Chapter 314: Life on the Space Station (Part I)
On August 10th, I arrived at the space station for 5 days, and after 5 days of acclimatization, I have become accustomed to living in the space station.
Wang Tong wrote this line in her diary, and she wanted to record her state at every moment.
In the first few days of arriving at the space station, she was like riding a small boat on the sea, and she always felt that her steps were floating.
The space station has a gravity system, and people can walk on the ground, pour a glass of water in the air, and that will also flow on the ground.
But after all, the space station relies on the gravity converted by the equipment, and the strength of the gravity conversion is directly proportional to the energy consumed.
In order to save the energy consumption of the space station, the gravity of the space station is only 75.26% of that on Earth.
This is the most energy-efficient data that scientists have calculated that will not cause disease in the human body.
"Wang Tong, come over for breakfast, Brother Long will cook in person today, we have a good mouth." Kong Deyang urged outside Wang Tong's bedroom.
Wang Tong put down her notebook, and after a simple freshening, she was ready to go out to eat.
This 10-square-meter small room is her bedroom, and the space station is expensive, and she has a 10-square-meter rest room, which is still the benefit she enjoys as a woman.
Du Long and Kong Deyang share a 10-square-meter room.
Their current situation is much better than that of their predecessors, who used to be able to rest on the spaceship.
There was no bed there at all, and he slept directly by hanging himself in a sleeping bag.
Wang Tong himself was in the astronaut training base, and tried many times to sleep in a sleeping bag in a weightless environment.
Not to mention that feeling, without a long period of training, even a person who has not slept for 24 hours cannot sleep soundly in this environment.
Wang Tong walked to the small restaurant, Kong Deyang was already sitting in his place, and Du Long served the food he cooked.
Braised pork, steamed fish, steamed elbows, boiled pork slices, steamed potatoes, Sixi meatballs.
Du Long said with a smile: "Everyone will eat, the space station can only be steamed and stewed, or use the induction cooker to heat the dishes."
After eating stews for 5 days in a row, everyone is almost out of appetite. ”
Kong Deyang said with a big grin: "Brother Long is modest, you are a must at cooking, and you never get tired of eating."
And then we can now have a hot meal in space, which is a real advancement in technology.
Our predecessors could only squeeze toothpaste to eat, but a few years ago, they developed aerospace food that can be bagged, and they can finally eat cooked food.
But that's nothing compared to us, we can eat whatever we want, and that's how much freedom we have. ”
"Hurry up and eat, we have passed the five-day adaptation stage, and from today, we will assist scientists to complete space experiments."
The astronauts began to eat a hearty breakfast, which was cleaned up by an intelligent robot after they finished eating.
Du Long began to assign tasks, and said: "According to the tasks arranged on the ground, we have to observe space plants today, assist intelligent robots in overhauling space factories, and receive a batch of transported materials."
"Wang Tong is the most careful, you go to observe space plants and make records according to the requirements of scientists.
Kong Deyang went to assist the intelligent robot in overhauling the space factory. I'm going to receive supplies from the ground. ”
"Brother Long, it's still up to me to receive the supplies, you have more experience in maintenance than me." Kong Deyang couldn't help but say.
To receive ground supplies, you need to wear a spacesuit to go out of the capsule for a spacewalk, and manually guide the docking of the spacecraft.
No one actively guides the spacecraft, there is a 5% chance of docking failure, and someone takes the initiative to control and guide the spacecraft, and the docking success rate is nearly 100%.
Spacewalks are the most dangerous, except for the ubiquitous effects of cosmic rays.
I don't know what time it will be, there may be a space junk that has not been cleaned up, and if it hits a person, it will definitely not be killed.
It is also possible that there may be problems with the spacesuit, resulting in the direct loss of life of the astronaut.
Du Long glared at him and said, "I am the captain, and I am responsible for the dangerous tasks, and when I leave, you will become an old man, and you will have to go up at that time."
"Getting into action, it's just a very simple task now, and there will be more complex tasks in the future."
Wang Tong and Kong Deyang put on spacesuits and prepared to go to the designated standard cabin, and after Du Long put on the spacesuit and brought the equipment, he waited by the hatch for the arrival of the ground-based spacecraft.
The spacesuit is mainly used for activities inside the space station, it has a life-sustaining oxygen supply system, is very lightweight, and is easy to wear.
The spacesuit is mainly used outside the space station, and in addition to its life-sustaining oxygen supply system, it also has the ability to isolate cosmic rays. It can provide life support for astronauts.
Wang Tong opened the passage leading to the agricultural standard cabin, and after entering the passage, she first closed the hatch in the direction of the living cabin, and then took a few steps forward to open the hatch leading to the agricultural standard cabin.
It adopts a two-stage isolated structure, mainly the space station is spliced by various standard cabins, and it can abandon a standard module at any time in case of emergency.
There are two sections of doors to equalize the air pressure between the various cabins.
The living chamber contains air, which is the same standard atmospheric pressure as Earth.
The other chambers have no air and are basically in a vacuum.
If the astronaut is not wearing a spacesuit, he will be stretched out by the strong pressure in his body.
Organisms on Earth have evolved over a long period of time to adapt to the existence of a standard atmosphere.
If you put it in a vacuum, it is equivalent to having a standard atmosphere in the body and zero pressure outside the body.
Under the huge internal pressure, the body is like a bomb exploding.
The pressure of one standard atmosphere can lift water up to 10 meters high, and what a huge force it is.
In the Magdeburg hemisphere experiment, none of the eight horses could pull the sealed metal ball.
Wang Tong came to the agricultural standard cabin where space plants were placed.
She knows about space plants, which are made by scientists.
Its genetic material composition is different from that of all life on Earth, and this plant does not need air to survive.
As long as there is water, nutrients, and light, this space plant will grow very luxuriantly.
Wang Tong looked at the space plants in the sink in front of him, there were many space plants in it.
Some space plants resemble cabbage, some space plants resemble lotus flowers, and some space plants resemble green onions.
They are also a kind of life, and the diversity of life is also expressed in space plants.
Wang Tong began her own mission, and her task was mainly to touch and taste these space plants.
She knew that these space plants have undergone rigorous physical and chemical experiments, and they will not have a toxic effect on the human body.
Wang Tong did not eat these space plants, but tasted the taste of these space plants like Shennong tasted a hundred herbs.
Space plants are usually taken care of by intelligent robots, but intelligent robots cannot replace real humans in some fields.
That is the human perception of space plants, what is the state of touch of this plant? How does it taste?
This is a very subjective feeling that intelligent robots cannot complete.
"This one is bitter, this one is a little sour."
Wang Tong carefully recorded, this is her life on the space station.