wild star

Chapter 378 The much-anticipated lift-off

Shao Yi's surname is not Zhao, but his surname has long been in his bones.

In many cases, business continuation and family inheritance are contradictory.

Zhao Yanling felt that if he encountered the worst situation and failed to come back, then forget about it.If he could come back, with his current ability, it wouldn't be too much trouble to start all over again.

Let go of these, but have nothing to do.

He turned around and ran to chat with his old friends, leaving Shao Yi, the housekeeper, Yu Xuanji and the others to discuss work.

After spending a pleasant weekend at Blue Star, I went with friends to go yacht fishing and surfing in the Gulf of California, and Zhao Yanling immediately returned to training.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to number 5.

Normally, Nivi didn't feel anything.As this day was getting closer, she began to worry about gains and losses, and her mind was out of order.

Sometimes, Zhao Yanling was beside her mother and daughter, but felt that he had wings growing on his back and was about to fly away.

"Can you not leave?" Niwei asked pitifully.

"I promise." Zhao Yanling swore. "Promise to be back soon, promise!"

The parents, the old Gayfords, Fatty, Ramadan, etc. all came.

Zhao Yanling kept enlivening the atmosphere, which was even more tiring than training, but the scene was still a bit depressing.

Finally, Zhao Yanling couldn't take it anymore, and went out for a walk with her daughter in her arms and fled the scene.

Looking at the yellow-haired girl running around on the ground, Zhao Yanling thought of her being black and ugly when she was born, and how cute she was when she grew up, how she was when she was willful and crying, how she was a pitiful little girl when she had a rash, when she called her daddy for the first time, and when she stumbled and toddled. .During those days, my eyes were focused on her, so I could get through it easily.

He can calmly face the death-threatening trip to Mars, and he can face Dugu directly, but Zhao Lingjun is the only one who cannot give up no matter what.

Xiao Lao Dao's belly was very distended, because Zhao Yanling took it back to the Taotie Cave in Indonesia once, and went to the underground bathing area to mate.

Not only is it a little old man, but Chocolate is also in estrus, and Zhao Yanling deliberately sent it to the South American tropical rainforest to mate.

Nowadays, Xiao Laodao has eggs in his belly, and Chocolate has cubs in his belly, both of which are expecting mothers.

Xiao Lao Dao, who is pregnant with offspring, is much more stable than before, and walks with a somewhat mature momentum.

Prior to this, Zhao Yanling had never known the fact that Xiao Lao Dao was a female.Seeing its tight skin all day long, I thought it was a male.

After walking outside, Zhao Yanling went home until the little girl dozed off.

……

The next day, Ramadan drove and sent Zhao Yanling to the east coast, Kennedy Space Center.

William's helicopter was waiting on the coast, and Zhao Yanling said to Ramadan: "Start counting from today, and do it one month later. Regardless of the main criminal or the accessory criminal, as long as they are involved in harming my old man and Niwei, don't let anyone go."

Ramadan's eyes flickered coldly, nodded, glanced at William who was coming, and said nothing.

Zhao Yanling followed William to the helicopter to Merritt Island.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida, USA.

Zhao Yanling changed into a spacesuit and took a final photo with William and the others.

The BFR5 rocket has a length of nearly 9 meters and a diameter of 31 meters. It has as many as 170 engines and a ground thrust of [-] tons.

Zhao Yanling saw this new rocket from a distance, and felt that it was very similar to the N-1 rocket of the Soviet Union in the last century.Hope the Yankees don't lose the chain this time.

This rocket can be recycled repeatedly, and its low-earth orbit carrying capacity can still reach 150 tons, which can be said to be the best in the world.

In theory, this rocket can even travel intercontinentally. William claimed that if it is launched from New York, it can reach Shanghai, China in 29 minutes, which is a speed unmatched by any aircraft.

Zhao Yanling, Alexander, and Kate Ross stepped on the elevator and entered the spaceship.The entire second stage of the rocket, the Mars Herald spacecraft, has a pressurized volume of approximately 1000 cubic meters.

The spaceship also has three tail fins, a bit like a space shuttle.When the spacecraft is decelerating after re-entering the atmosphere, it will turn up at an angle, providing a certain amount of aerodynamic control capability.In addition, the three empennages act as landing legs, which are used to reduce the weight of the structure.

The current spacecraft is very empty, and it is going to orbit the earth to add fuel and assemble the cargo hold, which has about 88 cubic meters of unpressurized space.

All in all, this rocket and spacecraft can be called a giant.

The development cost of simple rockets and spacecraft is only about 80 billion US dollars, which is not as huge as imagined.Adding fuel and various survival devices, the total amount is evenly spread, which is still affordable.

But NLT is definitely hurting.

The three of Zhao Yanling walked into the cabin, and all the procedures were being filmed and broadcast live globally simultaneously.

Zhao Yanling's family, friends, and even fans who care about him.Countless netizens, aerospace enthusiasts, ordinary people, etc., who are concerned about the Mars mission, some watch in front of the TV, some in front of the computer, and more watch with their mobile phones.

