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Chapter 542 Astronaut Training Center

Huaxia Astronaut Training Center

Accompanied by Yang Liwei, Qin Yuanqing walked into this cradle and sacred place for training astronauts in China.As a big and strong aerospace country, China has a complete set of astronaut training system and also has its own astronaut team.

"Commander, the Huaxia Astronaut Center is responsible for the training of Huaxia astronauts. It is the third astronaut center in the world. It was established in 1968 and has been established for 56 years!" The crew center is responsible for the selection and training of astronauts in the manned spaceflight project, the medical supervision and medical insurance for astronauts, the development of space suits and space food, the protection of the special environment of spaceflight, the development of spaceship environment control and life support system, etc.!"

As China's first hero to enter space, Yang Liwei has never entered space since he first entered space on the Shenzhou V spacecraft in 2003. Instead, he has undertaken the work of training astronauts and establishing a scientific astronaut team. He is also the deputy chief designer of Huaxia Manned Project!

The project headquarters of the 'Shuanghuan Space Station' was established, and Yang Liwei was appointed as the deputy commander in chief of the project headquarters, responsible for astronaut training and other work.

After all, the construction process of the "Double Ring Space Station" project requires a large number of astronauts to participate in the construction, because many tasks cannot be completed by robots and need to be operated and solved by humans.Not to mention that after the establishment of the 'Shuanghuan Space Station', a large number of astronauts will be required to station in the 'Shuanghuan Space Station'!
Astronauts, unlike ordinary people, must have excellent physical and psychological qualities, must have a considerable reserve of knowledge, and need to undergo rigorous training before they can serve as astronauts.

Over the years, China has trained quite a few astronauts every year, but with so many astronauts, not every astronaut trained can enter space. After all, the number of astronauts going to space is limited every year, so every time they go Space opportunities, astronauts are very competitive.

"Deputy Commander Yang, how many astronauts have been trained and how many astronauts have entered space?" Qin Yuanqing asked.

"Currently 210 astronauts have been trained, and a total of 38 astronauts have entered space. At present, the method of alternating the old with the new is used!" Yang Liwei blurted out without hesitation: "In order to speed up the process of allowing more Astronauts enter space, I have already submitted an application to my superiors to add two cabins to the 'Tiangong' space station to ensure that six astronauts can work and live in the space station at the same time!"

Qin Yuanqing nodded slightly.

For Chinese astronauts, Qin Yuanqing is quite respectful. After all, the previous spaceflight was not absolutely safe. On the contrary, using rockets for manned spaceflight is very dangerous, but these astronauts have the spirit of sacrifice , Even though they knew it was very dangerous, they still had no hesitation.

Qin Yuanqing still clearly remembers that when the Shenzhou [-] spacecraft carried people into space for the first time, he was so excited that he burst into tears, and then he realized that these astronauts who entered space are worthy of admiration Heroes who have overcome the fear of the unknown and the fear of death, their fearless spirit is enough to shock the world.

"Commander Qin, look, this is our China's astronaut training base. The astronauts who are training now are all selected from among the best pilots in China. Even in the whole world, the astronauts They are all the best." Yang Liwei said confidently and proudly when he came to the astronaut training base.

Then he brought Qin Yuanqing to a special machine, introduced this machine, and said that this is a machine that simulates the overload of a spacecraft. After all, for all astronauts, the most painful thing is the spacecraft. The overload generated when flying beyond the space suit, and this machine is to simulate such a situation, so that the astronauts can adapt to this state in advance.

Qin Yuanqing nodded slightly to express his understanding. He had seen in the documentary of astronaut training that such a machine similar to a swivel chair can generate strong centrifugal force, and as the machine rotates faster, the greater the centrifugal force and the greater the overload , its maximum can simulate the overload of more than 6g!
Then they came to a large pool like a swimming pool. At the bottom of this pool, there was something similar to a spaceship. At this time, in this spaceship-like instrument, there were many reserve astronauts wearing thick spacesuits. , doing various tests underwater to simulate training in weightlessness.

"This is the training of our astronaut training base to simulate the weightless environment. Of course, there is still a gap between this kind of training and the real weightless environment. Although we have added many elements in the water, this is not true after all. space." Yang Liwei said.

"Next year you will have a truly weightless environment for training, I can assure you of this!" Qin Yuanqing said.

