Chapter 180 Monthly Plan
"Space suit?"
"You want me to be an astronaut?"
Chen Jue looked at the white space suit in the box, and recalled the scene of looking up at the stars when he was practicing in the seaside villa.
At that time, he had also fantasized about going to the deep sea and the starry sky one day when his attribute values were sufficient. He did not expect that this opportunity would come so suddenly.
Chen Jue didn't say anything, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. With the help of several staff members, he put on the space suit.
Then, accompanied by several divers, he dived into the swimming pool little by little. As for Liu Chengdong and Mr. Zhong, they watched Chen Jue dive continuously from the shore of the pool.
"Old director, what do you think of him?" Liu Chengdong asked.
"He's a very nice guy! Very steady! I've seen the results of the first few tests, and he's definitely a top candidate. Once he finishes the neutral buoyancy tank test, let him come to the negotiation room! I'll tell him all the plans." Zhong Deyuan looked at Chen Jue, who remained silent and calm throughout the whole process, and couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration.
He had met many candidates before, but when they learned that they would wear space suits, many of them could not control their excitement and burst into excitement on the spot.
However, because Chen Jue had attained enlightenment, he had become a true immortal in the mortal world, and his mind was as calm as water. Even though he knew what he was about to face, he still maintained his original heart and did not let those jumping thoughts interfere with his emotions.
As for the neutral buoyancy tank test, it is a compulsory training course for astronauts' extravehicular activities in a microgravity environment.
However, Chen Jue was not an orthodox astronaut. After putting on the space suit, he did not feel heavy. Instead, he could move freely. Even underwater, he could move his hands and feet quickly. The staff members on the side who were assisting in the dive were all staring in amazement!
You know, Chen Jue had dived into the water dozens of meters deep at the bottom of the sea without any precautions. Even facing the undercurrent caused by a passing typhoon, he could keep his body steady, not to mention the water pressure in this small swimming pool.
After quickly diving to a simulated spaceship at the bottom of the pool, Chen Jue, under the guidance of several divers nearby, opened the hatch of the spaceship step by step according to the procedure. He also preliminarily identified the operating signs on the spaceship and operated a tool outside the spaceship that was similar to a welding gun to repair the cabin.
The process is simple but quite strenuous. If an ordinary person were to wear a training space suit equipped with lead weights, he would probably become exhausted immediately after completing this process underwater.
But for Chen Jue, no matter how heavy this space suit is, it is only twice the weight of his own 70kg weight-bearing vest suit. With his strength attribute of 4.35, it is just like an ordinary person wearing a thick cotton jacket.
However, Chen Jue did not act too exaggerated, in order to avoid accidentally using too much force and tearing the seemingly cheap space suit into pieces!
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After completing the neutral buoyancy tank test, Chen Jue slowly surfaced with the help of a diver. He went ashore, changed out of his space suit, and wiped the sweat off his body with a dry towel.
Liu Chengdong, who had been waiting for a long time, came over and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Chen Jue! Do you want to take a break?"
Chen Jue took a look at the excitement in the other person's face, and he obviously knew that he had passed his so-called test: "No need to rest, just get me a bottle of energy drink, I'm a little thirsty."
When Liu Chengdong heard this, he immediately waved to the staff nearby and gave them an order. Soon, a bottle of drink without any logo was delivered to Chen Jue.
Chen Jue opened the lid, drank the whole bottle in one breath, exhaled the foul air in his chest, and got straight to the point: "Director Liu, now that the test is done, you should tell me the answer, right?"
Liu Chengdong nodded and grinned, "Of course! I think Comrade Chen Jue should have roughly guessed it. I won't say it directly. Director Zhong is waiting for you in the negotiation room. Let him tell you about the follow-up matters."
After saying that, Liu Chengdong led Chen Jue, who remained calm, out of the huge test site, crossed a green path, and came to a completely white building that looked like a three-dimensional Rubik's Cube.
After passing through three gates, Chen Jue saw many research laboratories separated by transparent glass. Many scientific researchers in white coats were busy inside. The scale of the laboratory was more than ten times larger than the underground laboratory Chen Jue had seen in Hongmu Group before.
After passing through one floor and taking the elevator straight up to the 6th floor, Chen Jue followed Liu Chengdong to a square negotiation room.
There was only a square wrought iron table and two chairs in the negotiation room. The four sides were covered with white tiles. There were no windows, and there was a gentle square white lamp overhead.
