On July 21, 2011, the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at 5:57 a.m. EST (17:57 Beijing time on July 21) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending its "curtain call" journey. This means that the 30-year space shuttle era of the United States has come to an end.

All of the space shuttles that are the only remaining in the United States have been decommissioned, and if they are to be put into service for a longer period of time, I am afraid that the probability of losing valuable astronauts will be terrible.

The Americans no longer have the courage to use the space shuttle to send astronauts into the sky, and I am afraid that for a long time between the emergence of a better manned spaceflight system, they will only use disposable manned spacecraft to send astronauts into outer space.

This also has to be done, in low-earth orbit, there is also a huge International Space Station that needs to be maintained with the participation of the Americans, otherwise this big gadget of more than 400 tons will be smashed into the earth like a meteorite.

The power of falling to the ground will not be inferior to hitting a small nuclear warhead, and whoever hits it will be unlucky.

The space station in front of Group E is a model of the low-earth orbit space station designed and developed by the Chinese themselves, the completed body will weigh more than 2,000 tons, the wings will exceed 500 meters, and 20 astronauts can be stationed to engage in maintenance operations and conduct space scientific research.

Because of the opposition and restrictions of the United States, as well as China's limited space funding, China is unable to participate in the International Space Station (ISS), so it can only bury its head and build its own space industry.

Lin Mo saw the model of the large space station in the Fifth Aerospace Training Center, and also understood the deep meaning in Major General Sun's eyes.

Scholars can't do without Hongyi, and there is a long way to go.

Benevolence is its own responsibility, isn't it also important?

Death is gone, isn't it far away?

China's aerospace industry is also a thorny road with a long way to go.

This exhibition center displays these advanced and even highly core secrets, and gives them astronaut candidates to visit, and delves into their intentions, or to encourage them to give full play to their potential and become excellent astronauts.

Those who can come here have three insurances for their loyalty, and they don't need to worry about the danger of losing their secrets.

"Read on, that's just part of it, there's more and more exciting stuff, you can ask me if you have any questions."

When the elimination system is not implemented, Major General Sun is more like an amiable elder, leading visitors to continue to view other exhibition areas.

The space shuttle model, which is the size of a fighter plane and is five times larger, is far easier to attract attention than the "Shenzhou" series of spaceships that are now in use.

There are even aerospace fighters, so that visitors cannot tell whether this is a creative model or a real research and development, and I am afraid that foreign spies will be shrouded in suspicion immediately after the initial shock.

This is more than the astronaut candidates' understanding of China's space industry, which is more like a science fiction world.

Lin Mo keenly distinguishes the appearance design of the one-to-one physical model of the aerospace fighter, which is quite in the style of Professor Yan, a teacher, I am afraid that in addition to being placed here as a sauvenir, it is also to bluff people, as for whether there really exists an aerospace fighter, or two words, maybe there are one or two experimental planes hidden at a huge cost in which corner.

The unit production cost of the US space shuttle is $1.2 billion, which is enough for China to build an aircraft carrier, and if it is an aerospace fighter, I am afraid it will have to double again.

After turning around one or two exhibition halls, they could hear a loud rumbling noise, as well as the sound of boiling people, Lin Mo and the others in Group E looked over and found that two giant machines about two stories high were rumbling, and there was also the sound of jet engines that Lin Mo was very familiar with.

However, there was no jet, but the strong air flow and the peculiar smell of aviation fuel emitted after combustion, but the sound was very vivid, as if a real fighter jet was stirring the engine.

"Those are two simulators, multi-axial 128 degrees of freedom high-load flight simulator, which can simulate a high overload close to the spacecraft, of course, it can also simulate the cockpit and flight simulation of all domestic fighters, and it can be 100% completely realistic, which is one of the families of the aerospace training center, and the cost of each one is not much cheaper than the battle, at least 12 billion yuan."

Seeing the puzzled faces of the people in Group E, Major General Sun, who was following Group E, took the initiative to say, but the cost of 12 billion still shocked everyone.

12 billion? Or is it just one?

Lin Mo had seen one of the flight simulators of the National Defense Star, which was advanced enough, but he didn't expect that there was even better here, and the one on the National Defense Star was nothing compared to the two here.

It is said that the aerospace industry burns money, and today I really saw it.

Everyone who hears this sky-high price will unconsciously pronounce a silent "o." "It's no surprise that the money from these two simulators goes directly to the Hope Project, so that primary school students in remote and impoverished areas of China don't have to worry about not having a good school environment, and even middle schools can be covered.

