Chapter 868 Astronaut Training Center

  Capital, Dayuan 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 when she heard the voice from inside.

  No backbone.

  Wu Shengli is in a meeting and can't come here for the time being. Qin Tao is also out of town and can't come back.

   There is still one month before the expected date of delivery, 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 doing now?"

   "Vitalia, why are you here?" Zhao Ling's mother was very surprised.

"I heard that Zhao is going to give birth, of course I have to come here, Zhao and I are best friends." Vitalia said: "Auntie, don't worry, Zhao has already given birth, and he has experience, so he won't give birth. questionable."

Listening to the voice from the delivery room, Vitalia continued to look forward to: "This time I hope to be a girl, as beautiful as Zhao, and a girl is a little padded jacket, much better than a boy. By the way, what name should I choose? "

   At this moment, the cry of a wow baby came from inside, and both of them hurried to the door of the delivery room.

"It's a daughter." Soon, the nurse took the child out, and Vitalia took it over: "Hi, daughter, hello, come, let the godmother see, you are so cute, why don't you call me Haizhu ?Pearls of the sea."

  Vitalia is still obsessed with what happened last time, and must give the child a name again, and let the child's father accept it.

   At this moment, there was a sound of sudden braking in the wind and snow, and a figure hurried in from the outside. Before he had time to pat the snow on his body, he came over with an air-conditioned body.

   "Qin, you're back? Don't get close, you're so cool, be careful to irritate the child." Vitalia looked up at the person coming, and then shouted.

  Qin Tao stopped in his tracks.

  Hearing that Zhao Ling had entered the delivery room, he immediately mobilized a plane of the Mingzhou Group Transportation Company, flew directly to the capital, and then rushed back quickly. The child just came out, which means that Zhao Ling suffered for several hours inside.

  He felt a little bit sorry for his wife, but it was indeed the case now, and the air-conditioning in his body couldn't pass through directly, so he could only take off his coat, shake off the snow, and then leaned on the radiator beside him.

   "Is it male or female?"

   "Girl, Qin, how about calling him Haizhu?"

   "It's not good, this bead has a homonym, so it may be nicknamed by classmates since I was a child." Qin Tao shook his head: "Let's change to another one."

   "How is Haili?"

   "Beavers are not good either."

   "Where's Haimin?"

   "Too ordinary."

   Qin Tao denied three names one after another, and Vitalia was very angry. At this moment, there was a sound in the delivery room, and Zhao Ling was pushed out of the trolley.

   At this time, Qin Tao's body had warmed up, and there was no chill outside, so he ran over immediately, followed by pushing the cart, and looked at Zhao Ling who was on the cart with a pale face.

   "You suffered."

   "It should be, this time we have both sons and daughters." Zhao Ling's face was full of pride.

   "Why don't you let 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. You should come up with it." Vitalia's voice sounded.

"Weina, you're here too? Put the baby here and let me have a look." At this time, Zhao Ling had been pushed into the ward and lay on the bed. Although she gave birth to the baby, she hadn't seen her yet. Have children.

"oh."

  The little baby was placed next to Zhao Ling, and immediately became restless, her two little hands fluttered back and forth, and when she found a nipple, she immediately grabbed it.

   While eating, he protected the other with his small hand, for fear that others would **** it.

  With a happy smile on Zhao Ling's face, she looked at the two of them: "This child was born on a snowy day, how about calling her Qin Xue?"

"Well, isn't this the oriental naming convention that you have to add a word from the genealogy in the middle?" Vitalia was startled: "Qin's next generation, don't they have to be called Qin Hai? If it's called Qin Haixue, it's not Nice to hear."

   "Boys need to abide by this genealogy, but girls don't need it." Qin Tao said: "It's not bad to be called Qin Xue, it sounds good, and the nickname is Xue'er."

  Those who can still use two characters now, if a few years later, the two characters will not be registered, and even four characters are advocated, then it will have to be Qin Zhao Haixue, no matter how ugly it is.

