Earth Era

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There are not many people who know the rocket launch mission, and even fewer who know the truth. There are only two people, one is the head of state and the other is Li Wei.

Only the two of them knew that the person who rode in the rocket that had just pierced the sky and departed from the earth to space carried the hope of the entire human civilization.

The billions of people, the land of more than 500 million square kilometers, the countless species that live on the earth, and the future of the entire human civilization... all depend on Zhao Huasheng alone. Agreeing to cooperate with Zhao Huasheng's request and establish a base for Zhao Huasheng on the moon is the most important move made by the head of state on behalf of human civilization. If this move is successful, human civilization can continue. If this move fails, the solar civilization will become the only civilization in the solar system.

Zhao Huasheng closed his eyes silently, his heart as calm as the secluded pond in a summer night. Now that the plan has been carried out, there is nothing worth thinking about. As long as you take the last step and put down the last flag, the war between human civilization and solar civilization will end. Of course, it's hard to say at this moment who is the final winner.

There is a lot of noise from the rockets that are soaring into the air. The sound of gaseous fuel injection, the sound of the engine roaring, the sound of the arrow body and the air rubbing... All kinds of sounds intertwined and transmitted to Zhao Huasheng's ears, but it became a kind of strange, and at the same time people couldn't tell the difference. The hum of detail is like the sound of a car driving down the highway with the windows closed. Surrounded by this humming sound, Zhao Huasheng counted the time silently in his heart.

After only a few minutes, Zhao Huasheng suddenly felt his body loosen. At this moment, the boulder that had been pressing on him disappeared. I can no longer feel any gravity. So Zhao Huasheng knew. The acceleration phase has ended, and at this moment, he has probably entered the orbit of the earth. Because he has reached the first cosmic speed, the earth's gravity can no longer restrain himself, and he is weightless.

But because of the seat belt. Zhao Huasheng was still tied to the seat. The three astronauts who were with Zhao Huasheng untied their seat belts, floated in the air and began to operate a series of instruments, while reporting a series of data to the ground staff. From their conversation, Zhao Huasheng knew that the one who greeted him would be the docking with Skylab. A spaceship would do the job of getting itself and those supplies to the moon.

Space docking is a technically difficult task. Requires extremely precise tasks. To complete the space docking mission, not only the personal qualities of the astronauts, but also the help of various advanced instruments are essential. It's really complicated, but from the outside, it's surprisingly simple.

on this track. Both Skylab and the launch capsule that Zhao Huasheng rides are revolving around the earth at a speed of more than seven kilometers per second. This speed is really fast, but this is space, and the environment here is different from the ground environment. There is no reference here, so the two things appear to be standing still in space. So, after orbiting the earth four times and experiencing four sunrises and sunsets, Zhao Huasheng saw that the launch module began to approach the huge Skylab one centimeter by one centimeter. In the end, it was docked with Skylab. After the pipes are connected, the hasp is extended to fix the two together, and the docking is over.

With the help of three other astronauts. Zhao Huasheng left the launch capsule and entered the Skylab. Skylab is much wider, and there is no depression at all here. The three astronauts accompanying him stepped forward to hand over the tasks to the left-behind astronauts in the Skylab, while Zhao Huasheng floated to the side without speaking, without any expressions or movements.

"The spacecraft is undergoing the final comprehensive inspection. It is expected to be completed by 3 pm tomorrow. So we need to stay in the Skylab for a day." An astronaut said to Zhao Huasheng. Zhao Huasheng nodded, indicating that he knew.

The astronaut continued: "Your lounge is over there. If you're tired. You can take a rest. But please don't forget to wear your seat belt."

Zhao Huasheng nodded again. Controlled the gas jet device and floated into his lounge, then took off his space suit and put on the same soft and warm in-cabin space suit that was not much different from ordinary clothes, and then leaned in front of the window.

This is a radiation-proof tempered glass manufactured by a special process. Through it, you can see the vast and endless starry sky in the distance. You can also see the moon that is much brighter than when it is above the earth, and you can even see the moon clearly. shadows above.

