in the morning in China time! Qingxue, are you hungry? Have something to eat?"

Ling Qingxue thought for a while and said, "Okay! It's time for breakfast too!"

Xia Ruofei unfastened his seat belt and said, "Wait for me for a while! I'll go wash up, and then we'll eat together!"

The simplest thing to do on the ground is to brush your teeth and wash your face, but it will become difficult in space. The main reason is that in the weightless environment, the liquid floats in the form of a sphere. If it splashes around, it is easy to cause dangers such as short circuits.

The same is true for eating. Early space food was made into a paste and packed in a container similar to toothpaste. The process of eating is to squeeze the "toothpaste" into the mouth. Although it has improved since then, it is also very troublesome overall.

But for practitioners, it is relatively much simpler.

As long as the liquid is restrained with mental power, they will be obedient and will not run around.

Xia Ruofei came to a special cabin. This small cabin is equivalent to a "men's bathroom". Washing and going to the toilet are all done in this cabin. There are two such small cabins, one at each end of the spaceship assembly, and the other is naturally the "women's bathroom".

He directly took out a small bucket of Lingtan water from the Lingtu space. After the bucket of water was taken out, it immediately turned into a trembling water mass and floated up.

However, under the shackles of Xia Ruofei's mental power, the big water ball did not lose control, and just stayed in the air obediently.

Xia Ruofei opened his mouth to inhale, a sip of water was sucked into his mouth, then he gulped his mouth, and then spit out the water directly, and the water that had been rinsed was also bound by the mental force and floated aside.

Then, Xia Ruofei used an ordinary toothbrush, squeezed a little toothpaste, and started brushing her teeth.

During the process of brushing his teeth, some bubbles would inevitably splash out, but they were all restrained by his mental power, and none of them escaped anywhere.

The process of brushing his teeth is basically the same as on the ground. The only difference is that after brushing your teeth, there is an extra mass of waste water.

Xia Ruofei took the unused Lingtan water back into the space, then took out a sealed bag, put the waste water in it, locked it, and threw it into the Lingtu space.

Their cultivators use spaceships, and compared with ordinary people, there is another great advantage, that is, there is almost no garbage generated inside the spaceship - all the garbage produced can be directly sealed and put into the storage magic weapon.

There will be no garbage, so naturally there is no need for garbage and waste disposal devices, and there is no need to calculate the load of these garbage, which reduces the burden on the spacecraft.

After brushing her teeth, Xia Ruofei began to wash her face.

Washing his face was even easier. He directly controlled it with his mental power, fetched water in the Lingtu space, twisted the towel, then took out the towel, and just washed his face.

In the same way, a small amount of water droplets that escape can be directly restrained with mental power and put back into the spirit map space.

After Xia Ruofei finished washing, he pulled some armrests inside the spaceship and drifted back to the cockpit.

He is now more and more proficient at moving in this weightless state.

"Go and wash your face too!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I'll just watch over here!"

Ling Qingxue nodded, stood up and stretched, then left the cockpit and went to the "female bathroom" at the back to wash up.

When Ling Qingxue came back, Xia Ruofei took out food from the Lingtu space.

After all, this place is in space, so of course it can’t be the same as on the ground. It’s relatively simple for everyone to eat.

For breakfast today, Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue chose simple sandwiches and milk.

Although the spacecraft was equipped with a lot of equipment, the microwave oven was still retained. Xia Ruofei used the microwave oven to heat up sandwiches, and then had breakfast with Ling Qingxue.

The milk is also an ordinary boxed pure milk. Naturally, there is no way to suck it directly under the condition of weightlessness, because there is no atmospheric pressure outside, so no matter how you suck it, you can’t suck it up. Milk is pressed into the straw.

Eating sandwiches naturally cannot avoid the production of some food residues, but with Xia Ruofei here, Ling Qingxue doesn't need to worry so much at all, just enjoy the food, Xia Ruofei will naturally collect all the food residues with mental power and put them in sealed bags.

After the two finished their breakfast, they brushed their teeth "luxuriously" again.

Then they stayed in the cockpit for more than two hours, and Yang Liu took Yu Xiner to the cockpit - the two of them were supposed to be on duty in the cockpit for the next day.