Chapter 282: Circle of Destiny

Less than 20 minutes had passed since the dismounting on the multi-axis training device, and Zhang Heng and his group of candidate astronauts were pulled down to the next place by the transport vehicle non-stop.

Through the car window, Zhang Heng saw a white main building, with the American flag on the right, the NASA logo on the left, and an abstract sculpture of a rocket taking off by the side of the road.

"Kennedy Space Center, located in Metri Island on the east coast of Florida in the eastern United States, started construction in 1962. The name was changed to commemorate the late President Kennedy." A boy who looked like a high school student was excited road.

"According to the calculation of the distance, we should have been at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station before, where the Mercury program, the Gemini program and the early Apollo missions all started, because there can be rockets fired into the ocean, avoiding damage to The populated area brings danger, and at the same time it is closer to the equator. It can make full use of the earth's self-propagation to give the rocket more thrust. However, because it could not match the 'Saturn' 5 rocket, Kennedy Space Center later built another new one. launch base."

"Wait, is Kennedy dead by this time?" the fat man asked.

"Yes, he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. Although he gave that famous moon landing speech, he didn't personally see American astronauts set foot on the moon." The boy who looked like a high school student shrugged.

"Everyone, do I need to remind you that we are not here to travel, shouldn't we be more concerned about our own situation now?" the strong man named Anthony frowned.

"Yeah, it looks like the main mission this time is for us to go to the moon, or at least go to outer space, but as far as I'm concerned, there's really not much difference between the two."

"Why do you say that?" The only girl in this round of dungeons asked, wondering if it was a coincidence that she chose the seat next to Zhang Heng when she got in the car.

"Don't you know?" The boy who looked like a high school student raised his eyebrows with a surprised expression.

"Apollo 10 took off at 12:49 on May 18, 1969. The captain said that the rocket was launched 3 days ago, which means that we entered the copy on May 21, 1969."

"So?" The girl blinked.

The boy leaned back in the chair and smiled at the girl, "Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969, and Apollo 12 was launched on December 14, with an interval of nearly five years. months, and considering our dungeon deadline this time, so..."

"Didn't you say that the United States still has a Gemini plan?"

"The Gemini project is a transition between the Mercury project and the Apollo project. It started in 1961 and completed ten manned missions in Earth orbit, and it ended satisfactorily in 1965."

The middle-aged man with the appearance of an intellectual interjected, "So if we want to complete this main mission, we only have one chance, and that is to board Apollo 11." His expression was serious.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed, and the atmosphere in the car suddenly became very strange.

Only the fat man was still confused, "What's the matter, is Apollo 11 dangerous?"

"Dangerous?" The boy who looked like a high school student grinned and pointed at the NASA driver driving in front, "Yeah, this is the first time human beings have challenged to land on the moon. The scientists, engineers, and astronauts who performed the mission were all panicked, but as latecomers, we know very well that the final result of this mission is a complete victory, so the real problem we face is How to board Apollo 11."

"How many astronauts can sit on Apollo 11?" The girl asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

The boy who looked like a high school student raised three fingers, "As everyone knows, Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Command/Service Module Pilot Michael Collins."

Even Fatty's face changed this time, and he lost his voice, "Three? But we have seven now."

"Is this your first time participating in a single-player competition instance?" The strong man named Anthony sneered, "Don't you know what competition means?"

"I... I have been following team activities before, this is the first time I entered the dungeon alone." Fatty said with a sad face, "The difficulty of the single-player dungeon is too high, more than half of the elimination rate, from childhood to adulthood, For all the competitions, my ranking has not even entered the middle class."

"Then why did you choose to act alone this time?" the girl asked with interest.

"Because...because..." The fat man hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't explain why.

In the end, it was a strong man named Anthony who ruthlessly opened his scars, "Because you are too weak and dragged your team back, so you were kicked out by the team members, but you couldn't find another one who was willing to accept you." Your team, so you can only be reduced to your own solo queue."

Although the fat man didn't admit it, his instantly pale face proved from the side that Anthony's words were correct.

"Lucky, this way we have one less competitor for this dungeon." The boy who looked like a high school student put his hands behind his head and smiled.

The middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses shook his head, "You guys are a bit too optimistic. Historically, Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon, but don't forget, it was Armstrong and his team who carried out the mission. , if it were us, what chance do you have of winning?"

His words also caused the car to fall into silence again.

After a while, the strong man named Anthony said, "On the bright side, at least we still have sixty days of training."

"Strictly speaking, it is 55 days, because Apollo 11 will be launched on July 16, and minus the quarantine period before the launch, our training time is only 48 days." The boy who looks like a high school student said, "By the way I would like to add that the training time for a professional astronaut is usually two to three years, and it may even be five years for future deep space exploration missions, and it is slightly better for payload experts and scientist astronauts, but the shortest is more than half a year.”

"Why do you know these things so well?" the girl asked curiously, "No matter how prepared you are, you wouldn't go out of your way to collect such unpopular knowledge, would you? You can even remember the launch time of Apollo 10 so clearly, It's accurate to the minute."

"Because I'm an avid aerospace enthusiast, this game is my circle of destiny." The boy who looked like a high school student smiled confidently.