Chapter 931: The Challenger takes off
In the past few years, the United States has indeed been forbearing, even if it has invested in the army, at the last moment, it still does not have the courage to fight a world war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
And what about the result of this forbearance? It is the current situation of the United States, the sphere of influence of the United States, which has been encroached on step by step, and until now, the Soviets, who have actually started the idea of Western Europe, have begun to attack Germany!
Western Europe is of vital importance to the United States, because it belongs to the Western world, so the United States must ensure that Western Europe and the United States are of the same mind, so that every time the United States has an economic crisis, it can cut the wool of Western Europe to pass on its own economic problems. If Western Europe is gone, the decline of the United States, it is absolute, the United States will return to the American continent and become an ordinary country, not a superpower!
The United States, can no longer tolerate it! This is Bush's firm opinion, and if we tolerate it any longer, the United States will have no room for survival!
"Yes, we can't tolerate it any longer, and I suggest that we can fight a low-intensity battle in Western Europe with the goal of quelling this rebellion in Western Europe." Defense Secretary Weinberg also said: "If things turn into a world war, then we will also face it, we can't hesitate any longer!" ”
World war, what to be afraid of! Every time it's a fear, every time it's a retreat, and what is the result?
"Guys, I hope you can recognize the status quo, if we want to fight a world war, will the rest of Western Europe agree?" Secretary of State George said: "France now, for example, the Europeans have always thought first and foremost for them. ”
George's opinion is very clear and cannot be beaten!
In fact, judging from the balance of forces, the West is inferior to the East in terms of the strength of Europe now, and if it really fights, the West will not take any advantage! The United States can see it, and so can other countries!
Why didn't France send troops? Why bother? It's because the French already want to stay out of it! They are not willing to throw their troops into this war that is not destined to be won!
If you start a war knowing that you can't win, you want to start a war, then you are just a complete war maniac!
George's attitude is stark.
"George, it is because of a coward like you that we are gradually losing our sphere of influence!" Bush unceremoniously fired at George: "Fuck win or win, if you don't win this war, then the United States will be completely finished, if this war continues, at least we still have hope, it's a big deal to develop into a nuclear war!" ”
For the foul-mouthed Bush, George also-for-tat: "President Bush, you are not a low-level soldier, you can say that you are not afraid of sacrifice, you can face death, you are the vice president of the United States, you must take into account the interests of the entire United States!" If all of our people died, would this country still exist? ”
"What if humanity is extinct? Let's go to God together! Bush continued.
Reagan felt his head blow up, and he looked at the rest of the people, except for Bush and George, who were now scolding each other, the others were silent.
"Casey, did the CIA find anything? Can our satellites, which have lost contact, still be repaired and used? Reagan asked CIA Director William Casey.
Casey shook his head: "Our Challenger, has been lifted off, just an hour ago, they just used a robotic arm, captured a satellite, the satellite is not an ordinary circuit failure, the entire satellite, from front to back, has been burned through a hole, has been completely damaged. ”
Challenger! The second space shuttle of the United States, last year, the space shuttle began to be built, and the first launch is planned to be carried out in April this year, but because of the economic downturn in the United States, the huge cost of space activities, and also began to be criticized by the public, so the first flight of the space shuttle has been postponed, until now, in the face of a huge crisis, the space shuttle, launched into orbit!
Rewind four hours in time, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
It was just dusk, and looking out of the porthole of the space shuttle, you could see the last round of red sun on the horizon, and the seven astronauts lying horizontally on their seats, everyone was very excited.
This is the first flight of the Challenger, and since the United States developed the space shuttle, they can fly seven people in space at a time, which is more than the previous three, and at the same time, they can carry out more space activities.
Huge fuel tanks, mounted on the outside, and boosters at both ends, Commander Stafford, already an experienced veteran astronaut, was once a commander on the Apollo spacecraft, and he was also an astronaut known to the Soviets.
Just a few years ago, Stafford had made the first handshake in space with the Soviet Union's Soyuz spacecraft, a historic breakthrough that was followed by a lot of hype from both sides.
However, these are all deceptions, the competition in outer space is still more intense, and now, they are urgently taking off to repair the satellites that have suddenly failed to serve Europe!
With the sound of the countdown in the headset, everyone took a deep breath, and when the sound counted to zero, under the huge space shuttle, three main engines were ignited, two boosters were ignited, and the blazing flames enveloped the entire launch pad, and in a slight trembling, the space shuttle began to take off!
The body was constantly trembling, and under the huge overload, everyone's face became a little hideous, but fortunately, it was not for a long time.
The booster is separated, the main fuel tank is separated, the engine in the tail section has been turned off, the shuttle, into orbit!
The body, feeling light and fluttering, is already in weightless space! From here, you can see the edge of the earth, that beautiful arc.
The others unbuckled their seatbelts and began to float towards the cabin behind, while Stafford remained in his seat, looking out through the porthole at the dark night sky.
On the display, the data is constantly updated, and on the other side of the Stafford, the driver Colin is still nervously operating.
Originally, the space shuttle was actually autonomous, and when it took off, it did not need to be operated, and after entering orbit, it flew autonomously, and after returning to the atmosphere, it needed to manually intervene and land.
But now, Colin had to fly the shuttle and make several difficult orbit changes to get close to the orbit of one of his own satellites, capture the damaged one, and check if it could be repaired.
This is a dangerous mission, historically, it was also completed by the Challenger first, however, that was in April '84, and now, almost a year ahead of schedule! (To be continued.) )