Zhang Tiancong is a lucky person, in fact, from the perspective of his heart, he is indeed no longer suitable for the career of space flight, which means that his dream of flying has come to an end. <

However, an inflection point before the end of the line is that because of the launch of the lunar landing program, the number of astronauts in country H is not enough, or it is in short supply.

The space station needs to be manned by many astronauts on a rotational basis, and it needs to be maintained by about 20 astronauts.

The cost of training astronauts is very high, and the number of astronauts trained by the National Space Agency of H will not exceed 30 in each batch.

The lunar landing program needs a lot of astronauts, and in the future, the construction of a lunar base will also require astronauts to stay on the moon, and the number of astronauts to be used will not be less than 100, and may even exceed 1,000 or 10,000 people.

There is no need to wait until that time, in order to implement the moon landing plan, the Space Administration of H country has transferred all the astronauts who can be transferred, and even Zhang Tiancong, an old astronaut with a little heart problem, has also been recruited, not intentionally trying to harm him, but there is too much shortage of people, sending Zhang Tiancong over, not necessarily to send him to the moon, but hoping to use his advantages and strengths to give the young men some demonstrations and teach some experience.

During this time, he worked hard to understand the structure of the space shuttle, learn flight principles, piloting skills, and repair skills, and only slept four hours a day, which was more desperate than all the team members. In order to realize his long-cherished dream of flying into the blue sky and entering space.

"Motivation ignition"

"Slide Run"

"Take off!"

With a roar of friction between the plane and the atmosphere, the huge space shuttle, which was comparable to a heavy strategic transport aircraft, took off from the airfield of the Sky Bird base and disappeared into the sky.

After flying in the atmosphere for more than two hours, a small silver-white dot appeared again from the skyline, and a humming sound was heard, reducing altitude. Aiming at the runway, with 6 successes.

"The intra-atmosphere flight test was successful!"

"The power performance and maneuverability of the aircraft are so perfect, it is better than a fighter jet in the sky!"

An astronaut piloting a space shuttle to complete an intra-atmosphere flight test.

Two weeks later.

After more than 20 sorties of test flights in the atmosphere, the "Feitian-1" space shuttle at the Tianniao Base, carrying a full load of fuel, took off again, broke through the limitations of the atmosphere, and entered the dark and deep space of the universe.

Zhang Tiancong looked at the scene outside the plane in surprise, and his whole body entered a state of weightlessness, and the blood pressure in his head increased slightly. The burden on the heart is greatly reduced due to the loss of gravity, and it enters a state of dizziness, but unusually light and comfortable. It's completely different from the dream, it's so comfortable, it's amazing! ”

Looking at the captain with tears in his eyes, team member astronaut Xie Yanan floated over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Captain, don't be too excited." Your heart can't withstand the ups and downs of love, the days ahead are long, there are still many opportunities, we will definitely be able to fight side by side together! ”

Zhang Tiancong turned his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. His expression became stern, and he said with a straight face: "Who has a big ups and downs?" My love xù has always been smooth! What are the most important qualities of an astronaut? It's calm, it's about being absolutely calm at all times! How do I teach you? Laugh at what you laugh at, don't laugh. Give me a little bit of strictness! ”

"Hahahaha."

The astronauts next to him all laughed, and Xie Yanan, who was kindly reminded but was reprimanded, had to touch his head in a sneering manner. Laughed awkwardly.

I didn't expect the instructor, who is usually strict and dark-faced, to have such a cute side.

After circling the earth twice in space, the space shuttle returned to the atmosphere, and under the influence of gravity, the degree of Feitian-1 once exceeded 20 times, and after fierce friction with the atmosphere, it became a fireball, and the temperature of the aircraft's friction surface exceeded 2,000 degrees Celsius, and the plasma layer formed under high temperature conditions made the plane enter the "black barrier" and disappeared from the radar surveillance screen, the communication was interrupted, and the experts of the flight control center were sweating in their hearts.

Two minutes later, the shuttle broke through the black barrier and reappeared on the radar's observation screen, "Feitian-1 has successfully returned and is in good condition!" This message from the space shuttle made the experts of the entire flight control center applaud and cheer, "Success, success!" "The entire flight control center was transformed into a sea of joy.

……

After the success of the space shuttle's extra-atmospheric flight, Feitian-2 and Feitian-3 also carried out two extraatmospheric flights, both of which were successful.

"The next step is the docking of the space shuttle with the space station, and the space shuttle earth simulates landing on the moon, these two realities are very difficult, only after completing these two realities, Feitian can be sure to fly to the moon and complete the moon landing." Ouyang Zhiyuan, the executive chief engineer of the moon landing program, is humane to the screen.

The person on the screen is Qin Tianhe, the director of the Space Administration.

"Can the astronauts complete these two realities? Within a month. ”

"It's okay to dock with the space station, but the space shuttle is too complicated, I don't know if it can complete vertical take-off and landing in a short time?"

"Let them try, if not, we can select pilots from the Air Force who can fly VTOL fighters, and let these people temporarily add to the astronaut team."

"Okay."

