The rise of nanometers - Chapter 755
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In early February 2019, the Spring Festival was approaching.
Located in the Tianmen Space Station in low-Earth orbit, the two Zhurong-class No. 001 spacecraft have been filled with fuel and 4,500 tons of supplies.
The pilot of the spacecraft, Cheng Lin, and the two co-pilots, Qin Tianci and Wang Yunhai, were checking various data of the spacecraft.
Cheng Lin calmly ordered: “Yunhai, conduct one last inspection.”
“Okay.” Wang Yunhai’s fingers were on the rows of buttons, dazzlingly inputting instructions.
Qin Tianci on the side was communicating with the Tianmen Space Station to prepare for departure in twenty minutes.
Time flew by and twenty minutes passed.
The Tianmen Space Station’s announcement system sounded the voice of the spaceport instructor: “The Zhurong-class spacecraft 001 complies with the take-off procedures. You are now allowed to take off.”
“I am Cheng Lin. The Zhurong-class spacecraft 001 has been received and the countdown to takeoff has begun…”
“10…8…”
“Fire up and take off.”
The auxiliary engine started first, pushing the Zhurong-class spacecraft No. 001 away from the dock and flying upward.
At the same time, the Zhurong-class spacecraft No. 002 on the other side also started its auxiliary engine. However, the take-off of the No. 002 spacecraft was not to go to Venus, but to re-level the Tianmen Space Station.
This is also one of the disadvantages of symmetrical docks.
Zhurong-class No. 001 sailed in the direction of Venus, constantly accelerating.
The Zhurong-class No. 002, after re-adjusting its position, was parked again between the No. 7 and No. 8 docks of the Tianmen Space Station. There is a temporary parking position here. Although it cannot be used for shipbuilding, it can be used for supplying supplies and fuel. Still more than enough.
The acceleration of the Zhurong-class spacecraft 001 continued until an hour and a half later, the speed finally reached the cruising speed of 12 kilometers per second.
According to the route planning, the flight time to Venus this time is about 112 to 114 days.
In order to extend the astronauts’ working time on Venus, co-pilots Wang Yunhai and Qin Tianci began to enter the hibernation cabin.
The duty was handed over to Cheng Lin. He needed to guard the spacecraft alone for 30 days. After 30 days, he would wake up Wang Yunhai and then enter the hibernation cabin.
The three of them took turns on duty for a month, and in the last twenty days, they all came out of hibernation.
In this way, everyone will get two months of hibernation time during the voyage, which will help extend the working time of astronauts in outer space.
According to current technology, the three of them can work on Venus for about 24 months, which is already a very long time.
Cheng Lin, who was on duty alone, was sitting in the cockpit. There was only a circular glass window the size of a basketball on the small hatch. There was no so-called bright starry sky outside, only endless darkness.
Fortunately, there are staff from the Blue Star Ground Remote Control Center who will contact him every thirty minutes.
If he is sleeping, the intelligent system of the spacecraft will automatically reply.
Cheng Lin’s daily working hours are from 8 am to 12 noon, 2 pm to 5 pm, and rest at other times.
Of course, this time is actually set by the spacecraft. After all, during space navigation, there is no such thing as day and night.
Cheng Lin checked the dashboard over and over again to pass the time.
The alarm clock rang, reminding him that it was noon time. He came to the bathroom cabin, washed his face, and then floated to the kitchen cabin. He took out the food bag and fruit bag from the refrigerator, and then drank a bottle from the beverage machine. Cranberry juice.
While waiting for the food to heat up, I turned on my tablet, found a science fiction movie, and clicked to play it.
In recent years, domestic science fiction movies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Especially after the Yellowstone volcano incident, many directors like to shoot apocalyptic disaster movies and apocalyptic science fiction movies.
For example, the movie in front of me is called “The Age of Confusion” and it was just released last month.
The storyline is very simple, that is, the Federation and the United States will launch a manned spacecraft to Mars in 2020 to seize the opportunity.
Then American astronauts were accidentally infected with the Martian virus. Finally, after a series of complicated events, the Federation also discovered the existence of microorganisms on Mars.
At the end of the movie, the Federation rescued the American astronauts, but the ambitious Noah Society secretly hid a sample of the Fluorescence virus, and secretly sent the Fluorescence virus through the detector and launched it back to the Blue Star.
Cheng Lin, who was eating and watching a movie, guessed that there would be a second part of this movie when it ended.
At the same time, he also knew that the so-called Yinghuo virus should actually refer to the Yinghuo fungus, which was not a secret within the Ministry of Aerospace.
And Cheng Lin knew that according to the description in this movie, Hei Noah was really not capable of doing such a thing.
What happened to Lunar Outpost 1 back then, if the Federation hadn’t noticed the problem and stepped in to restrict it, the glowing fungi would have been smuggled back to Blue Star.
After packing the bags, Cheng Lin floated in the lounge, holding a special ballpoint pen and writing the voyage log.
Duty work is very boring, and in order to avoid psychological problems, astronauts usually keep themselves busy and reduce the time they spend in a daze.
[…Perhaps on the Blue Star in parallel time and space, human beings have been exterminated by fluorescent fungi. In that future with infinite possibilities, what kind of life will I experience?
Maybe he will marry a girl who is neither beautiful nor ugly, and then have a boy and a girl, and spend a long time in an ordinary way…
If I could go back in time, what choice would I make? ]
Stopping writing, Cheng Lin thought quietly. He suddenly had an idea and planned to write a science fiction novel from the perspective of going back to the past.
The boring sailing life forced Cheng Lin to find something to do for herself.
He wrote several book titles on the draft, and finally decided on a name – “The Rise of Nano”. This was created by Cheng Lin out of his respect for Huang Xiuyuan, and based on the characteristics of himself and Huang Xiuyuan. The protagonist, hence the choice of this title.
Time flies.
Thirty days passed and Cheng Ming had written 43 chapters of the novel when he saved the document.
After a while, the spacecraft system reminded him that it was time to wake up Wang Yunhai.
He drifted to the storage area of the hibernation cabin. After inputting the command, it took another ten minutes until the staff at the Blue Star Ground Remote Control Center confirmed that Wang Yunhai’s hibernation cabin entered the defrosted state.
The hibernation cabin is heating Wang Yunhai’s body bit by bit, and at the same time, the nanorobots injected into his body are also assisting in thawing.
This process takes about 140 minutes.
Twenty minutes later, Wang Yunhai, who was in a semi-anesthetized state, began to breathe again. The special frozen liquid in the respiratory and digestive systems was pumped out of the body, and at the same time, the gastric juice, alveolar relief spray, etc. prepared in advance were replaced.
Ice cold!
Feeling weak!
When Wang Yunhai opened his eyes, he knew that he had thawed out of the hibernation cabin. He was still in a trance after being thawed just now.
It’s as if they just fell asleep one moment and woke up the next moment. People in hibernation will not have dreams or anything like that, because their body functions have completely stopped at the moment of freezing.
“Have a cup of hot tea!” Cheng Lin handed him a bottle of hot black tea.
The body’s pressure suit has adjusted Wang Yunhai’s body temperature to normal, but he is still a little uncomfortable.
It didn’t return to normal until more than three hours later.
At this time, Cheng Lin also began to enter the hibernation cabin.
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