Chapter 868 Astronaut Training Center
Capital, compound hospital.
Zhao Ling's mother was walking back and forth in the corridor outside the hospital. This hospital was where she had worked for most of her life. She was very familiar with the doctors inside. She also knew that the doctors would do their best, but she didn't know why. She was always a little uneasy hearing the sounds coming from inside.
There is no backbone.
Wu Shengli is in a meeting and cannot come over for the time being. Qin Tao is also out of town and cannot come back.
It was clearly one month away from the due date, so why did she suddenly give birth prematurely?
At this moment, a beautiful figure rushed in from the wind and snow outside.
“Auntie, is Zhao here? How is she now?”
“Vitalia, why are you here?” Zhao Ling’s mother was very surprised.
"I heard that Zhao is about to give birth, so of course I have to come over. Zhao and I are best friends." Vitalia said: "Auntie, don't worry, Zhao has already given birth to one. He has experience and will not give birth." questionable."
Listening to the voices coming from the delivery room inside, Vitalia continued to dream: "This time I hope it is a girl, as beautiful as Zhao. Girls are little cotton-padded jackets, much better than boys. By the way, what name should I choose?" "
At this moment, the child's cry came from inside, and both of them rushed to the door of the delivery room.
"It's a daughter." Soon, the nurse took the child out, and Vitalia took it over: "Hello, daughter, hello, daughter. Come on, show me your godmother. You are so cute. How about you call me Haizhu?" ?Pearl of the sea.”
Vitalia is still brooding about what happened last time. She must give the child a name again, and the child’s father must accept it.
At this moment, there was a sound of sudden braking in the wind and snow, and a figure hurriedly came in from outside. He didn't have time to pat the snow on his body, and came over with a cold air.
"Qin, are you back? Don't get close yet. Your cold air may irritate the child." Vitalia raised her head and glanced at the person, then shouted.
Qin Tao stopped.
Hearing that Zhao Ling had entered the delivery room, he immediately mobilized a plane from the Mingzhou Group Transportation Company and flew directly to the capital, and then rushed over. The baby had just come out, which meant that Zhao Ling had suffered in it for several hours.
He felt a little sorry for his wife, but that was indeed the case now. He couldn't go directly through the air-conditioning, so he could only take off his coat, shake off the snow, and then lean on the radiator nearby.
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“Girl, Qin, how about calling him Haizhu?”
“It’s not that great. This bead has the same pronunciation, so I might be nicknamed by my classmates since I was a child.” Qin Tao shook his head: “Let’s change it to something else.”
“How is Haili?”
“Beavers are no good either.”
“Where’s Hai Min?”
“Too ordinary.”
Vitalia expressed her anger when Qin Tao denied three names in succession. At this moment, there was a noise in the delivery room, and Zhao Ling was pushed out on the trolley.
At this time, Qin Tao's body had warmed up, and there was no chill outside. He immediately ran over and pushed the cart with him, looking at Zhao Ling who looked pale in the car.
“You have suffered.”
“That’s right, this time we have both children.” Zhao Ling’s face was filled with pride.
“How about letting the child’s surname be Zhao this time?” Qin Tao asked Zhao Ling.
“It doesn’t matter what the child’s last name is.”
"Zhao, it's too difficult to choose a name. Qin rejected three good names one after another. It's up to you to come up with it." Vitalia's voice sounded.
"Weina, are you here too? Put the baby here and let me see it." At this time, Zhao Ling had been pushed to the ward and lay on the hospital bed. Although she had given birth to the baby, she had not seen her yet. Having children.
"oh."
The little baby was placed next to Zhao Ling and immediately became restless. His two little hands fluttered back and forth. When he found a nipple, he immediately grabbed it.
While eating, I used my little hands to protect the other one, for fear that others would **** it.
Zhao Ling had a happy smile on her face and looked at the two of them: "This child was born in a snowy day. How about calling her Qin Xue?"
"This, this Eastern convention of naming, doesn't it have to add a word from the genealogy in the middle?" Vitalia was shocked: "Don't the next generation of Qin have to be called Qin Hai? If it's called Qin Haixue, then that's not right Sounds good.”
"Boys need to abide by this genealogy, but girls don't." Qin Tao said, "It's not bad to call me Qin Xue, it sounds nice, so my nickname is Xue'er."
At present, two-character names can still be used, but in a few years, two-character names will no longer be registered, and four-character names will even be promoted. By then, it will be Qin Zhao Haixue, whichever sounds harsher.
"Well, it's not bad to call her Qin Xue." Vitalia said: "Xiaoxue, eat quickly. When you are full, your godmother will hug you and let your mother rest. She is exhausted."