The Zhong Deyuan whom I just met was now sitting at one end of the square table, holding a thin booklet in his hand.
"Hello, Mr. Zhong!" Chen Jue looked at the kind-looking old man in front of him and greeted him.
"Young man, please take a seat! Don't be nervous, let's just treat it as making friends and chatting." Zhong Deyuan smiled and gestured to Chen Jue.
Chen Jue nodded upon hearing this, walked forward, pulled out a chair and sat down. As for Liu Chengdong, he nodded and gave the old director a look, then turned around and closed the door of the negotiation room.
"Where should I start?" Seeing the door of the negotiation room closed, Zhong Deyuan put the pure white cover booklet on the table, looked at Chen Jue meaningfully and asked, "Young man, do you usually watch the news?"
"Um... I watch it occasionally." Chen Jue nodded.
“Just watch it!”
"Then you should know that our flower-growing family has been launching rockets into the sky recently, right?" Zhong Deyuan said with a smile.
"Yeah, I've noticed it when I was eating in a restaurant before." Chen Jue recalled the experience of his roommate eating mutton offal noodles in Hezhoupei.
"In fact, in recent years, not only our flower-growing country has been vigorously developing the aerospace field, but also countries around the world, private capital, some large enterprises and consortiums have been involved in this field."
"There are the flying boat series of our Flower Country, the vertical take-off and recirculating rockets of the Eagle Country, and the Hercules rockets of the Western Alliance. As for the rocket models in the civilian field, there are even more countless."
"The last time there was such a flourishing aerospace field was during the 1960s and 1970s when the Eagles competed to land on the moon. You were not born at that time, so you should have learned about it in textbooks," Zhong Deyuan introduced with a smile.
Chen Jue nodded in response, remembering that he had seen a series of related reports on the satellite TV on the Hongmu Group's private plane. He also had a brief discussion with the foreigner John about matters in the aerospace field.
"After the Americans landed on the moon in the last century, the moon landing operation was suspended due to a series of factors. Even the development of the epoch-making product, the space shuttle, was stopped."
"There are many reasons for this. There are also discussions online that the American moon landing was a hoax. We won't judge, but as an old man, I can tell you responsibly that the American moon landing was indeed a hoax. I was still a kid at the time, and I even used an astronomical telescope to see their lunar module land on the moon."
“It was also that unforgettable experience that led me to study and work in the aerospace field, and brought me all the way to where I am today,” Zhong Deyuan explained with a smile.
"So it's true! I didn't expect that you actually witnessed history with your own eyes." Chen Jue looked at the other party with a little surprise. He could see the mark of sincerity in the other party. He must have a pure heart and was interested in the research and exploration of aerospace, moon landing and the starry sky.
"But young man, do you know why countries around the world stopped exploring the moon for so many years and then picked it up again in recent years?" Zhong Deyuan asked with a smile, and Chen Jue shook his head in response.
"The answer is in this booklet compiled by our institute! There is only one copy and it will never leave this room. Moreover, all the contents are written by me." Zhong Deyuan said as he pushed the booklet with no text on the cover in his hand across the table in front of Chen Jue.
Chen Jue was about to reach out and flip through it, but he saw that this old man Zhong stretched out his hand and pressed on the booklet and continued, "Young man! The content here is a bit shocking. I guess few people would believe it if I told them to others. But I, an old man, still hope that after you read it, whether you agree to join our plan or not, you must keep your mouth shut, okay? "
"Okay!" Chen Jue nodded. He could see that Mr. Zhong had no bad intentions, so he nodded and agreed.
Since the old man was so sincere, Chen Jue naturally responded with sincerity and agreed to the other party's proposal.
"Thank you, young man. Take a look! You will know the answer after reading this booklet." Zhong Deyuan smiled slightly, feeling that he had not chosen the wrong person, and slowly moved his hand away from the booklet.
Chen Jue reached out and flipped open the cover of the booklet. On the second page, a huge black font with "Monthly Plan" came into view.
Then I turned the page again and saw that the content of the back page began like this: "On January 3, 2019, the Wugang-4 lander and the Feitu- 2 lunar rover developed by us successfully separated. Feitu-2 successfully drove to the far side of the moon and successfully took the world's first close-up image of the far side of the moon."
"Just as we were all cheering and celebrating this historic moment, Feitu-2, which had continued to travel 326 meters, lost its signal when it reached the lunar crater marked N9527..."
