Liang Tian just stayed.

As soon as his parents heard the nature of Liang Tian's work, they immediately raised their hands and feet in agreement.

Liang Tian's rebellion has caused a lot of gossip to this family.

After finishing high school, I didn't want to go to the factory to get a latte job, and I only thought about driving all day long.

This was definitely a deviant among the children of workers at that time.

Well, now, this most rebellious child has taken the right path than anyone else.

Liang Tian's parents have a feeling of keeping the clouds open and seeing the moon.

At this time, they thought that the greatest happiness had reached the top, that is, their son had an iron rice bowl.

The process of Liang Tian becoming a special truck driver has many accidents, and there are very large accidents.

If it were to be written as a novel, the title would have to be very long - "I drove over a man and this man changed my life".

If the first part is well received, you can continue to write the second part - "I Hit a Man with My Car, and This Man Changed My Life II - I Changed the History of Human Space Migration".

But that's all for later.

In this way, Liang Tian participated in the launch of the [Asia-1] satellite as a special truck driver.

This is the proudest moment for Chinese astronauts in the 20 years after the Dongfanghong 1 in 1970 - 21:30 on April 7, 1990.

This satellite is called [Asia-1], which is not actually from Asia, but is manufactured by Hughes Satellite Company, and the buyer is Hong Kong Asia Satellite Company Limited.

This is a commercial communications satellite.

The name "Asia One" is not just a casual name.

Such a resounding name also means that this is indeed the first commercial communication satellite in Asia.

In 1990, our economy was far from being as developed as it is now.

At that time, our country's per capita GDP ranked 131st in the world, five places behind India.

Under such historical conditions, why did China have Asia's first commercial communications satellite?

This has to mention a major event that happened in China in 1990 - the 11th Asian Games.

[Asia One] provided satellite broadcasting services for the 11th Asian Games, marking that China's radio and television industry has entered the era of satellite television.

On the National Day in 1988, Liang Tian officially entered the Space Launch Center.

At the age of eighteen, he never imagined that he would be able to drive into such a historic project.

At that time, he actually had a lot of discomfort.

Half of the reason for passing the assessment is because I can't afford to lose money and I am afraid of taking responsibility, and half of it is because of my extraordinary performance.

It is very difficult to drive several kilometers of cans at a time without displacement.

Every time you have to make sure that you do it, the difficulty level has increased more than a hundredfold.

The driver of the special vehicle is responsible for hauling the liquid hydrogen fuel to the launch area.

Liquid hydrogen is a highly volatile and explosive cryogenic fuel.

Under certain conditions, extremely slight collisions and frictions are enough to detonate, and they can cause great damage without much fuel.

What the driver of the special vehicle at the launch center has to do is to pull 300 cubic meters of cryogenic liquid hydrogen and transfer a path of several kilometers.

In addition, it is necessary to transport the rocket in complex road conditions, and the two sides of the road add up to less than 0.4 meters, which is silky and smooth.

That's not the highest precision requirement.

After the rocket is transported to the launch site, it needs to be docked with the bracket of the transfer track of the rocket plant under the condition of reversing, and the error cannot exceed 0.1 meters.

Ordinary people, let alone driving a car, even if they drive a small electric donkey, it is difficult to control the accuracy at 10 cm.

Liang Tian drove a big truck, or in an era when there was far no reversing image.

Space launches cannot afford to fail.

This fact brought great pressure to Liang Tian.

When he first arrived, he could give birth to a calf and not be afraid of tigers.

Over time, the pressure is so great that an eighteen-year-old can digest it on his own.

After knowing what kind of mission he was shouldering, several small test tasks failed to meet the standards, and Liang Tian retreated.

He went to Ji Zhidong, the 01 commander of the Asia-1 launch mission.

The 01 commander seen by the public was in the report of the news network, shouting "one minute preparation" and "321 ignition".

The real 01 commander is responsible for all aspects of a space launch character.

Liang Tian asked Ji Zhidong to resign: "I don't like to drive this kind of car, it's so slow every day, it makes me annoyed." ”

"Do you not like it, or are you not up to par?"

"Do you think there is a possibility that I will not meet the standard as long as I want to? When I didn't have professional training, I was able to pass the assessment casually, and I have been practicing for many months, how can I not advance but retreat? ”

Comrade Liang Xiaotian refused to admit it because he wanted to save face.

"Oh, that's right. I almost thought that there was a young man, and his ability could not keep up. It's a good thing you're not the kind of person I look down on the most. ”

Ji Zhidong pretended not to see it.

Neither accepted nor rejected Liang Tian's resignation.

At this time, the publicity about the Asian Games has been overwhelming.

