The Jeep came to a stop after less than half a turn, not because it found the other two, but because the wind and sand were so strong that the sand and gravel blocked the exhaust pipe, and at first it was just a lack of power, but soon the engine stalled.

In this case, it is almost impossible to turn off the engine and set it on fire again, and the other Jeep car is not much better, it is just a matter of one after the other, so everyone can only give up the search and wait in the car for the storm to pass.

During this period, there was a small accident, the glass on the right side of a car was broken by flying stones, and everyone had to block the layer of glass with clothes, so as to avoid the wind and sand pouring into the car.

However, what no one expected was that the sandstorm would last for a whole day and a night, and when the wind slowed down and they could get off the car, everyone found that half of the wheels had been trapped in the sand.

If this sandstorm lasts a little longer, it is unknown whether the people in the car will survive safely, let alone the people outside the car, and in such a harsh environment, it is almost impossible for the missing people to have any hope of survival.

However, even so, when the wind subsided a little, the captain immediately contacted the people of Area 51 and asked them to send in a search for the two astronaut candidates who disappeared in the sandstorm for NASA.

But before that, the captain first had Zhang Heng sent back to the Kennedy Space Center, because before the rocket launch, the astronauts had to undergo a week-long quarantine, away from family, colleagues, and other outsiders, so as not to catch a cold virus or other common diseases.

During this time, only staff screened by the medical team were allowed to have close contact with the quarantined astronauts if necessary, and given the ubiquitous germs and floating debris in the air, astronauts could not leave the isolation room, even if a spouse or child came to visit, they had to undergo a medical examination, and NASA also limited the length of visits.

This can maximize the health of the astronauts, avoid missing the launch window and postponing the launch mission because the astronauts are sick, but there is no such problem after the spacecraft enters orbit, there are no bacteria and any infectious viruses in space, so few astronauts will get sick in space.

Because of the mysterious infectious disease before, NASA took this quarantine very seriously.

However, due to this unexpected storm, Zhang Heng has been quarantined for one day less than planned, but after the medical team conducted a comprehensive physical examination for him and confirmed that he was in good physical condition, NASA's senior management was also completely relieved.

If the return of Armstrong and Collins was an unexpected surprise that stabilized NASA and even Congress's confidence in the moon landing, then the emergency recruitment of astronaut candidates was frequent, and in the end, only one of the seven survived was completely overly alarming to NASA.

But fortunately, NASA finally managed to gather enough people for the mission team, and Zhang Heng, who survived, still had the best training performance among the seven, which was not unacceptable to NASA.

The selection training unexpectedly turned into elimination training, and there was no suspense about the final candidate, and for the next four days, Zhang Heng spent it in the isolation room.

After entering the quarantine period, the astronauts no longer have any tasks and training, of course, the necessary exercises are still necessary every day to keep the body in a good state, in addition to using this time to adjust sleep to adapt to the work schedule in space.

In terms of diet, NASA no longer has any restrictions, theoretically astronauts can tell nutritionists no matter what they want to eat, even some relatively high-calorie "junk food", because the type and taste of space food are far inferior to the food on earth, which can be regarded as a disguised compensation for astronauts before leaving.

Of course, there is no hint of "last meal" in it.

After all, it has only been eight years since Gagarin entered space for the first time, and humanity is about to take on the challenge of landing another celestial body, which is certainly an opportunity for the Apollo 11 mission team to write their own chapter in history, but it also comes with extremely high risks.

No one knows what will happen when the rocket is launched, just as no one knows whether the spacecraft will be able to enter lunar orbit smoothly, whether the lunar module will land safely on the moon, let alone successfully return to the moon and reconnect with the command/service module in orbit.

Even though the process had been calculated and simulated thousands of times in the lab, no one knew what was going to happen when the moment came.

After all, even insurance companies are reluctant to accept insurance from astronauts.

To this end, Armstrong and others also came up with a special way to insure, they left hundreds of envelopes with their own autographs before departure, as well as souvenirs related to the moon mission, and handed them to their relatives, friends, and wives.

Armstrong also suggested that Zhang Heng do this, but the latter politely refused, Zhang Heng did not have any people worth caring about in the United States in the sixties, all his relatives and friends were outside the copy, but Zhang Heng still helped Armstrong and Collins sign a few envelopes together, and came to take a group photo of the ruins, which is estimated to be sold for a lot of money if it is really used.

Zhang Heng didn't think Armstrong and Collins were too pessimistic, after all, if nothing else, it was almost time for the White House press secretary to start preparing a eulogy for them, and once the moon landing failed, this eulogy would also be broadcast by the newly appointed US President Nixon for the whole American people as soon as possible.

While expressing condolences to them, we also commended them for their courage and fearlessness, so as to minimize the negative impact of the failure of the moon landing on the people.

But these have nothing to do with Zhang Heng, he took advantage of this rare quiet time before departure, checked his previous gains, after killing Jia Lai, he got a basic reward of 20 points, and also got three game props from Jia Lai's body, a wooden whistle, a lens and a glass marble, Zhang Heng guessed that the lens should be related to Jia Lai's ability to maintain vision in the sandstorm, because this thing was found by Zhang Heng in the latter's goggles.

As for whistles and glass marbles, it is difficult to distinguish their respective roles from their appearances, plus the forks and teeth he got from Bruno, which is equivalent to saying that Zhang Heng got five game props in this round of dungeons, and there are indeed high returns hidden behind the high risks.

However, he was more concerned about the small gift given to him by the engineer named Albert Einstein in Area 51, although it was not any game item.

But the moment he opened the box, Zhang Heng couldn't take his eyes off it.

Because the contents of the box are a wireless Bluetooth headset for AirPods.