“You like children so much, why don’t you have one yourself.” Qin Tao said casually.
"If I want to have a baby, I must have a man I like. Those men are my playthings. I won't..." Vitalia closed her mouth when she saw Zhao Ling's mother walking in.
The room fell into silence for a while, except for the sound of Qin Xue sucking milk.
“Brother Tao, I’m fine now. If you have any work to do, go and do it.” Zhao Ling suddenly said.
"No, I'll stay with you these days." Qin Tao said, "Don't worry about work. The world will continue to turn around without me."
Zhao Ling smiled: "When you were in Qiongzhou, you had already made an appointment to meet Mr. Qi and visit the Astronaut Center. They are all ready and waiting for you."
Qin Tao was helpless: "You are still worrying about these things before going to the delivery room? Really, you just can't stay idle."
"Since I am your personal secretary, of course I have to arrange all this for you." Zhao Ling said, "You'd better go, they're still waiting over there."
Max made a lot of requests, which made Qin Tao a little embarrassed. However, after Zhao Ling heard about it, she immediately coordinated here. The docking matter was not followed up, but the Starship Company's request for astronauts was welcomed.
“Don’t worry, Max hasn’t come here yet. I’ll go with him when he comes tomorrow.”
Zhao Ling smiled and said nothing more. She felt very tired, her eyelids were twitching, and she closed her eyes unconsciously.
Qin Xue next to her is still sucking milk. This baby **** milk as soon as she comes out. She seems to be a foodie.
When the baby was full and fell asleep, Zhao Ling's mother stayed to take care of her. Qin Tao and Vitalia walked out of the ward and stood by the window in the corridor to look at the snowy scene outside.
"Qin, the Glorious Years Security Company has been established smoothly. They have already played several games there and have shown how strong they are. Those rabble are no match for them. Seeing the strength of our Glorious Years Security Company, many customers have noticed Come and invite." Vitalia said: "They hope that our glorious days security company can provide them with protection."
"so what?"
“The original scale of one hundred people is definitely not enough.” Vitalia said: “Next step, we hope to expand the number of staff to one thousand.”
Qin Tao frowned.
Of course he knows that one hundred people are not enough, but now, if the number is suddenly expanded to one thousand, will there be any problems? If you develop too fast, your foundation will be unstable, and you will easily be gossiped about by others.
"Qin, there is a saying in the East that there is strength in numbers. No matter how elite our warriors are, sometimes the disadvantage in numbers cannot be compensated. We must expand our strength. If we want to carve out a niche there, we think that in the end It needs to be expanded to 5,000 people.”
“How can I explain to the old man over there if you do it on such a large scale?” Qin Tao felt helpless.
"Well, this is not difficult to solve. We can use the outsourcing company's solution." Vitalia said: "Our glorious years security company has always had a scale of one hundred people. However, because our business is increasing, , we don’t have enough people, so we hired some outsourcing companies, and the employees of these outsourcing companies enjoy all the rights and interests of our Glory Days Security Company, but in terms of staffing, they are not employees of our Glory Days Security Company.”
On the surface, the Glory Years Security Company still has a hundred people, and the extra people are from our outsourcing company. Now no one can find fault. In fact, there is no difference between these people and the staff of the Glory Years Security Company. They are the most elite people. The joining of these people can quickly expand their strength.
“Okay, then I’ll do as you say.” Qin Tao nodded: “By the way, what kind of business do you have?”
“There are many, including protecting mines, transportation teams, kidnappings, assassinations, and even a country wants us to help train their army.”
Qin Tao shook his head repeatedly: "Don't report to me. What you do has nothing to do with me. Those who do these things are all done by outsourcing companies."
“Of course.” Vitalia nodded.
He has single-handedly cultivated a female devil. Qin Tao was filled with emotion as he imagined Vitalia's queen-like aura there.
The next day, Qin Tao had breakfast with his wife. Unable to withstand Zhao Ling's repeated urging, he finally left the hospital. On the way, he met up with Max and others who came from the airport and went straight to the space city.
Eastern's modern manned space program was launched in 1992, but in fact, in the 1960s, when the United States and the Soviet Union began to engage in manned spaceflight, Eastern also decided to enter this field.
On April 1, 1968, under the initiative and promotion of Mr. Qian, Institute 507, the Institute of Aerospace Medicine and Engineering, was established. It was later renamed the Capital Institute of Aerospace Medicine and Engineering, which was the predecessor of the Oriental Astronaut Center.
