There are not many people who know about this rocket launch mission, and even fewer people know the truth, there are only two people, one is the head of state, and the other is Li Wei. ≤ 3rd ≤ Jiangge ≤ Xiao≤ said,

Only the two of them knew that the man who had just boarded the rocket that pierced the sky and departed from Earth to space carried the hope of the entire human civilization.

These billions of people, these more than 500 million square kilometers of land, these countless species that live on the earth, and the future of the entire human civilization...... All of them are maintained on Zhao Huasheng alone. Agreeing to cooperate with Zhao Huasheng's request and establish a base for Zhao Huasheng on the moon is the most important move made by the head of state on behalf of human civilization. If this move is successful, human civilization can continue. If this move fails, the solar civilization will become the only civilization in the solar system.

Zhao Huasheng silently closed his eyes, and his heart was as calm as a secluded pond on a summer night. There is nothing left to think about so far, as long as you take that last step and fly the last flag, the war between human civilization and solar civilization will come to an end. Of course, it is not clear who will be the final winner at this moment.

The noise of the rocket, which was rapidly taking off, was loud. The sound of gaseous fuel injection, the roar of the engine, the sound of the arrow body rubbing against the air...... All kinds of sounds were intertwined, and when they reached Zhao Huasheng's ears, they became a weird, and at the same time made people unable to distinguish the details, like the sound of a car driving on the highway with the windows closed. Surrounded by this buzzing sound, Zhao Huasheng silently calculated the time in his heart.

It was only a few minutes before Zhao Huasheng suddenly felt his body loosen. At this moment, the boulder that had been pressing on him disappeared. I can no longer feel any gravity. So Zhao Huasheng knew. The acceleration phase has ended, and at this moment, I have probably entered the orbit of the earth. Because he has reached the relationship of the first cosmic velocity, the earth's gravity can no longer restrain him, and he is already weightless.

However, because of the seat belts. Zhao Huasheng was still restrained in his seat. The three astronauts who traveled with Zhao Huasheng unbuckled their seat belts, floated in the air and began to operate one instrument after another, while reporting a series of data to the ground staff. From their conversation, Zhao Huasheng knew that what greeted him would be the docking with Skylab. A spaceship will fulfill its responsibility to send itself and its supplies to the moon.

Space docking is a technically difficult one. Extremely precise tasks are required. To complete the space docking mission, not only the quality of the astronauts is required, but also the help of various advanced instruments is indispensable. It's complicated, but when you look at it from the outside, it's incredibly simple.

On top of this track. Both Skylab and Zhao's launch capsule are orbiting the Earth at speeds of more than seven kilometers per second. It's fast, but it's space, and it's not the same as the terrestrial environment. There are no references here, so these two things look like they're still in space. So, after orbiting the earth four times and experiencing four sunrises and sunsets, Zhao Huasheng saw that the launch module began to approach the huge Skylab one centimeter by centimeter. Eventually, it was connected with Skylab. Once the pipes are connected, the buckle extends to hold the two together, and the butt is complete.

With the help of three other astronauts. Zhao Huasheng left the launch capsule and entered the Skylab. Skylab is much wider, and you don't feel oppressive here. The three astronauts who accompanied him stepped forward to hand over the mission to the remaining astronauts of Skylab, while Zhao Huasheng floated to the side without speaking, without any expression or movement.

"The spacecraft is undergoing its last full inspection. It is expected to be completed by 3 p.m. tomorrow. So we need to spend a day in Skylab. An astronaut said to Zhao Huasheng. Zhao Huasheng nodded, signaling that he knew.

The astronaut continued: "Your lounge is over there. If you're tired. You can go and take a break. Be careful, though, and don't forget to wear your seatbelts. ”

Zhao Huasheng nodded again. Drifting to his lounge with the gas jet device, he took off his spacesuit and put on the same soft and warm cabin spacesuit as normal clothes, and leaned against the window.

This is a radiation-proof tempered glass made by a special process, through which you can see the vast and endless starry sky in the distance, and you can also see the moon that is much brighter than when it was on the earth, and even the shadow above the moon can be clearly seen.