……

Zhang Tiancong slapped his military hat on the table with some anger and said, "This is questioning the flight skills of our astronauts!" ”

Team member Zhao Hui also hammered his fist and said: "Although the space shuttle is complicated, who else can complete the vertical take-off and landing training except us?" Don't forget, we are all pilots selected from the Air Force, and we are very professional! ”

Xie Yanan nodded and said, "Captain, we are about to be looked down upon, we must fight for this breath to prove our strength!" ”

Zhang Tiancong raised his head, his tiger eyes were full of fighting spirit, and said to all the astronauts: "Everyone is resting and ready to meet the challenge of vertical take-off and landing training." From today onwards, we must win this difficult subject, and tell everyone that we will do it! ”

"Yes!" The crowd replied in unison.

……

The Space Shuttle is a massive, bulky, delicate object made up of millions of parts. The empty weight alone is equal to the sum of the eight J-10 fighters, such a heavy guy, to complete the vertical take-off and landing on the earth, the difficulty is dozens of times that of the moon, but the aerospace industry is like this, only in the harshest environment to accept the challenge, complete the pass, in order to go to some low-difficulty environments, better complete the task.

Vertical take-off and landing was the most difficult part of the entire lunar landing program, and Zhang Tiancong and the others only had six chances to try. If any of them are damaged, the life and death of the astronauts will not be left to rest for the time being, and the lunar landing program will certainly be postponed for a period of time, and there will be some personnel changes.

Therefore, for Zhang Tiancong and them, this is a reality that can only succeed and cannot fail.

……

A week later.

Frontier province, deep in the Tarim Desert. The lunar environment simulates 6 zones.

"Feitian-1 is about to enter the sky, applying for 6." The tower received the message.

"6 allowed, please be safe."

"Yes!"

The people in the tower all ran to the glass, staring at the silver dots in the sky with wide eyes. Suspended above the tower, it is slowly descending.

Height: 1oo meters, 8oo meters, 5oo meters......

Under the impact of a stream of high particles ejected from a plasma-powered nozzle under the wing of the space shuttle. Below, the simulated 6th area raised a cloud of sand and dust, the sky and the earth turned dark, and the roaring noise became louder and louder. In the dust, the people inside the tower can no longer see the scene inside.

"Height 3oo meters, 2oo meters, 1oo meters, 5o meters...... 1o m, 5 m, 1 m ......"

There was a muffled sound of "bang", Zhang Tiancong only felt that his footsteps sank down, as if he had fallen into a quagmire, and then his feet were hard and a solid feeling came.

The vertical descent of the space shuttle was carried out yàn, and it was a success!

"Report to the tower, Feitian-1 has successfully landed 6, the aircraft is intact, the personnel are intact, and the vertical landing has been successful!"

"Good! Proceed to the next vertical take-off! ”

"Yes!"

Boom Boom! The dust in the sky was raised again, as if there was a sandstorm, until a huge silver-white object flew out of the center of the sandstorm and disappeared into the sky, and only then did the people in the tower see that the lunar environment simulated the side of Area 6, and there was a large nest-shaped hole with a depth of ten meters and a diameter of more than 100 meters.

……

"Great, the astronauts did a great job, six vertical take-off and landing test flights, all successful, all successful!" Ouyang Zhiyuan said excitedly.

"Okay, good, they didn't disappoint me, the old leader, they are all good!"

"This real yàn has passed, and there is not much time left, so it should be time to enter the next real yàn immediately."

"Yes, the docking of the space shuttle with the Tiangong-3 space station is a highlight, the space shuttle has a strong carrying capacity, in low-earth orbit, a trip can send a hundred tons of materials into space, the efficiency is equivalent to shooting thirty Tianzhou cargo spacecraft, as long as one sortie of the space shuttle is used, you can transport enough space station astronauts to use a year's living materials, the space shuttle has such a large carrying capacity, we can build within a year, Tiangong-4, which is several times larger than the International Space Station, The space agency is already preparing for this program. ”

"Okay, Tiangong No. 3 is still too small and not domineering enough. In the future, it would be better to build a space city in space, the kind that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. ”

"In addition, because the frequency of recent space shuttle test flights is too high, domestic military fans have taken a lot of test flight photos, major forums have discussed, and now the docking of the space shuttle and the space station is about to be carried out, and the time to announce the space shuttle has arrived, and domestic aerospace military enthusiasts are curious about the mysterious space shuttle."

And that's exactly what happened.

Although they are just a fart people, but the invisible sense of responsibility and mission drives them, they can't help but want to do something for the country, but most of the time they can't do anything, the only thing to do is to be driven by this love for the country into curiosity, holding mobile phone cameras and other shooting equipment that is not very high, climbing the roof, over the fence, drilling barbed wire, lying in the grass, waiting day and night, for, It is to obtain first-hand information on the latest achievements in the country's frontier construction, and to show it on the forum and gain the worship of the thousand-year-old building.

On August 5th, next to the Tianniao base, a military fan lived up to the expectations of the majority of military burners, and finally photographed a space shuttle parked at the airport, with clear pictures, high pixels, and nearly 100 high-definition pictures, which were displayed on the famous military forum...... (To be continued!)

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