The significance of the Asian Games in 1990 to the Chinese people is not comparable to the same sporting event 33 years later.

It was an era when elementary school students would bid for international sports events for their motherland and donate all their pocket money.

Liang Tian thought about going home and pursuing the freedom he once longed for.

Racing the car, at half past three in the night, wandering the streets without people.

But this idea, which only lasted for a little sleep, vanished.

There is an inexplicable emotion that beckons this young man who grew up in a new worker's village.

Mom and Dad let him enter the factory, and he always said that he didn't want to do the same work every day.

What he is doing now, in fact, has not changed, the same is driving, the same is repetitive training.

But there is something that can be called a sense of mission, which has taken root and sprouted in his heart.

The next day, Liang Tian got up early in the morning and went to find Ji Zhidong with apprehension.

Yesterday he said something like that, and the commander-in-chief did not say anything to save him.

As long as there is no clear indication of this.

He was originally just a "latecomer", and if he was looked down upon by the 01 commander, there was really no possibility of staying.

"Why do you get up so early?"

Liang Tian lowered his head and just walked to the door of the car when he heard someone talking to him.

This voice, without looking up, knows that it is the commander-in-chief of the ground.

Liang Tian raised his head halfway, nodded with a weak face and responded, "Hmm." ”

"Have you eaten?" Ji Zhidong asked again.

"I didn't ...... Belch...... Eaten, eaten! Liang Tian didn't know if he should tell the truth for a while.

"If you haven't eaten, go eat it." Ji Zhidong urged, "Wait for a while, your hungry hands and feet are shaking, how can you drive well?" ”

Liang Tian stood up straight, pulled his posture back slightly, and made sure that Ji Zhidong did not mean to pursue yesterday's incident, and hurriedly saluted: "Got it, Brother Dong!" ”

After speaking, use the speed of a 100-meter sprint to run.

I am afraid that if he hesitates a little, Ji Zhidong will regret it.

Looking at Liang Tian's back, Ji Zhidong shook his head helplessly.

This is a talent who broke I don't know how many ribs I brought back, how is it possible, say let go?

Young people, I'm afraid that I don't have ideals, as long as I have them, I will be very easy to fool......

Time flashed, and it was February 1990.

The entire launch site is making final preparations for the launch of Asia-1.

This is the first appearance of China's aerospace on the world commercial stage.

In order to ensure that the cleanliness of the satellite test site reaches the level of 100,000, the scientific and technological personnel turned into cleaners one by one, wearing protective clothing, lying on the ground, and wiping tiles one by one.

This made Liang Tian, who originally felt that there was a huge gap between himself and the scientific researchers, and he felt quite touched in his heart.

After a year of round-the-clock training, Liang Tian, the youngest driver of the special equipment team, successfully stabilized his reversing accuracy within 10cm.

In fact, he is already blue, and he can control the reversing accuracy within 5cm.

He failed to achieve this result because the assessment was not so meticulous.

Some people get 100 points because they can only take 100 points.

Some people score 100 points because the paper is only 100.

When Liang Tianjiang turned 20 years old, he became a real aerospace special worker and began to drive a special vehicle loaded with 300 cubic meters of cryogenic liquid hydrogen.

The first time I went on a mission, I was scared.

He was driving more steadily and accurately than ever, but white smoke began to rise from the top of the special truck.

The moment he saw the white smoke, Liang Tian closed his eyes and said goodbye to this world in his heart.

The time for Liang Tian to close his eyes was only 0.05 seconds at most, and he knew how short this moment was.

The expected explosion did not come as expected.

Liang Tian was a little surprised.

But he's a truck-to-car driver, and it's not a good time to lament the aftermath of the disaster.

When the task was completed, Liang Tiancai went to report the situation to Ji Zhidong.

Ji Zhidong asked out with a little comfort: "Could it be the first time to perform a mission by yourself, and I was too nervous, so I had a little hallucination?" ”

"Impossible!" Liang Tian is no longer the boy who has just turned eighteen years old, and he will retreat at any time.

"Then why are you standing here with all your beards and tails?" Ji Zhidong looked at Liang Tian with a smile.

"How do I know? Maybe it's just raining, or maybe the temperature of liquid hydrogen is too low. ”

"Okay, the car you drove has safely sent the fuel to be refilled, and everything you say makes sense."

No one had ever said that there was such a situation before, and Ji Zhidong didn't take it too seriously.

Liang Tian, who has spare energy, is also idle when he is idle, so he joined the aerospace cleaning team.

The scientific researchers were responsible for lying on the ground and wiping the floor tiles, and Liang Tian took a vacuum cleaner to clean up the corners and corners, and the small corners that his hands couldn't reach.

Astronauts, aerospace souls, even if they wipe the ground, the cleanliness is calculated in 100,000 levels.