By next year, installing an anti-gravity device here can easily create a space in a weightless environment, allowing astronauts to train in a truly weightless environment, which is much more realistic and effective than the current training.

"How are the astronauts preparing for the moon landing? How are they?" Qin Yuanqing asked about the situation of the astronauts who will land on the moon next year.

"According to the meeting minutes of the manned moon landing project, there will be six astronauts on the manned moon landing! At present, six astronauts have been selected after screening, three male astronauts and three female astronauts. All astronauts have rich experience in space landing!" Yang Liwei introduced.

Listening to the six astronauts introduced by Yang Liwei, Qin Yuanqing was deeply moved. He didn't know whether it was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement. Two of the three male astronauts and three female astronauts were old astronauts, such as Liu The astronaut used to be the first female astronaut in China to go into space. She once quit the front line, and then entered the front line again after a lot of fierce competition a few years ago. Already 47 years old.Then there is Astronaut Wang, who has given space lectures successively, so that many young people choose to enter the aerospace field, and she will reach the age of 45 next year.The other two old men are also in their early 50s.

The remaining two young astronauts, one male and one female, entered the "Tiangong" space station to perform missions last year. This year, they experienced fierce selection competition and beat other seniors and peers to win the spot.

"Commander Qin, our Huaxia astronaut training is very professional. After passing the training of our Huaxia Astronaut Training Center, every astronaut is an excellent astronaut who can perform all complex tasks in space. It is definitely the best in the world. The best astronaut in the world!" Yang Liwei said firmly.

Qin Yuanqing agrees with this. Huaxia's astronauts are definitely the best astronauts in the world. After all, they not only have to go through institutional training, theoretical knowledge education, psychological endurance training, and survival psychology training in many aspects of their own conditions. training.

In addition, it is necessary to master various knowledge aspects!

It can be said that if none of the Chinese astronauts can be called an excellent astronaut, then there will be no outstanding astronauts in other countries.

"I agree with what you said. Seeing the achievements of the Astronaut Center, I am also happy for you, but I think you can take a bigger step and be bolder!" Qin Yuanqing suggested: "By 2030, according to According to the plan, we must train 2035 qualified astronauts, and by 2040, the number of astronauts will reach [-], and by [-], we will have at least [-] qualified astronauts!"

Although up to now, Huaxia has 210 astronauts, of which 38 have been in space to perform missions, whether it is the number of astronauts or the quality of astronauts, Huaxia is undoubtedly the best in the world.

However, there is still a long way to go before the astronauts needed for the "Double Ring Space Station" project. Even if it is planned in the near future, the first phase of the "Double Ring Space Station" project is completed, and there can be as many as 500 astronauts stationed on the space station for a long time. , and considering the rotation, there must be a thousand astronauts.After the second phase of the project is completed, thousands of astronauts will be stationed in the 'Shuanghuan Space Station' for a long time. Taking into account aerospace fighters, space forces, etc., the number of astronauts will have to reach [-] to meet the demand.

Undoubtedly, by that time, it can be said that it will be a real aerospace prosperity, and human space activities will be very frequent.

Yang Liwei nodded slightly. He has participated in relevant meetings. He naturally knows how big China's demand for astronauts will be in the future. There are even models of future space fighters and double-ring space stations in his office!
Even he knows that after a few years, the plasma engine will be gradually adopted as the electric propulsion system, and anti-gravity technology will also be applied. By then, the living environment of astronauts on the space station will be greatly improved, and the safety of spaceflight will be greatly improved. will also be greatly improved.

However, next year's manned landing on the moon will still follow the traditional chemical propulsion and use a high-thrust rocket to send it to the moon.

And in the next five years, chemical propulsion will still be the mainstay, supplemented by electric propulsion. Until electric propulsion proves to be stable and mature, it will truly replace the chemical propulsion system and become the mainstream of spacecraft.

Qin Yuanqing visited the astronaut center, and then went to a secret base. This base is building a brand new aerospace plane. This aerospace plane is not carried by rockets, but directly uses plasma engines.

If the photos of this aerospace plane come out, it will definitely cause a big uproar, because this aerospace plane is full of sci-fi lines and aesthetics, which makes people feel full of high technology and grandeur at first glance.

Such an aerospace plane also exists in the minds of science fiction writers, as well as in film and television works.

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