The three of them were neatly dressed, sitting inside the spaceship with a lot of space suits including helmets, and fastened their seat belts.

Before 71 years, it was not necessary to wear a spacesuit when sitting inside a spacecraft, including working on a space station.

But in 71, on the Soyuz 11 of the Soviet Union, after the astronauts worked from the space station for 24 days and completed more than 100 scientific experiments, when the spacecraft was on its way home, the pressure valve was shaken open when the return capsule and the orbital module were struggling. took a sip.The precious air in the cabin rose, and instantly poured out, followed by a desperate vacuum.

Astronauts without spacesuits are exposed to zero air pressure.

Of course, the spacecraft returned to Earth, but none of the astronauts inside survived.Waiting to cheer, the people who greeted them greeted several corpses.

Since this lesson, astronauts must wear spacesuits on the way to the sky and back.

The scene cuts frequently between the astronauts and the ground crew.

The ground staff began to be busy with tests and calculations, in case they failed at critical moments.

"I'm so nervous, Lao Zhao is really going to heaven."

"Don't have a crow's mouth upstairs, always say it's from the sky."

"It's just God, there's nothing wrong with it."

Zhao Lingjun saw Zhao Yanling in the space suit on the TV, pointed to the TV and said, "Dad, Dad is there, I want to go too."

Nivi's heart tightened, and a sense of suffocation came over her face.

She would rather both go out to work hard, raise children, and maybe have two more children.I also don't want to feel like I have no worries about food and clothing, but I am always surrounded by huge pressure.

Don't ask for fame, just ask for peace.This is the mood of the parties.

Xiao Laodao also sat upright on the sofa, watching the interspersed scenes on the TV curiously.

William saw something dangling in front of Zhao Yanling.

He asked in Mic: "Zhao, what is in front of you?"

This is a bunch of things, there is a broken knot seal protection talisman, a teddy bear, a group photo of the family of three, a photo of Zhao Lingjun alone and a group photo of relatives and friends.

Zhao Yanling laughed: "This is an important device to remind me when I lose power. It is the armor that protects me and reminds me never to give up."

Their words can be heard by all Earth audiences.

To be honest, at this time, it is no longer possible to count the number of people who watched the live broadcast through various channels and media.

In short, many, many.

Explorers like Bell are also concerned about rocket liftoffs.

He told reporters in an interview before: "When we were still developing a new map on the earth, this guy was not satisfied. I am also an explorer with a family, and I admire Zhao's courage very much. At this moment, he surpassed All of us, at the forefront."

When everything is ready, the countdown begins.

随着10/9/8/7……直到1，火箭点火升空。

Countless people's hearts were pulled up.

Airplanes are relatively safe in flight, and the probability of accidents is very low.But it is during takeoff and landing that the danger is most likely to occur.

The same is true for space travelers.

Accidents of rocket explosions occur from time to time even in modern times.

The BFR5 rocket lifted off slowly, and the tail of the arrow was shrouded in white gas.

As the rocket accelerated, the air wave was left behind, and a violent flame tail appeared.

The speed of the rocket increases until it becomes a small point.

This giant rocket made everyone break into a cold sweat, including William and others who were full of confidence before.

The ground staff are still in constant communication.

"Yaw angle is normal."

"The pitch angle is normal."

"The amount of roll is normal."

Through the video, the three astronauts can be seen with their mouths slightly open and their bodies trembling slightly.

Zhao Yanling was not nervous. The psychiatrist Bonnie said that he was actually looking forward to this journey from the bottom of his heart.The adventure factor flowing in his blood made him excited far more than fear.

Let Bonnie talk.

Zhao Yanling was reluctant to part with his wife, daughter and family, but he was indeed excited.Personally, he would rather die vigorously during the expedition than dying in a hospital bed.

The staff continued: "The escape tower is jettisoned and activated, the side booster engine is shut down, the first-stage rocket recovery process is activated, and the separation is successful!"

I don't know how many people are cheering, which means that Lao Zhao and the others have escaped the initial danger, and the rocket has successfully lifted off!
"Resetting course."

Maybe in the future, driving a spaceship will be as easy as driving a car every day.But as far as it is now, three people enter the space, and there must be a large number of staff working together.

It is the efforts of these people in exchange for the safety of the astronauts.

Niwei breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Laowu and Zhang Qin wiped the sweat from their foreheads, the fat man bared his teeth, and his bladder swelled up and down.

so exciting...

"Zhao, how do you feel? Do you feel unwell?"

Zhao Yanling took the lead and said, "I'm fine!"

Kate Rose and Alexander both said they were fine.Unlike Zhao Yanling, they are experienced astronauts who have been to the International Space Station many times. They can be said to know the way.

Command Center: "Now, Zhao, take off your spacesuit first, and reduce the lateral speed at a speed of 2 meters per second."

The string of fragments in front of Zhao Yanling changed from being vertical to floating.

Zhao Yanling knew that they had lost gravity!
He began to take off his spacesuit, operate the instruments on the spacecraft, and reduce the speed...

(End of this chapter)