   "Well, it's not bad to be called Qin Xue." Vitalia said: "Xiaoxue, eat quickly. When you are full, give your mother a hug and let your mother rest. She is exhausted."

   "You like children so much, you should give birth to 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, so I won't..." Seeing Zhao Ling's mother walk in, Vitalia closed her mouth.

  The room fell into silence for a while, except for the sound of Qin Xue being breastfed.

   "Brother Tao, I'm fine. If you have any work, go and do it." Zhao Ling said suddenly.

   "No, I'll be with you these few days." Qin Tao said, "Don't worry about things at work. The world will go on without me."

  Zhao Ling smiled: "When you were in Qiongzhou, you already made an appointment to see Mr. Qi and visit the astronaut center. They are all ready to wait for you."

  Qin Tao was helpless: "You are still worrying about these things before you go to the delivery room? Really, you just can't sit still."

   "Since I am your personal secretary, of course I will arrange everything for you." Zhao Ling said: "You should go, you are still waiting there."

  Max made a lot of requests, which made Qin Tao feel a little bit embarrassed. However, after Zhao Ling heard about it, she immediately coordinated here. There was no follow-up on the docking matter, but the starship company's request for astronauts is welcome here.

   "Don't worry, Max hasn't come here yet, I'll go with him when he comes tomorrow."

  Zhao Ling smiled and didn't say anything else. She felt very tired, her eyelids were clenched, and she closed them unconsciously.

  The Qin Xue next to her is still breastfeeding, and this baby feeds as soon as she comes out, so she seems to be a foodie.

  When the baby was fed 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 watch the snow scene outside.

"Qin, the Glory Years Security Company was formed very smoothly. They have already played a few games there, showing their strength. Those mobs are no match for them. Seeing the strength of our Glory Years Security Company, many customers have expressed their concern. Come to invite." Vitalia said: "They hope that our glory days security company can provide them with protection."

"so what?"

   "The original scale of 100 people is definitely not enough." Vitalia said: "Next, we hope to expand the staff to 1,000 people."

  Qin Tao frowned.

  Of course he knows that one hundred people is not enough, but now, if it suddenly expands to one thousand people, will there be any problems? If the development is too fast, the foundation will be unstable, and it will be easy to be gossiped by others.

"Qin, there is a saying in the East that is called strength in numbers. No matter how elite our fighters are, sometimes we cannot make up for the disadvantages in numbers. We must expand our strength and want to fight there. Need to expand to 5,000 people."

   "You have such a large scale, how can I explain to the old man over there." Qin Tao was a little helpless.

"Well, it's not difficult to solve, we can use the outsourcing company's solution." Vitalia said: "Our glory days security company has always been a hundred people, but, because our business is getting more and more , 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 Years Security Company, but in terms of staffing, they are not members of our Glory Years Security Company.”

   Okay, Vitalia has been in the East for a long time, and she has learned all the routines of the East. This method is quite good!

On the surface, the Glory Years Security Company still has one hundred people, and the extra people are from our outsourcing company. Now, no one will pick out the faults. In fact, these people are no different from the Glory Years Security Company personnel. It is the most elite people, and the joining of these people can quickly expand their strength.

   "Yes, then do as you said." Qin Tao nodded: "By the way, what business do you have?"

   "There are many, there are mine protection, transportation teams, kidnapping, assassination, and even a country that wants to ask us to help train their army."

  Qin Tao shook his head again and again: "Stop reporting 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.

  I have cultivated a female devil head by myself. Qin Tao is imagining Vitalia's queen-like aura there, and he is very emotional.

   On the second day, Qin Tao accompanied his wife to have breakfast. Unable to withstand Zhao Ling's repeated urging, he finally left the hospital, met Max and others who came from the airport on the way, and went straight to the Aerospace City.

  East’s modern manned spaceflight 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, the East also decided to enter this field.

  On April 1, 1968, under the advocacy and promotion of Mr. Qian, the 507 Institute, the Institute of Space Medicine and Engineering, was established, and later renamed the Capital Institute of Aerospace Medicine and Engineering. This was the predecessor of the Eastern Astronaut Center.

