Jeff Bezos has finally reappeared in the field of vision 48 hours after the capsule landed.

The first is to clear up the rumors: there are no problems with the capsule, Jeff is not dead, and the "New Shepard" is safe.

As for why hasn't Jeff shown up for so long? The reason was that the world's second-richest man, who bravely flew into space on his own rocket, broke his chair and fractured his tail vertebrae when he landed in a space capsule......

The capsule of the "New Shepard" is arranged in a circle of 6 swivel chairs, and it may be that the quality of one of them is not very good, so it broke the moment it touched the ground, and then the hapless Jeff Bezos was quickly carried into the operating room.

After the operation, his body was fine, but apparently it could also be considered a space flight accident, so Blue Origin tried to cover it up, but it was unsuccessful.

But regardless, Jeff did prove his mettle, and at the same time Blue Origin began to advertise his ticket with much fanfare:

$25 million.

It's $3 million cheaper than the original World Line, but that figure doesn't seem like a lot of value for money today, especially when you can only experience weightlessness for a few minutes.

Not to mention competing with Xinyuan, but the "Crew Dragon" spacecraft manufactured by SpecaX in Texas next door is also about to make a test flight, and the ticket price advertised by Lao Ma last year was only $15 million.

……

"This is the 'Feitian III' lunar surface work spacesuit we developed."

At the Beijing headquarters of the Space Agency, the person in charge here introduced the samples of red and white spacesuits on display to Lin Ju.

"In the past, our extravehicular spacesuits did not consider the lower body activities, and Feitian III is a semi-rigid structure, which can support 8 hours of activity time, and astronauts can complete a variety of tasks such as driving a lunar rover, collecting samples, and building a camp after wearing it;

And there is an important technological advancement in the Flying III, although its material is soft, it does not expand too much after inflation to affect the movement of the limbs......"

Feitian III, since the launch of the Dawning program, the development of the lunar spacesuit has also been launched simultaneously, and the space bureau has directly developed a series of sub-models according to the "Feitian".

Although Feitian III has many technological breakthroughs, in fact, the unpowered spacesuit is just like that, and it is not convenient to wear and use.

Because the astronauts in the spacesuit need air and air pressure, and the outside of the spacesuit is almost vacuum, the huge air pressure difference between the inside and outside will cause the spacesuit to bulge like a balloon, as if putting on a mascot costume of Michelle Bingcheng, in addition to a better field of vision, the movement is still very limited.

Astronauts in such spacesuits can do easy work, but the requirements are more delicate and complex, and even if they can barely do it, it will be physically demanding.

"Okay, okay, let's not brag in front of Mr. Lin."

Academician She, who accompanied Lin Ju, stopped the person in charge here from continuing with a smile, and said instead:

"Xinyuan's hard ...... It's supposed to be called an exoskeleton, it's much more advanced than our old guys, better than Artemis's. ”

The Artemis Project "ARES" spacesuit mentioned by Academician She is also a semi-rigid structure, but with the addition of rotating joints on the lower limbs and a hard-shell vest-style design on the upper body, it has made a lot of improvements, which is much more flexible than the traditional extravehicular spacesuit, and is indeed more advanced than Feitian III.

There is no way, the design work of Feitian III is too rushed, it is necessary to be conservative for the sake of safety, and it will be better to adjust it slowly in the future.

Xinyuan Company is also designing its own lunar spacesuit, and they are not in a hurry, and with the foundation of the "Warrior" series, they decided to develop a rigid spacesuit containing a mechanical exoskeleton "Pioneer I" in one step.

Although the main part of the Pioneer I is still a woven jumpsuit, the upper arms, lower arms, trunk and legs are all wrapped in a metal/non-metal hard shell, which limits the expansion of the limbs and trunk due to the difference in air pressure, allowing the astronauts to move more freely and flexibly.

At the same time, it is equipped with an exoskeleton design, which is divided into the basic type of passive exoskeleton and the type A of active power exoskeleton.

The passive exoskeleton mainly disperses the upper body force through a reasonable support design, and at the same time can protect the astronaut from falling and injury. The active power is very powerful, and it is even equipped with a jet RCS, which can give astronauts the ability to move quickly on the moon and Mars for a short period of time, make full use of the advantages of low gravity, and can also do some heavy physical work.

Of course, the development of these two exoskeletons is also very difficult, especially the monocoque design, which has obviously been thought of by the aerospace industry for a long time, but due to the failure of the current technology to manufacture, there are many technical problems that need to be broken through.

The space agency also invested 70 million yuan in the early stage of this project, and maybe the development type I will be registered as Feitian IV by the space agency......

Lin Ju suddenly flew to the capital again, naturally for the 304 injection, and came to see that the spacesuit was completely a disguise.

However, Academician She was obviously very happy about Lin Ju's arrival, and after the two chatted for a while, Lin Ju finally began to try to guide the topic.

"Chief Master She, the 507 Institute was researching superpowers back then, did you really find anything?"

"Superpowers?" Academician She was stunned, and with his qualifications, he naturally knew what happened in the 507 Institute back then.

"Well, hey, it's complicated, and a lot of the factors in it will definitely not be clear to you for a while, but one thing I can tell you clearly is that there are no superpowers.

But some of the strange anecdotes are true, but the most real one is that he has an excellent memory, and he is indeed unforgettable, and the rest of them are all fake, invulnerable, not afraid of fire, at least not a superpower, are you curious about this? Mr. Qian has a book mentioning these things, and I will go back and look for them......

Why do you pay attention to these now, this kind of mysterious thing has no results. ”

Lin Ju: "That's not true, but I thought of some of the latest achievements of our base." ”

"Results, superpower results? That's right, I should have thought of the scary high success rate of your rockets, but what superpowers can ......?"

"Ahem!" Lin Ju hurriedly interrupted Academician She, who said "I have discovered the truth", and hurriedly began to explain (blindly) (ed.):

"That's right, aren't we working on the advance space station, and we have cooperated with colleges and universities to do a project to study how to prevent or delay osteoporosis and muscle atrophy in no gravity or low gravity, and naturally we have made the method of using drug treatment.

A few years ago, they unexpectedly produced some results, and I planned to carry out this project but it was not easy to check it, so I came to find some advice. ”

"Oh." Academician She was disappointed, he thought it was something amazing, similar research had been done by the Space Agency a long time ago.

But now he also understands that Lin Ju flew over again, and he was afraid that this was the reason, so he was also a little interested.

"What is the result so powerful, and please come here in person?"

(End of chapter)