Chapter 770 Three Warriors

Every spaceflight is an adventure, and every test of a new spacecraft is a gamble.

No one knows what the ending will be until the spacecraft actually goes up to the sky.

Two pairs of fixed wings with variable angles allow Xiaguang to have a more flexible jet direction, but at the same time, it also adds greater risks to its wing components.

Even though the servo motor control system that drives the wing steering was designed by Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou is not sure that there will be no accidents during the test flight of the Xiaguang.

It can only be said that he will do everything possible to minimize this possibility...

In the second half of the meeting, the topics discussed basically focused on the schedule of the Xiaguang test flight program and the launch plan of the Moon Palace node module next year.

According to the opinions of both Air Science Group and Aerospace Group, the next launch is scheduled for one month later. After the combination of the node module and the core module is completed, the Moon Palace floating in lunar orbit will have more room for expansion, and it will also be able to complete docking with manned aircraft such as Xiangrui.

In this way, although it looks a bit smaller, it can barely be regarded as a "port" in the true sense!

At the same time, when the test flight after Xiaguang and the next launch plan were put on the agenda, the United States, far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, was not idle.

With the successful remote activation of the life support unit through the control of the ground base station, the training of the three volunteers has already been completed, and the Americans seem to have no reason to wait any longer.

After passing the Congressional approval process, NASA quickly announced with a high profile that it has advanced the Ares program to the next stage.

Namely, sending out the first colonists!

When the news was announced, it unexpectedly caused a sensation all over the world.

Although it is a certainty to send colonial pioneers to Mars, no one expected that the Americans would move so quickly, even hastily.

Perhaps, Huaguo's pressing step by step in the aerospace field really made NASA feel nervous. They are eager to prove to Congress and their people through a great victory that they have awakened to control space hegemony.

Before departure, the "New York Times" and Columbia Television, under the sponsorship of the North American Outer Space Exploration Foundation and space-X, arranged a grand talk show for the three volunteers.

This is not only as a farewell to the three heroes before their departure, but also as a large-scale volunteer recruitment advertisement.

The third phase of the Ares program will send 10 functional modules to land on the surface of Mars in batches, and send 50 colonization pioneers to the Martian village within five years. For participating companies such as NASA and Space-X Eliminating people's fear of going to space and the unknown is also related to whether the Ares project can continue...

Everything was ready. On the day when the talk show started, the famous talk show host Jamie Towne, wearing a suit with slightly fancy texture, walked to the front of the stage and bowed slightly to the audience sitting in the audience and in front of the TV. , and then smiled showing a full mouth of white teeth.

"Hello, hello, welcome to our Space Warriors talk show, today is a special episode, there is only one episode in the whole season, if you accidentally watch this show while sitting in front of the TV, then you must have earned it! "

Making the audience laugh out loud with funny expressions, Jamie Tong expertly heated up the atmosphere of the scene, and then turned his attention to the big screen behind him.

"I don't need to talk nonsense about the content of today's program. Our opponents threw the Moon Palace on the moon, and our NASA is going to blow them up-of course, I am not talking about blowing up in the physical sense, but in this In the arena, beat them all over the floor."

Made a joke, Jamie looked at the laughing audience shaking left and right, and continued with a smile.

"Calm down, calm down, everyone, don't get excited, we know it's easy, although our opponents are strong, but they are at least 60 million kilometers away from us, so I say it's easy, because our Victory is almost certain!"

After a pause, Jamie raised his hands with a smile, raised his voice, and continued speaking in an impassioned tone.

"So, instead of calling it a race, I prefer to call it an adventure! Our warriors, our heroes, will travel tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers to the unknown new continent To expand the frontiers of our civilization."

"From the beginning of this great plan, our opponent has never been a certain country, but only ourselves! And what is worthy of our warriors' challenge is only our future and even the future of all mankind!"

The atmosphere at the scene was pushed to a peak.

Sensitively reading this, Jamie logically brought the show to today's topic.

"It's a great honor! On this special day, we are honored to invite our three heroes to our show! Let's welcome them with applause!"

