Less than twenty minutes had passed since the dismount on the multi-axis trainer, and Zhang Heng and his batch of candidate astronauts were pulled down to the next place by the transport vehicle non-stop.

Through the car window, Zhang Heng saw a white main building, with the American flag on the right, the NASA logo on the left, and an abstract sculpture of a rocket rising off on the side of the road.

"The Kennedy Space Center, located on Matri Island on the east coast of Florida in the eastern United States, began construction in 1962 and was renamed in honor of the late President John F. Kennedy." A boy who looked like a high school student excitedly.

"In terms of distance, we should have been at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, where the Mercury program, the Gemini program and the early Apollo missions began, because it could shoot rockets into the ocean to avoid danger to populated areas, and at the same time it was closer to the equator, so that we could make full use of the Earth's autopathy to give the rocket more thrust, but because it could not match the 'Saturn' 5 rocket, Kennedy Space Center later built a new launch base."

"Wait, is Kennedy dead at this point?" The fat man asked.

"Yes, in 1963, he was assassinated in Dallas, and despite his famous moon landing speech, he didn't personally see American astronauts set foot on the moon." The boy who looked like a high school student shrugged his shoulders.

"Guys, do you need me to remind you that we're not here for a tour, shouldn't we be more concerned about our own situation now?" The strong man named Anthony frowned.

"Yes, it seems that the main mission this time is for us to go to the moon, or at least to outer space, but as far as I said, there is not much difference between the two."

"Why do you say that?" The only girl in this round of dungeons asked, and when she got on the bus, she didn't know if it was a coincidence that she chose the seat next to Zhang Heng.

"Don't you know?" The boy who looked like a high school student raised his eyebrows, looking a little surprised.

"Apollo 10 took off at 12:49 on May 18, 1969, after the captain said that the rocket was launched three days ago, which means that we entered the copy on May 21, 1969."

"So?" The girl blinked.

The boy leaned back in his chair and smiled at the girl, "The launch time of Apollo 11 was on July 16, 1969, and the subsequent Apollo 12 was on December 14, with a gap of nearly five months, and considering the deadline for our copy this time, it ......"

"Didn't you say before that the United States had any Gemini plans?"

"The Gemini program, which is the transition between the Mercury program and the Apollo program, began in 1961 and completed ten manned missions in Earth orbit, and ended successfully in 1965."

The middle-aged man who looked like an intellectual said, "So if we want to complete the main mission this time, we only have one chance, and that is to board Apollo 11." His expression was solemn.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed, and the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became very strange.

Only the fat man was still confused, "What's the matter, is Apollo 11 dangerous?" ”

"Dangerous?" The boy who looked like a high school student grinned, pointed to the NASA driver driving in front of him and said, "Yes, after all, this is the first time that human beings have challenged to land on the moon, not only these ordinary people feel bottomless, but even the scientists, engineers and astronauts in NASA are panicked, but as latecomers, we know very well that the final result of this mission is a complete victory, so the real problem we face is how to board Apollo 11." ”

"How many astronauts can be on Apollo 11?" The girl asked the question that was most of everyone's mind.

The boy who looked like a high school student held up three fingers, "Everybody knows, Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Command/Service Module Pilot Michael Collins." ”

This time, even the fat man's face changed, and he lost his voice, "Three? But we're seven of us now. ”

"Is it your first time competing in a solo dungeon?" The strong man named Anthony sneered, "Don't you know what competition means? ”

"I ...... I've been working with a team before, and this is the first time I've been in a dungeon alone. The fat man said with a sad face, "The difficulty of the single copy is too high, more than half of the elimination rate, from small to large, all the competing projects, my ranking has not even entered the middle stream." ”

"Then why did you choose to act alone this time?" The girl asked with interest.

"Cause...... Because ......" The fat man swallowed and vomited for a long time, but he still couldn't say why.

In the end, it was a strong man named Anthony who ruthlessly uncovered his scars, "Because you were too weak and dragged your team back, you were kicked out by the team members, and you couldn't find another team willing to accept you, so you could only be reduced to your own solo row." ”

Although the fat man did not admit it, his instantly gray face had proved from the side that Anthony's words were not wrong.

"Lucky, so we have one less competitor for this copy." The boy who looked like a high school student put his hands behind his head and smiled.

The middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses shook his head, "You guys are a little too optimistic, the historical Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon, but don't forget, it was Armstrong and his team who carried out the mission, and if we were to replace you, what are the chances of winning for you?" ”

His words also caused silence in the carriage to fall into silence again.

After a while, the strong man named Anthony spoke, "On the bright side, at least we have sixty days to train. ”

"Strictly 55 days, because Apollo 11 will launch on July 16, and minus the pre-launch quarantine period, we only have 48 days of training." "By the way, the usual training time for a professional astronaut is two to three years, and in the future, deep space exploration missions will even reach five years, and payload specialists and scientist astronauts are slightly better, but the shortest is more than half a year." ”

"Why do you know so much about these things?" The girl was curious, "No matter how prepared you are, you won't go out of your way to collect such unpopular knowledge, you can even remember the launch time of Apollo 10 so clearly, and it is accurate to the minute." ”

"Because I'm an avid astronaut, this game is my destiny." The boy who looked like a high school student smiled confidently.