If you use your imagination, the shadows above the moon can conjure up many things. When human civilization was still in the age of ignorance, people already had a lot of imagination about it. For example, imagine a certain shadow area as a rabbit pounding medicine, and a certain shadow as a tree above the moon...... and then by extension, there is the story of Chang'e and Hou Yi, and there is Wu Gang, who keeps cutting down trees, but never can cut down trees......

In reality, however, these are simply due to the uneven terrain on the surface of the moon and the uneven exposure of sunlight. It's lonely, cold, desolate and gloomy, and there's really no poetry at all.

The yearning for the endless starry sky has always been deeply hidden in the minds of every human being, whether ancient or modern. The same is true for Zhao Huasheng. When he was young, when he looked up at the sky, Zhao Huasheng also had endless reveries in his mind. Now, the distance between Zhao Huasheng and his childhood dreamland is less than three days.

Skylab was still orbiting the Earth at high speed, and a few hours later, Zhao Huasheng ushered in the first sunrise he could see in space. When he took the launch capsule to orbit the earth before, Zhao Huasheng also experienced four sunrises and sunsets, but the launch capsule was opaque, and there was no transparent glass there to allow the light from the outside world to enter Zhao Huasheng's eyes.

The sunrise in space is not the same as the sunrise above the earth. Here, the rising sun is not as soft as it is above the earth. It had only just revealed a little bit, and it was already so dazzling that it was almost impossible to look at directly. Because it is not covered by the atmosphere, there is no scattering effect. Although the sun has long been covered by the reverse fusion layer, and although the surface temperature has long since dropped from 6,000 degrees Kelvin to 4,500 degrees Kelvin, the sun is still extremely powerful.

Skylab itself is moving at a high speed, so the sunrise process is much faster than that on Earth. In just a few seconds, the sun leapt completely below the horizon and quickly descended into the sky. As a result, the solar panels installed on the shell of Skylab are like sunflowers, which change their direction according to the changing angle of the sun, turning the sun's light and heat into energy that can be used by humans, supporting the operation of Skylab......

It's daylight in the usual sense. But even during the day, the stars in the sky are clearly visible. No matter how powerful the sun is, without the help of its atmosphere, its luminosity cannot obscure the brilliance of the stars. So Zhao Huasheng saw the magical picture of the coexistence of the stars and the sun. But Zhao Huasheng also knows that such a beautiful scenery can only be seen with his eyes, and there is no way to record it with a camera or something like that. The reason is simple, the brilliance of the stars is too weak compared to the sun, and the working principle of video or photographic equipment is very different from that of the human eye, and they must be exposed for a long time to capture such a faint light. This is also the reason why many stars cannot be photographed in many photos of the starry sky with only bright celestial objects, or because the stars are dragged with long tails behind them, in fact, because of the trajectory left by the movement of the stars during the long exposure process.

What is presented in front of Zhao Huasheng is such a beautiful scenery that can only be watched, but cannot be preserved. It's like a happy time on earth, which can only be remembered and remembered, but cannot be touched again.

The sun finally went down again, and night fell again. Skylab also made some attitude adjustments during this time, so the window that Zhao Huasheng was facing was aimed at the starry sky and turned into aiming at the earth. So Zhao Huasheng saw the scenery above the earth for the first time in the posture of standing in space.

The once prosperous earth is like a dream. In that dream, standing in space and looking at the earth, even if it is dark on the earth, the countless lights in countless cities will decorate the earth under the night like a curtain full of gems, but the earth is dark at this moment. Everywhere except the equator was dark, and nothing could be seen, as if it were still in obscurantism.

Only the equator is different. The brilliant lights are concentrated at the equator of the earth, like a brilliant belt around the earth.

Looking at this light, Zhao Huasheng felt like he had traveled a long way in a snowy night, and then suddenly saw a traveler with lights in the distance. But Zhao Huasheng knew that he would never go back, and he would never go back.

This time the difference with the earth will probably be goodbye. (To be continued)