spaceflight manual

Chapter 6
After hanging up his father's phone, Wang Ping'an was already drifting to the central hub of the transfer space station.

Wang Ping'an has to turn here, and turn to the passage leading to his transfer to the spaceship.

So he operated the trunk brake, then pulled the handle at the corner to stop himself momentarily.

Then he looked back at Angeli, only to see the girl gently push the suitcase and let the suitcase fly to Wang Ping'an alone.

Wang Pingan didn't know what she wanted to do, so he caught the flying suitcase first.

The girl opened her body, used the resistance of the air to slow down her speed, and slid towards the corner where Wang Pingan was.

Wang Ping'an let go of the hand holding the suitcase, and the suitcase began to float away from him at an insignificant speed.He used his free right hand to pull the girl floating over, but the girl deliberately staggered his hand.

Wang Pingan looked puzzled.

Then I saw the girl turn her body flexibly using the mass autonomous movement method, and she grabbed the handle of the corner by herself.

Wang Pingan understands, the girl is showing that excess fat will not affect her use of the mass autonomous movement method.

Angeli: "Did you see that?"

"I didn't see clearly, come again and let me see."

The girl pouted, let go of the handle and turned 360 degrees on the spot.

Wang Ping'an: "Oh, rotating along the axis of the body is a basic skill, it's nothing, just somersault and I'll see."

The girl glared at Wang Pingan angrily, and then turned somersault.

When she was somersaulting, her body shifted slightly, and the soles of her shoes almost imprinted on Wang Ping'an's face.

The two second lieutenants passing by shouted: "Oh, good skill, I give full marks to this somersault."

Wang Pingan: "I still don't see it clearly, you have Thomas full spin."

"Come on, hell! Anyway, don't worry about my mobility, bears won't affect me!"

Wang Pingan: "Well, indeed. You even used the torque generated by the shaking of the two water bags to turn around just now, as if they were growing on you."

"They grow on me!"

Wang Pingan grabbed Kuai Piaoyuan's suitcase and returned it to the girl, then drove his own suitcase to the boarding gate of the spaceship.

The girl immediately caught up, this time side by side with Wang Pingan: "Do you still owe me an apology?"

"I'm sorry, I underestimated your ability to move in weightless space." Wang Pingan apologized honestly.

"It's almost there."

Then it got cold.

It doesn't matter to Wang Pingan, he has been flying alone for seven years, and he is too used to quietness and silence.

But the girl is obviously not used to this. After the silence lasted for a long time, she started to find something to say: "It's better to be in the weightless space. If I sit on the ground with my back upright for an hour, my shoulders will be sore. It's too heavy."

Wang Pingan glanced at the girl and found that she was rubbing her shoulders, so he replied, "I also think weightlessness is good. I am on the ground, and as long as I stand upright for an hour, the straddle will be sore, it is too heavy."

Angeli looked at Wang Pingan hesitantly.

Wang Pingan: "What's wrong, don't you believe me? When I was in school, my friends called me Dadan Keichiro."

This was heard by several female soldiers passing by, and the girls laughed loudly.

Wang Ping'an blushed a little, and began to look serious.

Angeli continued to ask for words: "Will we meet Colonel Lu's daughter along the way?"

"Yes, she is on duty now, and she should not be able to return to the ground for vacation in half a year. Those of them who are on duty at the space station in the Earth's circle are less likely to have psychological problems.

"After all, there are a series of space stations in L2. The entire L2 point is a small city. Several 10 people live there. There are not only soldiers of the United Space Force, but also a large number of civilians. The space station will rotate to provide simulated gravity, so to be honest there , not much different from Earth.”

Wang Pingan paused, and added: "Except for the fact that luxury goods are super expensive. Alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, and toffee, these are very expensive in L2, and even more expensive in Mars."

The planning of the entire space industry revolves around various necessities, obviously alcohol, cigarettes, coffee and toffee are not necessities.

It is said that some commercial companies have begun to grow coffee in space, but these coffees are also expensive.

The two of them chatted one after another, and finally arrived at the boarding gate.

At the boarding gate, there was a lieutenant holding a tablet, and two military policemen in blue hats floating nearby chatting.

The lieutenant looked at the tablet and called out, "Wang Ping'an, Angele de Leon, right?"

"It's the two of us." Wang Pingan started to brake, accurately stopped in front of the lieutenant, pulled the handle next to him, and then used the suitcase to block Angeli who was also braking.

Angelie: "Thank you."

Hearing her voice, the lieutenant who was handwriting the boarding record on the tablet glanced up, and immediately whistled: "Second lieutenant, you are so beautiful. But you are not allowed to wear decorations according to the regulations, please take off your plain glasses .”

Wang Pingan: "She is nearsighted."

"What?" The lieutenant froze for a moment.

"She's nearsighted."

The lieutenant looked at Angeli in surprise: "Is she...a natural person? No, no, no, it's impossible. She has silver hair, so it can't be a natural product. Look, there is a gradient here."

Angeli: "You can look at my records, I only have my hair adjusted. Is it important?"

"No, it's not important." The lieutenant closed his mouth, quickly completed the registration, and then saluted the two, "Welcome aboard, your cabin is B5."

Wang Pingan: "Wait a minute, the two of us sleep in the same cabin?"

"The records show that you are partners, commander and extravehicular operator, so it is a cabin according to regulations. Don't worry, there are two separate box single beds in the cabin."

