Chapter 434 - "Penglai" Space Shuttle

Chapter 434 - "Penglai" Space Shuttle

Candidates with technical expert backgrounds have also experienced the addiction of flying several times. Although they are unlikely to be assigned to the position of spacecraft pilots even if they are selected as astronauts, they still ride the aircraft like curious babies, under the supervision of official pilots. Next, I pulled the joystick with my own hands and screamed that it would fly out of the S shape for a while, and then fly out of the B shape for a while.

It's really hard for these people, who are not even qualified to be rookies, to be able to fly such a difficult maneuver.

It only lasts a few seconds at best. In fact, the difficulty of stable flight of an airplane is not much higher than that of a car, but it already makes them excited.

I can actually fly a plane in this life. Even if I don't get selected as an astronaut, I will have enough words to talk about it when I go back.

The pilots had only a few pleasant days to relax every day, but what was supposed to come came anyway, and no one could stop Major General Sun's order to get out.

Major General Sun summoned the twenty-one candidates remaining after three rounds of elimination with the fourth round elimination list.

"No. 9, No. 21, No. 34, No. 42, No. 49, No. 51, and No. 55, there are seven people in total. Please click on the comrade with the code name to come out! You have 24 hours to sort out your personal belongings and pick up the vehicle. We have already arranged the tickets and air tickets.”

Major General Sun seemed particularly ruthless at this moment.

There are fourteen people left!

Not only the faces of the seven people who were eliminated showed a look of relief, but also the fourteen people also breathed a sigh of relief in the same way. They were not eliminated in a round, but stayed, at least after the list of this round came out. Make their nerves very tense.

This round of elimination was not as brutal as the previous rounds where more than a dozen people were eliminated at every turn, only one-third were eliminated.

However, it can be seen that as time goes by, everyone's real qualities become closer to each other, unlike at the beginning where there was a big gap.

Lin Mo and Meng Yinan exchanged glances, and both of them were lucky enough to stay.

The high risks of space flight are destined to exclude a large number of people. This ticket is not easy to get, and those who get it may not sit back and relax.

At this time, those who are eliminated are not necessarily regretful, but may be lucky.

The people whose code names were called were still a little disappointed and stood up alone in a line, but at this time their mental endurance was already quite strong.

Being able to come here is not just as simple as being eliminated by harsh standards, but also to provide these candidates with aerospace professional training.

Since the end of the third round, the Aerospace Training Center has strengthened the training on psychological quality, so those who are eliminated no longer show a look of grievance or even shed tears of disappointment as they did at the beginning.

There was silence as seven people stood out of the queue.

Although no one took the lead, the fourteen people left behind seemed to have made an appointment. They hugged the seven people goodbye one by one, whispered a few words of comfort, and then returned to the group again.

Although I am a little reluctant to give up, the Aerospace Training Center is the Aerospace Training Center. Their selection criteria have been tested countless times, just like there is no sand in the eyes.

Like the aerospace industry, it is precise and demanding, with no room for ambiguity and no tolerance for mistakes.

Now is not a happy time for the fourteen remaining candidates.

They will also face the final round of elimination, and only the top ten will be eligible to stay and become official astronauts.

Even so, there is still a possibility among astronauts to sit on the cold side and continue to train for more than ten years. In the end, they will never even touch the edge of space, and the entire best space life cycle will be wasted.

Every time we take off, the country not only has to pay a huge price, but as astronauts, we also have to pay such a huge sacrifice.

Behind every shining aerospace hero, there is always a group of unknown "stoolies."

Therefore, the faces of the candidates who were not eliminated only became more solemn without any look of joy. It is necessary to have a normal heart that is unshakable.

The psychological quality of astronauts is such that even if a space plane or rocket explodes, they will not frown. I am afraid that they are the only people in the world who can remain calm even if they enter the execution ground and take a bullet.

"This is the pain and tears of every generation of astronauts!"

Seeing the backs of the seven candidates disappear from sight, Major General Sun Huabin felt uncomfortable. It was the same in every session. After everyone got along for a long time, there would always be some feelings.

Alas! There are still people on the bench. Who knows the bitterness of those astronauts who wasted their youth?

The selection of astronauts is ruthless at this moment, and the road to heaven is destined to be a thorny road full of ups and downs.

Major General Sun glanced at the remaining fourteen candidates, and his tone contained some invisible pressure.

"There are still fourteen people left. Four of you will be eliminated in the final round of elimination. The space center only needs ten people, the ten most powerful ones!"