The manned spaceflight program in the 1960s and 1970s began to demonstrate before the first satellite was launched. 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 Dawn No. 1 is planned to be launched in 1973.

In October of 1970, the selection of astronauts began. At that time, experts from the 507 Institute went to all the flying troops in the country, and selected 88 pilots from more than 1,800 pilots. After selection, there were 20 people left in the end. These people are the seedlings of the first batch of astronauts in the East, and they started their careers as reserve astronauts.

  However, a year later, in November 1971, the project came to an abrupt end, the pilots returned to the original unit, and the 507th became silent again.

The reason is also very simple: manned spaceflight is too expensive, and the national strength at that time could not bear it at all, so we had to suspend it. Start with zero.

   On September 21, 1992, the manned spaceflight project was officially launched. Twenty-two years have passed since 70 years. This time, Dongfang’s footsteps are more steady.

After several relocations, the 507 finally arrived in Changping. The main building here is a red building with a large area, but only two floors, so it is called the red house by outsiders. This is the very mysterious astronaut training center.

Mr. Qi builds spaceships and has his own office, but the spaceships he built are for astronauts, so Mr. Qi often comes to the Red House. This time, he greets Qin Tao and his party at the Red House. people.

  The car drove in and stopped at the door of the red house. Elder Qi and the others were already standing outside waiting.

   "Old Qi, I'm really sorry to have you wait here." Looking at the white-haired old Qi, Qin Tao was very embarrassed.

   "If it was someone else, I would definitely not wait, but Mr. Qin is an exception. You also have an aerospace department. You are late-moving, and your progress is even catching up with us. How can we not pay attention?"

  Old Qi said, looking at the person who came down with Qin Tao: "This is Mr. Max, right? 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 enter Space, explore the universe."

  Westerners never know how to write the word modest.

   "Okay, then we will meet your challenge. We can compete to see who can achieve manned spaceflight first." Qi Lao said with a smile.

   "That's right, you have to speed up the progress, if you slow down a little, you will be caught up by us." Max said: "We came here this time, hoping to select astronauts."

"President Qin, Mr. Max, I am Shen Xing, the captain of the first batch of astronauts in the East. You are welcome to come to us to select astronauts and give them more opportunities to go into space." A man in military uniform walked away from Elder Qi Come out and talk to the two of them.

  When it comes to the first batch of astronauts, Yang Liwei, Fei Junlong, Zhai Zhigang, etc. are most likely to come to mind. However, little is known about their captains.

Shen Xing is their leader. He has undertaken this mission since the beginning of the manned spaceflight project. During these years, he has been in charge of the selection of the first batch of astronauts in the East, and the preparation and formation of the astronaut brigade since 1996. , has been serving as the leader of the astronaut brigade, leading the first batch of astronauts in the East to continuously train and realize the dream of flying.

   This time, the starship company wanted to choose their astronauts, and of course he couldn't wish more. 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 the sky.

   "Well, we are also grateful to the Aerospace City for training qualified astronauts for us and solving our urgent needs." Qin Tao said, "Now, shall we go in and have a look?"

Their arrival did not affect the normal training of the astronauts. After entering, they went up to the room on the second floor, overlooking a circular hall below. There was a rotatable manned centrifuge with a boom and a pod. This pod The arm is fully eight meters long, so that when the centrifuge is spinning at the highest speed, it can simulate eight times the gravity.

  At this time, the centrifuge in the circular hall was spinning, and several staff were supervising it on the console here.

   "The equipment here is good, the same as what I saw in NASA." Max said: "However, what are these lights on the screen?"

Hearing his words, a staff member introduced: "There will be buttons next to the astronauts training in the pod, and the people inside must keep awake at all times, so there are three lights inside. Press different buttons to prove that he is still awake, at the same time, there is a red alarm button next to these buttons, if the people inside cannot adapt, they can press this button at any time."

   "I believe that our astronauts will never press the red button." Qin Tao said.

  Since the establishment of the astronaut training center, dozens of astronauts have been trained here, but no one has ever pressed a button.

