v2 Chapter 37： Dangerous mechanical fleas (Happy Lantern Festival ~) (1/2)

There is probably no more complicated job in this world than astronauts.

At the beginning of the Mercury program, NASA recruited more than 100 elite pilots as candidates for astronauts in the military, but only seven people were eventually selected for the first-generation manned space program.

Especially in the early stage of human aerospace history, no one knew what would happen if we left the earth. In theory, any situation may occur. In the vast universe, there are only astronauts and aircraft, and the ground control center is thousands of miles away. No one can Rely on, so this also requires astronauts to be able to cope with various emergencies as much as possible.

This is what training means.

Although the time of the day is filled up very tightly, and even crazy, even breathing has become a luxury, but it must be admitted that there are indeed some interesting parts, such as on the vomiting comet Weightlessness training, so that the body can float and rotate freely in the air, the first taste of aerospace food, although the taste of the first generation of aerospace food is not very good, maneuvering and tool training in the swimming pool ...

The latter is also Zhang Heng's favorite part. He wore a space suit and dived into the water to carry out activities. He looked up from below and could see the sparkling water surface, bubbles spit by divers around him, and he could hear the helmet by his ear. The sound of air flowing and the sound of water outside the helmet.

The world at this moment seemed extremely quiet. Although Zhang Heng knew that he was not in space, it did give people an extraordinary feeling.

Of course, more often the training is boring and tiring. The duck-filled theoretical courses and high-load physical training, even if Jialai has lost a lot of weight, but it makes him feel sad that he has eaten so much. The fat will still return to him after leaving the copy bitterly.

And this is not the worst part, besides, there is also a sadistic training.

The Johnville Human Centrifuge, which can accelerate from standstill to a speed of 200 kilometers per hour in 7 seconds, is definitely a nightmare for everyone. It is said to test the astronaut's ability to maintain consciousness under extreme gravity. In comparison, the experience on the multi-axis training device does not seem to be so bad.

Of course, the most terrifying thing is the moon landing training machine, which is probably the most ugly and dangerous invention of NASA.

Uh ... it looks a bit like a mechanical flea in appearance.

NASA used this stuff to simulate the situation when the lunar module landed on the moon, but in fact, even in the future, NASA admitted that the lunar training machine did not fully simulate the lunar module, nor did it simulate the cab. Many times it just puts the driver in danger.

In the virtual simulator, after the crash, you can easily discuss the reason for the crash of the lunar module with the trainer around you, but on the lunar training aircraft, you either landed successfully or caused an accident yourself, if you are lucky You can be popped out of the seat at the moment of the crash, otherwise it will explode with the Lunar Trainer.

It is said that at the beginning, NASA used four moon landing training machines for experiments, and three of them crashed, and the crash rate was as high as 75%.

”I hope someone can tie the engineer who made this machine to an interview and sit on their own masterpiece.” Fatty Jialai muttered.

However, no matter how many players complained, the captain on the other side had already started to name himself step by step. ”The first person, Anthony.”

The strong man named Anthony raised his eyebrows. He was obviously not very happy to sit in this crazy machine, but after a month of training, he has tried all kinds of quirky training and machines, accepted Capabilities have improved dramatically, not to mention that the captain is still in control of their scoring rights.

The strong man named Anthony hopes to make a decisive impression in front of the captain. After all, the assessment of the astronaut is not only physical, but also spiritual attributes are important.

Therefore, although he had a certain degree of suspicion about the thing in front of him, he meticulously executed the order and sat in.

A strong man named Anthony fastened his seat belt, and a staff member checked him, reminding him, ”Today's wind is a bit strong, drive carefully.”