But the fact is that anyone who has played a construction game knows that the need is infinite and the resources are finite, and the trade-off is so difficult.

"Beautiful! Well done, team leader, you're amazing!"

"It's an eye-opener, this No. 2 really has a hand."

"No. 15, don't be discouraged, other people's flight time is twice as long as yours, practice more, and you will definitely be able to win No. 2."

"After a while, I'm going to go up to play, but it's not to practice with No. 2, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach, the future life is terrifying, and the old man doesn't want to lose his reputation in this life."

"We should get out of the way, but we can't make these young people too proud."

"Observe and observe, if no one is on, I'll try, don't let this young man get too carried away."

"Who's next?"

The deactivated simulator opened the cockpit door with a soft sound.

"Team Leader A, you're still here, this is a high-fidelity simulator, you're not afraid of getting hurt! It's a real killing. ”

"If you are afraid of death, you will not go to heaven, and if you are not satisfied, although you will let the horse come, the opportunity is rare, and everyone will improve together."

The young voice of Major Wang Yuxuejun, the leader of Group A, codenamed No. 2, came from afar, and the people of Group E and Major General Sun saw that he was wearing a special blue anti-load suit and stood in front of a huge model machine, like a blueberry on a large chocolate brick.

Aviation is the foundation of aerospace, almost most of the astronauts are selected from the air force fighter pilots, familiar with the control of advanced fighter jets in the air is a compulsory course, and pilots can easily skip this hurdle, especially fighter pilots can directly save some relevant study and training, saving precious space flight life.

If you do not have experience in flying as a fighter, you must go through more than three years of study, accumulate 2,000 hours of flight experience, and have the ability to fly under more than three meteorological conditions before you are eligible for formal training as an astronaut.

"Number 1, don't just stand there and watch, do you want to try it? It's interesting. ”

In the end, it was the pilot's sharp eyes, the leader of Group A, No. 2 Wang Xuejun immediately found that Lin Mo was standing among several people in Group E, and shouted a challenge.

Although he is younger than Lin Mo, his tone is old-fashioned.

The onlookers were suddenly much quieter, and their eyes slowly turned to Lin Mo.

"Boss, go and beat him all over the ground looking for teeth."

The hardcore little brother "Tabby Cat" Meng Yinan waved his fist and shouted, he looked down on the No. 2 Wang Xuejun with a pseudo-flute blue mask, too insidious and cunning, taking advantage of his young age, using the common reckless impulses of his peers as a cover, to set one trap after another for careless opponents.

However, at this time, Meng Yinan's move was undoubtedly correct.

After several provocations, Lin Mo has been forced into an unavoidable situation, it would have been easier to do it if he was alone, but now that he is the leader of the E team, if he continues to be a shrinking turtle, it means that these new team members will be extremely disappointed in him, and may even switch to his group on the spot.

The internal self-governing group encouraged by this training center only evaluates the team leader, but never restricts the joining action of team members, and no points will be deducted for withdrawal and transfer.

If these team members really lose confidence in Lin Mo and jump ship, I am afraid that Lin Mo will also end up with the same fate as No. 6 Jin Hongbao.

out!

"Good!"

Lin Mo's eagle-like gaze locked on Wang Xuejun and responded to this challenge.

The dignity of the dragon knight cannot be tarnished, this is the pride inherited from another world for tens of thousands of years, even if the sky knight of this world has its own uniqueness, but the spirit of flying freely in the sky and the will to fight are common.

Wang Xuejun immediately felt the unnaturalness of being locked by the missile, and the radar alarm sounded in his mind.

lockon!

Wang Yan Xuejun's eyes immediately appeared with a hint of discoloration, this No. 1 does not seem to be so simple.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly reached an explosion, the mysterious No. 1 and the flamboyant No. 2, the two pilots competed.

It is definitely a big event in the domestic aviation industry.

All the candidates cheered at once, shouted cheering slogans, and immediately gathered around.

Next to the two giant simulators, there are a few 42-inch LCD TVs for watching the game, which is obviously not enough.

Major General Sun, who was silent at the back of the crowd, took out his special communicator and said something, so after a while, in the empty space next to the giant simulator machine, a 150-inch huge projection screen fell from the seven-meter-high roof, and a piece of blue light flashed on the screen, and then autofocused, showing clear test text, and the high-brightness high-resolution projection equipment hanging down from the top completed the correction.

(To be continued)