Those shadows on the moon can conjure up many things if one uses the imagination. When human civilization was still in the age of ignorance, people already had many imaginations about it. For example, imagine a certain shaded area as a rabbit pounding medicine, and imagine a certain shade as a big tree above the moon... Then again, there is the story of Chang'e and Houyi, and there is the story of Chang'e and Houyi, who keeps cutting down trees, but Wu Gang, who has never been able to chop down trees...

However, in fact, those are only caused by uneven terrain on the moon's surface and uneven sunlight exposure. It was lonely and cold, desolate and gloomy, and there was nothing poetic about it.

The yearning for the endless starry sky has always been deeply hidden in the depths of the minds of every human being, whether it is ancient or modern. Zhao Huasheng is the same. When he was young, when he looked up at the sky, Zhao Huasheng also had endless reverie in his mind. Now, the distance between Zhao Huasheng and his dreamland when he was a child is less than three days.

Skylab was still revolving around the earth at high speed, so after a few hours, Zhao Huasheng ushered in the first sunrise that he could see in space. Zhao Huasheng also experienced four sunrises and sunsets when he rode the launch capsule around the earth before, but the launch capsule is opaque, and there is no transparent glass there to allow outside light to enter Zhao Huasheng's eyes.

The sunrise in space is not the same as the sunrise on Earth. Here, the rising sun is not as soft as it is above Earth. It has only just exposed a little bit, and it is already so dazzling that it is almost impossible to look directly at it. Because it is not covered by the atmosphere, there is no scattering effect. Although the sun has already been covered by the reverse fusion layer, and although the surface temperature has long since dropped from 6,000 to 4,500 kelvin, the sun is still extremely powerful.

Skylab itself is moving at high speed, so the process of sunrise is much faster than that on Earth. In just a few seconds, the sun jumped out completely from below the horizon, and then quickly came to the sky. So the solar panels installed on the skylab shell are like sunflowers, and they start the journey of chasing the sun again. They change their facing direction along the changing angle of the sun, turning the light and heat of the sun into The energy available to human beings supports the operation of Skylab...

It's daytime in the usual sense. But even in the daytime, the stars in the sky are clearly visible. No matter how powerful the sun is, without the help of the atmosphere, its luminosity cannot cover up the brilliance of the stars. So Zhao Huasheng saw the magical picture of the coexistence of the stars and the sun. But Zhao Huasheng also knew that such beauty can only be seen with the eyes, and there is no way to record it with a camera or the like. The reason is very simple. Compared with the sun, the brilliance of stars is too weak, and the working principle of video or photographic equipment is very different from that of the human eye. They must go through a long exposure to capture such a faint light. This is also the reason why there are only bright celestial bodies in many starry sky photos and many stars cannot be photographed, or the stars photographed have long tails behind them - the reason why long tails appear is actually because of long exposure. In the process, the trajectory left by the movement of the stars.

Presented in front of Zhao Huasheng is such a beauty that can only be watched but cannot be preserved. Just like the happy times that were once on earth, we can only cherish and reminisce, UU reading www. uukanshu.com could not be touched again.

The sun finally went down again, and the night fell again. Skylab also made some attitude adjustments during this time, so the window that Zhao Huasheng was facing turned to the starry sky instead of the earth. So Zhao Huasheng saw the scenery above the earth for the first time in the posture of standing in space.

The prosperous earth of the past is like a dream. In that dream, standing in space and looking at the earth, even if it is night above the earth, the countless lights in countless cities will decorate the big spot under the night like a curtain full of gems. But right now the earth is dark. Except for the equator, everything is pitch black, and nothing can be seen at all, as if this place is still in a period of ignorance.

Only the equator is different. The brilliant light is concentrated at the equator of the earth, like a bright belt around the earth.

Looking at this light, Zhao Huasheng felt like he was walking a long distance in a snowy night, and then suddenly saw a traveler with lights in the distance. But Zhao Huasheng knew that he would never go back, never to go back.

The parting from the earth this time will probably be a goodbye forever. (To be continued)