The manned space program in the 1960s and 1970s began to be demonstrated before the first satellite was launched into the sky. On July 14, 1970, the project was officially approved, so the entire project was called Project 714, and the spacecraft at that time was named Shuguang-1 is planned to be launched in 2073.
In October 1970, the selection of astronauts began. At that time, experts from the 507th Institute visited all domestic flight units and selected 88 pilots from more than 1,800 pilots. They came to the 507th Institute in the capital for further research. Finally, 20 people were left. These people were the first batch of astronauts from the East, and they began their careers as preparatory astronauts.
However, a year later, in November 1971, the project came to an abrupt end, the pilots returned to their original units, and the 507th became silent again.
The reason is also very simple: carrying out manned spaceflight is too expensive, and the country's strength at the time simply could not bear it, so it had to be suspended. Although it was stopped at that time, a large amount of data was accumulated, so that the new 921 project would no longer continue. Start from scratch.
On September 21, 1992, the manned spaceflight project was officially launched. Twenty-two years have passed since 70 years ago. This time, Dongfang’s steps are more steady.
After several moves, Institute 507 finally arrived in Changping. The main building here is a red building, which covers a large area but only has two floors. Therefore, it is called the Red House by outsiders. This is the very mysterious astronaut training place. center.
Mr. Qi builds spaceships and has his own office space, but the spaceships he builds are used by astronauts, so Mr. Qi often comes to the Red House, and this time he greeted Qin Tao and his party at the Red House. people.
The car drove in and stopped at the door of the red house. Mr. Qi and others were already standing outside waiting.
“Mr. Qi, I’m really sorry to have you wait here.” Looking at Mr. Qi with white hair, Qin Tao felt very embarrassed.
"If it were anyone else, I would definitely not wait, but Mr. Qin is an exception. You also have an aerospace department. You can strike before you can, and your progress may even catch up with ours. How can we not pay attention to it?"
Mr. Qi said, looking at the people who came down with Qin Tao: "Is this Mr. Max? You put a lot of pressure on us."
Max breathed the cold northern air with pride on his face: "Yes, our private aerospace industry must put pressure on all aerospace departments. This is our mission. We must reduce the cost of aerospace so that we can better access the space." Space, exploring the universe.”
Westerners never know how to write the word modesty.
"Okay, then we will meet your challenge. We can compete to see who can achieve manned spaceflight first." Qi Lao said with a smile.
“Yes, you have to speed up the progress. If you slow down a little, you will be caught up by us.” Max said: “We are here this time hoping to select astronauts.”
"Mr. Qin, Mr. Max, I am Shen Xing, the captain of Dongfang's first batch of astronauts. You are welcome to come to us to select astronauts and give them more opportunities to launch." A man in military uniform walked past Mr. Qi Come out and say to the two of them.
Speaking of the first batch of astronauts, the ones that most easily come to mind are Yang Liwei, Fei Junlong, Zhai Zhigang, etc. However, very little is known about their captains.
Shen Xing is their leader. He has assumed this mission since the beginning of the manned space project. Over the years, he has been fully responsible for the selection of the first batch of Eastern astronauts and the preparation and establishment of the astronaut team. Starting in 1996 , has been serving as the leader of the astronaut brigade, leading the first batch of Eastern astronauts to continuously train and realize their dream of flying.
This time, Starship Company wanted to use their astronauts, and of course he wanted to do so. After all, he knew that some of the first batch of fourteen astronauts were destined to train for half their lives and never have the chance to go to space.
“Well, we are also grateful to the Space City for training us qualified astronauts and solving our urgent needs.” Qin Tao said: “Now, let’s go in and take a look?”
Their arrival did not affect the normal training of the astronauts. After entering, go up to the room on the second floor and overlook a circular hall below. There is a rotating manned centrifuge with a boom and a pod. The arm is eight meters long, so that when the centrifuge is rotating at the highest speed, it can simulate eight times the gravity.
At this time, the centrifuge in the circular hall was rotating, and several staff members were supervising on the control panel here.
“The equipment here is good, the same as what I saw at NASA.” Max said: “But what’s going on with these lights on the screen?”
After hearing what he said, a staff member introduced: "There will be buttons next to the astronauts training in the pod. The people inside must stay awake at all times, so there are three lights inside. The astronauts who are training need to follow the buttons. Pressing different buttons according to the light conditions proves that he is still awake. At the same time, there is a red alarm button next to these buttons. If the person inside cannot adapt, he can press this button at any time."
“I believe that our astronauts will never press this red button.” Qin Tao said.
Since the establishment of the Astronaut Training Center, dozens of astronauts have received training here, but no one has ever pressed a button.