At this time, the chatting gendarme said: "Lieutenant, you don't understand this, people think it's uncomfortable for two people to squeeze into a single room!"

Lieutenant: "There is no way for this at the moment. The lieutenant can only be allocated such a room. How about I arrange for the two of you to sleep in the non-commissioned officer's Chase bunk?"

Angeli: "No, that's fine."

After she finished speaking, she saluted the lieutenant and dragged Wang Pingan into the cabin door.

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B5 is a standard two-person cabin. The capsule bed is arranged side by side on the left side of the door, and there are two single tables on the right side. The storage cabinet is integrated above the table.

The aisle between the table and the capsule bed is very narrow, and two people will stick together as tightly as sardines in a can of sardines.

The toilet is located at the bottom of the capsule bed, next to the porthole.It is said that the design is so that there is a porthole in the toilet, and you can look up at the stars while shitting.

Angeli: "No shower?"

"There are public bathhouses. Didn't you go to Space Flight Academy?"

"When we were studying, the internship spacecraft had a separate shower room, because personal privacy must be guaranteed."

Angeli paused, and asked very worriedly: "If I use the public shower, doesn't it mean that I will meet a transgender person or..."

"Don't worry, the public showers are separate. You can come out after wearing your military uniform. This design is just to integrate the complex shower system and make the spaceship look more compact."

Angorie let out a long sigh of relief, and then happily floated to the porthole, lying on the porthole and looking out.

The lower part of the porthole is a huge earth, while the upper part, in addition to seeing a part of the transfer station, can also see an old spaceship.

The beautiful torch cruiser just now is gone, maybe it left with the general.

Angeli suddenly pointed to the old spaceship and asked Wang Pingan: "Do you recognize that ship?"

Wang Pingan took a closer look, and began to know the treasures: "The solid-core fission reactor and the ion thruster are all from the previous generation. The specific impulse of this thing is not bad, but the thrust is very low. We can only take the Hohmann transfer route to go to the sun and the earth." L2 will take more than 40 weeks. It is estimated that it is used to run some insignificant transportation in low-Earth orbit."

Angeli: "We didn't even learn this kind of spaceship, because there is no such thing in the Space Force."

"Yes, it is used by private companies now. But 30 years ago, it was the standard equipment of the Space Force. You have seen the old man. The old man has worked on such a spaceship for 20 years. His left hand is numb due to radiation nerves. I can only move, but not exert strength."

Angori: "Radiation?"

"Yes, the fission reactor used in this kind of spacecraft has strong radiation, especially the pipeline that feeds the fuel to the ion thruster. You must wear radiation protection suits to enter. Now the place with the strongest radiation in our generation of spacecraft is the tritium fuel pipeline. But this radiation intensity is much lower than previous generation reactors."

"But I didn't find any inconvenience in your father's left hand?" Angeli asked suspiciously.

Wang Ping'an was silent for a while, and then he said to the girl word by word: "My father is only 58 years old, at least he has to retire to be called an old man, right? By old man, I mean Officer Wan."

"Oh him, it's true that his left hand is hanging down all the time. It seems that you and the officer have a good relationship, and you still call him old man..."

At this moment, an electric bell sounded from the loudspeaker.

The girl was startled, and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"

Wang Pingan silently grasped the handle in the room: "It's time to set sail."

Seeing this, the girl immediately grabbed the handle, and as a result, the spaceship started directly, and the inertia threw her towards the partition of the capsule bed.

Wang Ping'an quickly grabbed the girl's back collar, lifted her up like a cat's nape, and gently placed her on the partition of the capsule bed.

Angeli: "Thank you. Are the pilots of the Space Force driving so hard?"

Wang Pingan: "This is to leave the berth as soon as possible, so that the space station can deploy berths. This acceleration won't last long. In addition, those of us who have just finished their vacation are relatively solid, so we won't be so violent when transporting people on vacation. .”

"Is it because the bones of people who have been in the universe for a long time are very brittle?" Angeli speculated.

Wang Ping'an: "Yes, if you are carrying people on vacation with the acceleration, as long as someone loses their grip and falls, it will be a comminuted fracture. It will not start so quickly after the bell rings on the return journey, so give everyone more time to grip."

Angeli said "Oh", and then smiled: "It's really knowledge that you wouldn't know if you didn't actually serve in the Space Force. All the regulations haven't been written."

Just as Wang Pingan was about to answer, the intercom in the cabin made a long "ZZZ" sound.

He immediately picked up the phone: "Lieutenant Wang Ping'an, please speak."

"Lieutenant, the restorative training for you and Lieutenant Angeli will start tomorrow, and you will report to the briefing room at 0600 tomorrow ship time. Please repeat."

"Report in the briefing room tomorrow at 0600 ship time. Over."

The phone hangs up.

Angeli said enthusiastically: "It's finally about to start, let me show you how powerful Quan S is."

Wang Pingan sighed: "Well, I became a lieutenant as soon as I graduated. Do you know what this means?"

Angelie: "What does it mean?"

"I was No.1 in that class, not only did I have a solid A in practice—it was your S, and I also got the highest score in all written test subjects. And you..."

Wang Pingan patted Angeli's rank of second lieutenant lightly, as if cleaning the dust off it: "You obviously weren't the highest scorer in that class, were you?"

Angeli punched Wang Ping'an in the stomach, and nearly vomited out his overnight meal.

"At least in weightless space combat, I'm better than you," the girl said.

(End of this chapter)