Chapter 683 of the text Vasily's memories

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At the evening feast, Vasily Kuznetsov, who drank vodka as plain water in his youth, got drunk and pulled Alikseevich and Makarov, who had studied under Vasily Baplovich Mishin, to cry like a child who had been robbed of his beloved toy. ≧

He remembered his youthful youth spent on the Red Empire's lunar exploration program, and like most fruitful scientists, Vasily Kuznetsov developed a deep curiosity about his future profession in his childhood.

On May 9, 1965, when Vasily had just left his hometown in the Ukrainian countryside to study at a school for the children of a large state-owned enterprise in Moscow, on his home television, he witnessed that when Luna-5 was about to land at a distance of 64 kilometers from the lunar surface, the brake rocket ignited and failed due to equipment failure, and directly hit the moon and was damaged, raising a dust cloud 225 kilometers long and 85 kilometers wide on the moon.

Vasily deeply regretted this and hoped that Korolev, who was in charge of the Red Empire's lunar exploration program, would be able to perform another miracle, but a few months later he saw this message on television, " Comrade Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, an outstanding scientific and technological worker of our Party, a great designer and organizer of the cosmonautics of the Red Empire, the first artificial Earth satellite launch vehicle, the first manned spacecraft, the first lunar probe, the first Venus probe, the first Mars probe, unfortunately passed away on January 14, 1966 at the age of 59."

"It's terrible! I still think I'll be able to work under him in the future!" Little Vasily was depressed for several days, until January 31, 1966, when the Luna 9 probe was launched into space with the help of the Lightning launch vehicle after five failed attempts to land on the lunar surface.

Three days later, Luna 9 successfully landed on the surface of the moon and sent a signal to Earth four minutes later, and seven hours later, transmitted a panoramic photo of the lunar surface to Earth.

Vasily and his friends stood on the table excitedly and shouted that the Red Empire had once again gone ahead of the Americans, and that he had once again strengthened his determination to engage in cosmonautical research, and that although Comrade Korolev had died, his assistant Vasily Paplovich Mishin had taken over his business, and it seemed that he was doing a good job so far!

In order to pursue his dream, Vasily began to study calculus, gas dynamics, materials science and many other related fields as soon as he entered secondary school.

However, not long after, the successful landing of Apollo 11 on the moon of the United States completely shattered Armstrong's dream of landing on the moon first! The Red Empire's enthusiasm for the moon landing program was greatly reduced.

Coupled with the fact that Korolev's successor, Vasily Baplovich Mishin, did not have the same brilliant political mind as him, and after several failures, the N-1 launch vehicle program was completely canceled, and the Red Empire completely abandoned its plans to go to the moon.

However, Vasily still did not change his ideals, he believed that as long as the Red Empire still existed, it would be impossible for them to allow the people of the United States to monopolize the honor of landing on the moon! He continued to work hard for his dream, and after going through arduous study, Vasily was admitted to the Aircraft Design Department of the Moscow Aviation Institute, and began to study under the disciple of Mishin, the director of the rocket teaching and research department, an academician of the Red Imperial Academy of Sciences, and Korolev's successor.

After a long period of study, Vasily was finally able to enter the space department of the Red Empire, where he designed rockets for the Soyuz spacecraft.

When he first entered the rocket design unit, Vasily was in high spirits, believing that one day he would fulfill Korolev's unfulfilled dream of sending cosmonauts from the Red Empire to the moon.

During this period, he also went to China for a visit to Wèn, and got acquainted with Academician Wang Yongzhi, an expert in aerospace technology in China who had also studied under Academician Mishen, and at that time he did not have a very good impression of China's aerospace research, although they did have unique features in some fields, but their comprehensive strength was far worse than that of the Red Empire.

As the working hours increased, Vasily's position became higher and higher, and he gradually became a high-profile young man in the team! Mishin even expressed his appreciation for him on an informal occasion, and if the Red Empire could continue forever, maybe he could really inherit Mishin's position in a long time, and it was not certain that Korolev's last wish would be fulfilled.

However, gradually, the funds of his current institute became less and less, and the new young people became more and more confused, and various research plans were repeatedly postponed! Finally, a thunderbolt came from the sky, and the Red Empire collapsed!

Lucia, who inherited the space legacy of the Red Empire, did not have much money to spend on it, and because Vasily was born in Ukraine, he lost his job and was reduced to playing the accordion on the streets to earn a living.

Fortunately, the relationship with China played a role at the beginning, and Academician Wang Yongzhi personally went to Lucia to invite him to join China's space program! Desperate, Vasily reluctantly accepted the invitation and began to make his own efforts for the space industry of another red country.

After more than ten years, a young genius arrived, and although he did not appear very often, each time he arrived, he greatly promoted the work of the institute, and incredible achievements became a reality under his work.

Vasily's heart, which had been gradually dying, became agitated again, maybe under his leadership, he could really realize the dream of his youth?

After decades of struggle, there is finally the dawn of victory, and it is no wonder that Vasily is so out of shape today, but even if he is drunk and unconscious, Vasily still has a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sixty-four hours later, the entire country focused its attention on the moon, and under the attention of hundreds of millions of people, the lunar module of the Yutu spacecraft successfully landed at a predetermined location on the lunar surface.

"We can see that it is 6 minutes smooth, and when the door of the lunar module opens, our astronauts can walk down the gangway and step onto the surface of the moon! Let's guess who will be the first astronaut to walk down the gangway?" The host of the live broadcast program of the Imperial Court TV excitedly broadcast the latest progress ahead. (To be continued.) )8