The atmosphere at the scene was suddenly ignited.

The applause sounded like thunder, mixed with whistles and cheers one after another, almost toppled the entire roof.

In the thunderous applause and BGM, the three astronauts came out one after another in a pre-arranged order, walked to the guest table, and took their seats at the invitation of Jamie.

The applause and BGM gradually stopped.

Jamie raised the microphone to his lips and said with a smile facing the audience.

"I am honored to introduce to you, sitting on my left, is the commander of the moon landing program, Johnson! He was a true warrior and patriot who served in the Marine Corps. Let us once again , give him applause!"

The applause sounded again.

Johnson smiled politely towards the auditorium and nodded.

After waiting for the applause to stop, Jamie grinned at Johnson, stretched out the microphone in his hand, nodded and said, "It seems that everyone likes you very much, let's say hello to our audience!"

"Hello, everyone. I am the commander of this expedition. It is a great honor to sit here and meet you."

Johnson is a typical middle-aged Caucasian man who is mature and stable, with masculine appearance and burly figure. Both his image and conversation are easy to be favored by people.

When he explained some unknown details of the second phase of the Ares plan, the audience in the audience listened carefully.

Finally finished his lines, Johnson turned his gaze to Jamie standing beside him.

Jamie continued with a smile.

"I heard that you served on an aircraft carrier before?"

"Yes."

Jamie continued to ask: "What made you interested in aerospace? Or, let you decide to sign up for the Ares program."

Johnson thought for a while and replied: "Because of dreams, because of my interest in traveling...and also for my children."

"Your child?" Jamie looked at Johnson in surprise, and held out the microphone in his hand, "Can you elaborate?"

In the United States, family is an eternal topic, especially when it comes to children.

Johnson paused for a moment, then continued to speak.

"I have a wife who loves me very much and two lovely children. My children hope that their father can be a hero, and I also hope to be their role model, so I am on the official website of the Ares Project After filling out the application form, I just had the attitude of giving it a try, but I didn’t expect...it’s really surprising that I was successfully selected.”

Jamie smiled: "Fate is always so wonderful, I believe your children will be proud of your bravery!"

Johnson nodded.

"thanks."

The camera pans, switching from Johnson to two of his other players.

The other female astronaut was a good-looking woman, blond and blue-eyed, in her mid-twenties, and her name was Jones. It seems that because he has not experienced any big scenes, he seems a little embarrassed.

According to her self-introduction, before she signed up, she was a middle school teacher in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

And another black buddy, named Tai Wei, looks much stronger than Johnson, and he is also very imposing. According to his own introduction, he was a professional football player before that and once served as a quarterback for the Atlanta team.

I just don't know why, when he was being interviewed, his spirit seemed a little sluggish, as if he hadn't slept well all night.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Jamie joked.

"You must have been so excited that you didn't sleep well last night. It seems that you are looking forward to this trip."

"Maybe..." Taiwei smiled a little reluctantly, and made a brave expression, "I'm just too tired, you know, training is not easy."

"Relax, my man," Captain Johnson patted him on the shoulder and gave him an encouraging look. We will return safely and bring back the glory of America. "

"Of course we'll be back..."

Taiwei tried his best to squeeze out a smile, but his eyes were slightly erratic, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Jamie didn't continue to care about him, and turned his attention to the audience, and with his impassioned voice, he pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a peak.

"Our warriors are ready to go! The giant ship of the expedition is about to set sail!"

"The launch time is next Wednesday at 8:00 pm, and CNN will broadcast the launch site live!"

"God will bless our warriors, and the torch of the Statue of Liberty will guide their course! Let us send our most sincere blessings to our warriors!"

"Praise them!"

The studio was once again filled with applause.

Amid applause, the show came to an end.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the launch time of the "Heart of Gold" spacecraft announced on the program was almost on the same day as the launch plan of the Xiaguang aerospace plane announced by Huaguo.

It seems that the two sides are no longer satisfied with competing in the distance, and plan to have a close competition.

This competition seems to be gradually becoming more interesting...