Chapter 923 Manned Spaceflight (5)

The return of "Zhengchen 1" was safe and sound. Although the outer glass of one of the portholes cracked when entering the atmosphere, it did not break and finally landed smoothly in the designated area.

Prince Oscar, who had difficulty climbing out of the cabin, was immediately sent to a rescue helicopter and returned to the launch base.

Yannick, Princess Oscar and others came to the outside of the medical room and watched Prince Oscar undergo various examinations through the glass window.

Princess Oscar called one of the doctors out and asked. "Is he okay?"

The doctor nodded respectfully. "His Royal Highness's vital signs are stable and no problems have been found. But we still have to do further examinations."

Yannick comforted. "Don't worry, he was only up there for less than 2 hours, what danger can there be."

In fact, space is indeed not a habitable environment for humans. In addition to vibration, impact, noise, weightlessness, overweight, high vacuum, circadian rhythm changes, drastic temperature changes, etc., the biggest threat is space radiation. In the space environment around the earth, there are three main sources of high-energy particle radiation: the earth's radiation belt, galactic cosmic rays, and solar radiation. The earth's magnetic field is like a huge umbrella, protecting the creatures on earth from the harm of solar wind and cosmic radiation, allowing life on earth to survive. Once humans step out of the range of this umbrella, they will face all kinds of terrible and dangerous radiation.

Fortunately, the protection performance of today's German spacecraft and space suits far exceeds the protective equipment of the original time and space when the Soviet Union and the United States just entered space, and Prince Oscar did not conduct a more dangerous space walk. He just circled the earth and returned. The radiation impact on his body can be almost ignored. At most, it can be regarded as a few more CT scans.

However, the doctors did not have much relevant experience (the first few times they went into space were animals, and Prince Oscar was the first human). In addition to Prince Oscar's noble status, they did not dare to be careless or slack. They carefully checked him inside and out, up and down, until Yannick and others came back after lunch. All the examinations were almost completed.

Arriving at the bedside, Yannick asked Prince Oscar, who was ruddy and eating bread and soup. "How is the view up there?"

"It's magnificent, full of stars, magnificent... In short, it's a beauty that cannot be described by any words in the world! In my life, even in my dreams, I have never encountered such a soul-shaking beauty. I feel that my soul has been sublimated." Looking at Prince Oscar's exaggerated and extremely serious expression, Yannick just smiled, and couldn't help but feel lucky that he didn't like traveling, let alone so-called adventures, otherwise he might not be able to resist going to space for a turn.

Prince Oscar put down the bread in his hand and asked. "Son, when can we send people to the moon?"

"..." Yannick compared the original time and space American moon landing schedule with the current technological development progress in his mind, plus enough funds invested. "About four or five years."

"That's great!" Seeing Prince Oscar's excited face, Yannick guessed what he was thinking, and he must want to be the first to land on the moon again. But he has already committed suicide once, so it doesn't matter if he commits suicide a few more times, right? Moreover, the war would have been over in four or five years, and it was time to make the achievements of space exploration public. The fact that the prince of the empire was willing to take risks for the human space industry was also a good publicity point. "I plan to send two people to the moon at the same time, so that you and mom can go to the moon together."

Speaking of the first moon landing, the most impressive thing was Neil Alden Armstrong's words: "This is a small step for me, but a giant leap for mankind." Buzz Aldrin also landed on the moon at the same time as Armstrong. However, Apollo 11 carried three astronauts at the time. While Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface, the third astronaut Michael Collins flew around the moon in the command module, which was only one step away from the lunar surface.

"Great!" Just as Prince Oscar and his wife were clapping their hands to celebrate, a group of German bombers took off from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and flew over the United States again.

However, their target was not Los Angeles as the US military leaders had guessed, but Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After all, to bomb Los Angeles, the bombers taking off from Saint-Pierre had to fly across the entire United States, from the east to the west; in order to ensure the range, the bomb load had to be reduced.

Besides, Pittsburgh was also a target worth bombing.

Pennsylvania was one of the 13 states in the early days of the United States, and Pittsburgh was an important industrial city in the early United States, especially the main base of the steel industry, known as the American Steel City.

The original Pittsburgh was just a village, and a fur trading post was established by European colonists in the late 17th century. In the mid-18th century, French colonists established a stronghold here, Fort Duquesne. It was captured by British colonists in 1758 and named after British Prime Minister William Pitt.

After the American Revolution, the town began to grow and develop rapidly, and then became one of the earliest industrial bases. In 1784, Pittsburgh became a "town"; in 1785, it became a territory of Pennsylvania. In 1789, the city began to produce artificial glass, and the population also grew. By 1815, Pittsburgh had become an important industrial center in the United States. In 1816, Pittsburgh was officially upgraded to a "city".

The Pennsylvania Canal was built in 1837, and the railway was opened in 1851, making the area an important water and land transportation hub. In the early 20th century, Pittsburgh's industry and commerce developed rapidly, becoming the center of the American Industrial Revolution and giving birth to a large number of pioneers of the Industrial Revolution. Steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie established Carnegie Steel Company (later became U.S. Steel Corporation), which once monopolized more than half of the steel production in the United States and became a trust in the steel industry; Andrew Mellon established the Mellon Consortium and became the richest man in the United States at the time, and later became the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; George Westinghouse, an American engineer and manufacturer. He obtained more than 400 patents for his many inventions, including air brakes (1869), railway brake signal facilities (1882) and practical methods of transmitting electricity. He founded Westinghouse Electric Company in 1886; Heinz founded the world's food industry giant Heinz Company.

As usual, the German bomber formation flew over Pittsburgh and began to drop bombs.