"I need you to go all out in the last round of training and give your best performance. Don't hold anything back. This is competition first and friendship second. You must do your best. There is no second chance. Never give up. I would like to give up this precious opportunity so easily. Here, I would like to remind everyone that the assessment scores are not necessarily absolute. Elimination is based on screening from multiple angles, including human effort, God's will, luck and strength."

"Finally, what I want to say to everyone is that even if you are eliminated, you are all great for being able to get to this point! You are all heroes!"

The fourteen candidates looked at Major General Sun with bright eyes and excitement. They all felt the great expectations that Major General Sun had placed on them.

"Penglai, now start the 30-minute preparation!"

The fourteen candidates were divided into two groups of seven people each, and the final round of training they faced was a simulated space flight training.

The simulator used by cao is completely based on reality. However, considering future upgrades, it is only assembled using a modular steel frame. The overall look is a bit like an unfinished space shuttle.

The simulated spacesuits worn by the candidates are the same as real ones, but there are countless electromagnets buried on the surface of the clothes. In order to make the simulation process as realistic as possible, they can form opposite attractions with the external magnetic field and simulate overload pressure. , can also form homogeneous repulsions to simulate a low gravity environment.

But it is not without its shortcomings. If the magnetic field reaction between the two people is not switched well, well, it will be bad. They are either gay or gangsters.

The seven candidates began to enter the cockpit. This real cockpit was almost identical, and even the feedback from any small button was no different from the real one.

"Get ready to fill in the information!"

"The fuel will be filled in twenty minutes! Oxygen replenishment will begin."

Through the radio, a series of orders from the simulated launch center came to my ears. According to the real situation, refueling and charging would usually start two hours ago, and careful inspections would be carried out one after another.

The astronauts will enter their positions only 30 minutes before launch. Therefore, as the first group, Lin Mo and the others also strictly follow the real procedures.

The cockpit of the simulated space shuttle is vertical. Normally, you can easily climb in. However, now that you are wearing a bloated space suit and the magnetic points are not turned on, you have to climb into your seat if you want to get into it. It takes a lot of effort.

When the last candidate got in, the outer sealed cabin door was officially closed and locked from the inside.

Lin Mo misses his "Dragon General" single-soldier tactical armor for both land and air use. Although it is flexible and can provide mobility bonus, it is not suitable for long-term survival in space.

In the first group were Lin Mo, No. 2 Wang Xuejun, No. 15 Lai Yaowu, No. 18 Meng Xuejun, No. 35 Qi Ping, No. 39 Zhao Yue and No. 53 Huang Baicheng. The seven people pulled each other and crawled inside the space shuttle cabin. Fortunately, this was taken into consideration in the internal structure design. After more than five minutes, I finally pressed myself onto the specially designed load-resistant seat.

The captain was Lin Mo. There was no doubt that he and Wang Xuejun were the pilots.

No. 15 is responsible for the navigation system, No. 18 is responsible for the communication system, No. 35 and No. 53 are responsible for load control, and No. 39 is responsible for supervising mission supervision.

The overall training will take four days. They will eat, drink, shower, and sleep in this fully enclosed simulated space shuttle for four full days. In addition to taking off, landing, and controlling the state of the body, the work involved also involves simulating space. Experiments and other work.

Lin Mo sat in the driver's seat and held the joystick. It was basically the same as a fighter jet, but the auxiliary functions were more complex. Unlike a fighter jet flying in the stable troposphere and stratosphere, the space shuttle needed to completely cross the entire atmosphere. , a variety of atmospheric environments ranging from severe cold to nearly 100 degrees below zero and high temperatures to 1,200 degrees, require extremely high adaptability.

"On the 18th, confirm whether the navigation system is normal."

"The self-test has been completed and the connection between satellite and ground positioning has been completed."

"Report No. 1, the communication system connection is normal, and the 'Penglai' and 17 communication nodes have achieved four-channel parallel connection."

This "Penglai" is the simulated space shuttle they are driving. The simulator entity is actually a spindle shape, while the computer shows the entity of the "Penglai" to be a large triangle with an integrated design of the fuselage and wings. Only pursuing speed and stability, without considering combat, this design has very excellent performance during straight flight, take-off and landing, especially when returning from outer space and passing through the atmosphere, it can rely on the aerodynamic layout to obtain sufficient buffering speed.

Candidates who enter each seat will begin to bind themselves. This is very close to real flight training. The simulated space suit can simulate a maximum overload force of 10 g, which can perfectly simulate the overload force of the existing Shenzhou spacecraft (lift-off). Overload 4-5g, return 3.24g).

Nowadays, with the advancement of technology, the overload force can be controlled. Unlike the previous return voyage without an ascending power device, which could reach a maximum overload of 12g.

Being able to achieve this step is already very rare.

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