……

On April 7, 1990, Hong Kong Asia Satellite Satellite Co., Ltd. invited more than 300 Chinese and foreign guests to watch the launch of Asia-1.

According to the international practice at that time, the launch of foreign satellites required not only simultaneous interpretation, but also live broadcasting.

China's aerospace industry, which is on the stage of international commercial launch for the first time, is facing unprecedented challenges.

Of course, this challenge does not include simultaneous interpretation.

Regardless of whether there is a brain group or not, in Greater China, finding an English simultaneous interpretation is a matter of minutes.

It is absolutely impossible for the official simultaneous interpreter to say that it is not good.

The guests took their seats, the host just opened, and the simultaneous interpreter began to take up his post: "For the first time, China is launching a foreign made communication satellite."

The launch of China's first commercial satellite kicked off the final prelude.

In terms of language, there are no barriers.

The obstacle is that all the details are placed in the live broadcast.

Everybody was more nervous than usual.

The most pressure is the No. 1 operator, Commander 01.

On April 7, there were three launch windows, two in the afternoon and one at 9 p.m.

The morning was fine, but at 3:40 p.m., there was a sudden torrential rain and thunder.

The Asia-1 communications satellite was delivered by China's self-developed Long March-3 rocket.

Chang 3 uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants.

This propellant is so dangerous that it needs to be transported by a special fleet of vehicles.

The slightest collision can cause it to explode.

Let the rocket, which has this propellant reloaded, pass through areas of cumulus, showers and minefields......

Just thinking about it is a terrible thing, and if you are not careful, it will directly trigger lightning.

On the side of the launch tower, there are special lightning protection towers, and the rocket is safe in the launch tower.

If the rocket were launched at such a time and the rocket was split by lightning, it would be an unimaginable disaster.

The first international commercial stage that Chinese astronauts had been preparing for so long was about to be carried away by a torrential rain on April 7, 1990.

Everyone's mood has fallen to the bottom.

Including Liang Tian, who has the dual identity of a driver and a cleaner.

He is not at a high enough level at this time, and he can't enter the command center.

I can only do it outside in a hurry.

Maybe the emperor lived up to his wishes, and the heavenly prince finally made a beauty.

On April 7, 1990, at nine o'clock in the night, the sky over the launch site cleared the clouds and fog.

The last launch window of the day was finally opened by the astronauts and guests who were looking forward to it.

The thirty-minute countdown begins.

"All numbers in the flight area, each number in the first area, 30 minutes to prepare, request the password ...... 15 minutes later"

Ji Zhidong began to execute the No. 1 operation command:

"15 minutes to prepare ......"

"1 minute to prepare ......"

Many people think that at this time, no matter whether the launch will be successful or not, but the launch must have been a certainty.

The fact is that 12 seconds into the countdown, something happened that made the atmosphere of the scene directly freeze.

Above the rocket, white smoke rose.

The astronauts at the scene, including many old experts, all began to get nervous.

It looks too much like a liquid hydrogen fuel leak.

At this time, Zhai Zhidong was faced with two choices - to terminate the launch, or to continue the ignition command.

Everyone's hearts are in their throats.

After two seconds of pin dropping, Zhai Zhidong's calm and calm countdown password sounded at the scene.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition."

Tried and tested, executed decisively.

Go, hit, press the button, and the rocket is gone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, friends and comrades, it is with great pleasure that I announce to you that, according to the report of the Xi'an Tracking and Control Center, the [Asia-1] we just launched has entered the transfer orbit, and this launch has been successful."

The orbit accuracy of [Asia No. 1] deviated by 9 kilometers from the original accurate orbit position.

But this is 9 kilometers in space, not 9 centimeters for the driver of a special vehicle.

Hughes, the satellite manufacturer, praised the launch as setting a new record for the accuracy of 32 satellites of its kind sold, which was the highest accuracy in orbit.

A few months later, the Asia-1 satellite carried out the signal transmission for the 1990 BJ Asian Games.

"CCTV, CCTV, audience, hello! The 11th Asian Games, which attracted worldwide attention, will be grandly opened at the BJ Workers' Stadium at 4 p.m. today......"

After the Asian Games, the transponders of the [Asia-1] satellite were quickly sold out.

The Long March series carrier, in this launch, has won the favor of satellite operators around the world.

Since then, international orders have been pouring in.

Only Zhai Zhiping himself knows what kind of psychological process he has experienced during the ten-second countdown that seems calm and calm in the live broadcast.

Liang Tian's sentence was once considered an excuse for young people to shirk, [maybe it had just rained, maybe the temperature of liquid hydrogen was too low], and it gave him a lot of courage.