"Yes, our astronauts are all relying on strong will and hard training to overcome various discomforts. They embody the manned spaceflight spirit that is especially able to endure hardships, fight, tackle key problems, and dedicate themselves. 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 the launch, the astronauts have to bear the heavy overload and various noises. Normally, it is five times their weight. If there is an accident, it may exceed ten times their weight. When they are in orbit, they will be tested by weightlessness and cosmic radiation. There are more tests to face during the flight: high temperature due to friction between the return capsule and the atmosphere, overweight caused by deceleration, and impact force during landing.

"Our spaceship won't have impact when it lands, we use a powered landing plan." Hearing Shen Xing's introduction, Max shook his head: "Our spaceship will give astronauts a better experience, it is bigger, More comfortable, your spaceship is equivalent to a staff dormitory, while ours has three bedrooms and one living room."

  Old Qi was a little emotional on the side, yes, Starship’s plan is much more radical than ours. In the future, when we develop a new generation of spaceships, we may also adopt this design plan.

   "That's right, our spacecraft design is very advanced. At the beginning of the design, it met the needs of deep space exploration. With a little improvement, it can become a lunar exploration spacecraft." Max was very proud.

   At this moment, the centrifuge stopped spinning and slowly stopped.

  Several medical staff walked in, opened the door, the people inside waved their hands, and then slowly came out while holding on to the handrail next to them. After a few steps, they stood there securely.

   "Who is this?" Qin Tao felt unfamiliar.

   "Our astronaut Zhao Dong." Shen Xing said.

  Among the first batch of fourteen astronauts, six astronauts never traveled in the universe until they retired, and Zhao Dong was among them.

Thinking of this, Qin Tao made up his mind. He said: "We want this astronaut, and I hope he can accept the training of our Dragon spacecraft during his training. Besides him, I also want to choose five astronauts. "

   "Boss Qin, then you have to discuss it with him, we can't make the decision." Shen Xing said.

If you accept the training of the Dragon spacecraft, it will definitely affect the training of the Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission of flying into the sky is very important. These 14 astronauts are training hard. Now, Qin Tao wants some of them to be selected to fly the Dragon spacecraft. Astronauts The training center has no opinion, but the specific who will fly must be agreed by the astronauts themselves.

"good."

  At this time Zhao Dong had already walked over, Qin Tao looked at the energetic middle-aged man and said, "Zhao Dong, do you want to have an extra chance to fly into the sky?"

"you are?"

"Mingzhou Group Corporation, Qin Tao, this is the person in charge of the Starship Company, Max." Qin Tao is very polite: "Now, I solemnly invite you to be the reserve astronaut of our Dragon spacecraft. Do you want to work a little more while training the flight of our Dragon spacecraft?"

   "Yes." Zhao Dong nodded.

  Qin Tao was a little surprised: "You stopped thinking about it and agreed so soon?"

"An extra training is nothing to me. When I participated in the selection of astronauts, I just wanted to fly into the sky. With more training, I have more hope." Zhao Dong said: "I am also confident that I will not be on the Shenzhou spacecraft. Worse than them in training."

  The fourteen astronauts are all qualified, but the opportunity to fly into the sky is limited. These astronauts are also clear in their hearts. Therefore, Qin Tao sent an invitation, and they have 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?"

  Shenzhou spacecraft is moving step by step, walking very solidly. The Dragon spacecraft is different. It is simply using the speed of launching satellites. With such a fast speed, is the safety guaranteed?

Zhao Dong smiled: "What are you afraid of? From the first day we chose the aerospace industry, we have already made preparations to dedicate ourselves to the aerospace industry. By the way, Mr. Max, if we choose the Dragon spacecraft, we will have the opportunity to go to Mars." ?"

   "I can't guarantee Mars, but the moon is definitely fine." Max said: "We are already formulating a plan to land on the moon as a foreshadowing of our Mars plan."

   It was Qi's turn to be surprised: "Mr. Qin, your starship company is going to land on 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 later, after all, we still need Help from our space department."

  (end of this chapter)