Chapter 317 July 16th, that Day Is Coming

If Zhang Heng remembers correctly, the AirPods wireless Bluetooth headset should be on sale in 2016.

The copy of Apollo was in 1969. Seven years later, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and Ro Wayne. As for Bluetooth technology, it was even later. Created in 1994 by telecommunications giant Ericsson.

In other words, the AirPods wireless Bluetooth headset in front of you is not a product of this era no matter how you look at it.

So what about that guy called Einstein?

It was obviously not true that the other party met him because the life in Area 51 was too boring. He came to see the astronauts who were going to the moon. What's more, he didn't go to see Jia Lai and Bruno except Zhang Heng. The engineers at Area 51 couldn't be sure, let alone why the other party gave him this bluetooth headset.

And the most important thing is that Einstein only gave one earphone for the left ear.

But even so, Zhang Heng put it together with other game props.

Because the entire mission to the moon will last for eight days, but Zhang Heng’s remaining dungeon time is not so long, which means that when the dungeon is over, he will most likely not return to Earth, so it must be done in advance. Ready to pack.

Fortunately, NASA allows astronauts to bring a small amount of personal items into space, as long as they are listed on the list.

During the isolation period, Zhang Heng also had visitors. Four days after the sandstorm, the captain also returned to the space center, and brought back the results of the initial search and rescue.

After three days and three nights of joint search by Area 51 and NASA, Jialai's body has been found, and it is confirmed that the latter died of suffocation by sand and dust, but the other person is still missing.

This sudden sandstorm moved millions of tons of sand hundreds of kilometers away, and the sand was enough to cover all traces of biological activities. Coupled with the unique high temperature and dryness of the desert, it also made search and rescue work extremely difficult.

But the captain said the search would continue until Bruno's body was found.

In fact, no one believed that Bruno could survive. The people in the press office informed the media of the unfortunate news as soon as possible. President Nixon also expressed his condolences for the candidates lost in the training camp. The Sole Survivor made a brief call.

In addition, because of this accident, Zhang Heng was unable to catch up with the press conference before the moon landing.

But this is not a bad thing for him.

Although this is not the first time he has dealt with the media, with his almost blank family and background, he doesn't like to be bombarded by reporters to get to the bottom of it, and unlike Armstrong and Collins, he is just a person to the world after all. As a passer-by, Zhang Heng only cares about whether he can complete the main task, and he doesn't care whether he is famous or not.

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After a six-day quarantine period, Zhang Heng adjusted his physical and mental state and made final preparations for landing on the moon. He has done everything he can, but even so, this is still a journey full of danger and unknown for him.

The time soon came to July 16th.

Eight years of preparation time (starting from the implementation of the Apollo program), the efforts of 400,000 people, the cost of tens of billions of dollars, and the top scientists and engineers in the United States working day and night to overcome technical difficulties... basically represent what a country can do in peacetime The utmost input offered, and it's all in place for the day to come.

On this day, the whole world focused its attention on the Kennedy Space Center, waiting to witness the great journey of human beings leaving their own planet to explore another world for the first time.

Armstrong, Collins, and Zhang Heng woke up from their beds at four o'clock in the morning, dressed neatly, packed their personal belongings, said their final farewells to their family and friends, and then took a black Lincoln to the space center in Canavera Launch Base 39A at Cape Earl.

Here they ate their last breakfast on earth, and then the staff put on the A7L spacesuits for their missions, and finally put on the round fish tank helmets to ensure that everyone was dressed neatly , while in good condition.

During the process, there were always two or three photographers following them, pressing the shutter on them constantly.

To be honest, this kind of feeling is not very good, especially those clicks of the shutter, it seems that some kind of weird ceremony is being carried out, and the three of them are sacrifices in the ceremony, and at the same time, most of NASA's top management still Representatives from the White House came and shook hands and hugged them one by one. Everyone's expression was very solemn.

It must be admitted that it is indeed a very miraculous thing that the three people on Apollo 11 were able to return to Earth successfully despite such a full flag.

Fortunately, this process did not take too long. With everything ready, the ground control center also issued instructions to go to the spacecraft.

Armstrong took the lead and pushed open the door of the equipment room.

At this time, the staff of the launch base who had finished the work at hand spontaneously stood in the corridor, applauding the three of them, wishing them a smooth journey, and the media reporters had already waited outside the gate, Putting up long guns and short cannons, as soon as the three of them appeared, they were immediately captured by the camera, and the spotlights began to flicker wildly. Everyone was scrambling to record a historic moment with their cameras.

However, the three of them did not stay under the camera for too long like Hollywood movie stars on the red carpet. They just waved to the reporters who had been waiting for a long time, got into the van prepared for them by NASA, and headed towards the mobile launch platform. drive away.

Prior to this, Zhang Heng had been fortunate enough to see the assembled Saturn V launch vehicle, a behemoth with a cost of 185 million US dollars (more than 1 billion US dollars today), designed by Werner von Braun , as the record of the most powerful human rocket has been maintained for 50 years.

The total height of the rocket is 110.6 meters, surpassing the Statue of Liberty standing in New York, and the weight after loading fuel reaches an astonishing 2,883,900kg. The spacecraft assembly building built to assemble it and the Apollo spacecraft was completed in 1966 and remains today. It is the largest single-space building in the world. The four gates leading to each area are 139 meters high, and it takes 45 minutes to open or close just once.

The Saturn V rocket had been pulled to the launch site a few days earlier.

At night, the Saturn V launch vehicle fixed on the mobile launch platform looks like a giant sword made by the gods.

Looking up from below, it is hard not to be shocked by this crystallization representing the highest level of human technology.