"Yes, our astronauts are relying on strong will and hard training to overcome various discomforts. They embody the spirit of manned spaceflight that is particularly able to endure hardships, fight, tackle problems, and contribute. I I believe that any one of them can become a qualified astronaut." Shen Xing said: "We also know that astronauts face a harsh environment, and they must have a strong body."
During launch, astronauts have to withstand overweight overloads and various noises. Normally, it is five times their body weight. If an accident occurs, it may exceed ten times their body weight. When they arrive in orbit, they are faced with tests such as weightlessness and cosmic radiation. Returning It faces more tests: the friction between the return capsule and the atmosphere produces high temperatures, the overweight caused by deceleration, and the impact when landing.
"Our spacecraft will not have impact when landing. We use a powered landing plan." After hearing Shen Xing's introduction, Max shook his head: "Our spacecraft will give astronauts a better experience. It is larger. It’s more comfortable. Your spaceship is equivalent to a staff dormitory, while ours has three bedrooms and one living room.”
Mr. Qi felt a little emotional on the sidelines. Yes, the Starship Company’s plan is much more radical than ours. In the future, when we develop a new generation of spacecraft, we may also adopt this design plan.
“Yes, our spacecraft design is very advanced. From the beginning of the design, it met the needs of deep space exploration. With slight improvements, it can become a lunar exploration spacecraft.” Max is very proud.
At this moment, the centrifuge ended its rotation and slowly stopped.
Several medical staff walked in, opened the door, and the people inside waved their hands, and then slowly came out holding on to the handrail next to them. After a few steps, they stood there firmly.
“Who is this?” Qin Tao felt unfamiliar.
“Our astronaut Zhao Dong.” Shen Xing said.
Among the first batch of fourteen astronauts, six astronauts did not travel in the universe until they retired, and one of them was Zhao Dong.
Thinking of this, Qin Tao made up his mind and said: "We want this astronaut, and we hope that he can be trained by our Dragon spacecraft during his training. In addition to him, I also want to select five astronauts. "
"Mr. Qin, you have to discuss this with him. We can't make the decision." Shen Xing said.
If you accept the training of the Dragon spacecraft, it will inevitably affect the training of the Shenzhou spacecraft. The flying mission is very important. These fourteen astronauts are training hard. Now, Qin Tao asks to select some of them to fly the Dragon spacecraft. The astronauts The training center has no objection, but the astronauts must agree on who will fly.
"good."
At this time, Zhao Dong had already walked over. Qin Tao looked at this energetic middle-aged man and said, "Zhao Dong, do you want to have one more chance to fly into the sky?"
"you are?"
"Mingzhou Group Company, Qin Tao, this is the person in charge of the Starship Company, Max." Qin Tao was very polite: "Now, I solemnly invite you to be a reserve astronaut for our Dragon spacecraft. Are you willing to train on the Shenzhou spacecraft?" Is it more work to train our Dragon spacecraft to fly at the same time?”
“Yes.” Zhao Dong nodded.
Qin Tao was a little surprised: "You no longer thought about it and agreed so quickly?"
"One more kind of training is nothing to me. I participated in the selection of astronauts just to fly. One more training means one more hope." Zhao Dong said: "I am also confident that I will not fly on the Shenzhou spacecraft." We are worse than them in training.”
Fourteen astronauts are all qualified, but their opportunities to fly are limited. These astronauts also know this in their hearts. Therefore, Qin Tao extended an invitation and they had no reason to refuse.
"Okay, I can promise that anyone who chooses our Dragon spacecraft for training will definitely have a chance to go to heaven, but... aren't you worried about safety issues?"
The Shenzhou spacecraft is progressing step by step and is very solid. The Dragon spacecraft is different. It is simply launching satellites at the same speed. Is the safety guaranteed at such a fast speed?
Zhao Dong smiled: "What are you afraid of? We have been ready to dedicate ourselves to the aerospace industry from the first day we chose the aerospace industry. By the way, Mr. Max, if we choose the Dragon spacecraft, we will have a chance to go to Mars. ?"
“I can’t guarantee Mars, but there will definitely be no problem with the moon.” Max said: “We are already formulating a moon landing plan as a basis for our Mars plan.”
It was Mr. Qi's turn to be surprised: "Mr. Qin, your starship company is going to the moon?"
"Yes, if you want to land on Mars, you have to practice in advance. Landing on the moon is not difficult. We will definitely be able to complete this task." Qin Tao said, "If you are interested, we can talk about it next. After all, we still need The help of our aerospace department.”
(End of this chapter)