Chapter 196 Lift Off!

"Prince Sweetan, Director of the Aber Space Agency: The Mecca is in good condition and can go to the Tiangong Space Station at any time."

The Mecca is currently docked at the "Shira" space station, but according to the instructions of King Hamand, if Aber's old friend Lin Ju needs any help, the Mecca must immediately and unconditionally provide any help within its capacity.

At the same time, Lucia and ISS also stated that two Soyuz spacecraft were on standby for the Progress Yao 6 launch mission.

In addition to Xinyuan's own and the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft of the Tiangong Space Station, there are a total of three space shuttles and three spacecraft from four countries/organizations that can rescue the Progress...

This may create a record for the world's most luxurious launch lineup. At least Lin Ju himself did not realize that his trio was so eye-catching.

In fact, Lao Ma wanted to launch it, but after consideration, he gave up.

The second-generation manned Dragon spacecraft is not up to standard yet. The first-generation Dragon spacecraft that was urgently modified last time was a helpless choice, so I won't bring it out to embarrass myself.

NACA had already noticed the three space shuttles on standby at the Qiongzhou launch site. Did they still need others to rescue them?

The Chinese Space Administration had no such plan. After the launch of Shenzhou 11, they did not follow the usual practice to manufacture the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft. It was too expensive. It would be better to use the Long March 7 to launch the new spacecraft in the future.

It was already 8:30 at this time. The number of people watching the launch through TV and online platforms had exceeded 100 million. Most of them were not for Lin Ju, but for Commander Li Wei.

Many people who watched the live launch of Shenzhou V were already in tears when they saw Li Wei wearing a white spacesuit again.

But the latter had no time to think so much at this time. The strong psychological quality allowed Li Wei to quickly press the switch and complete the last self-check of the assembly before takeoff.

"01 report, self-inspection passed."

"02 report, all indicators are normal, and the space suit is in normal condition."

"Yuanwang-2 radar is normal."

"Jingwei intelligent network measurement and control is normal."

"..."

Guo Shen listened to the reports from various parties, his eyes fixed on the data on the screen, and the current status of each part of the rocket in his mind. After listening, he lowered his head and said:

"Crew, you can pull down the mask."

In the crew cabin, Lin Ju touched the handle connected to the mask with his hand, pulled it down hard, and after hearing a "click", he rotated the locking mechanism under the ear.

The other ear without the headset immediately felt the sound isolation, and at the same time, a capable and clear female voice sounded in the space suit:

"The space suit has been sealed and passed the inspection!"

The voice was not very pleasant, but it was fast and clear, and the tone could quickly attract attention.

For the remaining 30 minutes, Lin Ju turned off the screen and no longer accepted external messages except the launch control center. He closed his eyes for two or three seconds and then opened them to look at the land and ocean outside the porthole.

He didn't know how many people in this world had been reborn, but he should be one of the earliest ones who could enter space after rebirth, right?

No matter money, fame, or status, they all seemed so powerless in front of space.

"Zhuangzi": "Beside the sun and the moon, embrace the universe, and make it fit together." At this time, "Yu" refers to all space, and "Zhou" refers to all time.

2,300 years ago, Zhuangzi's understanding of the universe was a combination of time and space. He already had the concept of time and space, which was in line with today's scientific understanding of the universe.

Then there was "Shizi": "The four directions above and below are called Yu, and the past and present are called Zhou." "Wenzi·Nature" also said: "The past and present are called Zhou, and the four directions above and below are called Yu."

The universe, just this name makes people feel ethereal.

Lin Ju suddenly remembered a long-lost memory. When the Xinyuan Tractor Factory was just established, it built the first local self-produced 40-horsepower crawler tractor to adapt to the local environment. At that time, he was carried by the master on the tractor tied with red flowers, and drove on the dirt road outside the factory together.

The Progress was also built on the site of the original tractor factory, and its body has inherited genes.

Scenes from the past flashed through his mind, some from a long time ago and some just now.

When he came to his senses, there were only three minutes left before the launch.

The seven engines swung slightly under the camera to confirm that all the control mechanisms were fine.

On the beach, in front of the TV, in front of the mobile phone, in front of the computer, hundreds of millions of people watched this live broadcast.

Lin Ju and Li Wei were lying on the unloading chair that looked like a C-shaped chair, and were given close-ups from time to time, but there was not much expression on their faces.

The former was actually counting the time silently in his heart. Lin Ju learned a useful skill during astronaut training: estimating time, and the error was not large.

When he counted to the thirteenth second, he knew that he was counting fast.

"Countdown, fifteen seconds!"

The voice of the announcer was clearly transmitted to the ears, and also flew to the afterlife outside the launch tower through the electric current.

Inside the International Space Station, 13 astronauts from various countries also gathered separately to pay attention to this launch.

"Ten."

When Lin Ju shouted out this number in a tiny voice, 260,000 people on the beach outside the launch site and hundreds of millions of people in front of the media terminal shouted it out together.

At the same time, hundreds of tons of water began to spray toward the tail of the rocket, rushing through the engine nozzle and flowing into the guide chute.

"Nine, eight, seven, six, start ignition."

The six liquid oxygen-methane engines in the outer ring began to ignite in pairs. Even through the water curtain, people could see the red light coming out from behind. When all of them were ignited, the countdown just counted to one.

"... One, engine No. 1 ignites!"

In the camera screen aimed at the launch pad, everything was enveloped by a suddenly brightening white light, and then the live broadcast screen switched to the launch tower.

Driven by seven liquid oxygen-methane engines with a maximum ground thrust of 227KN, ​​the body of the Xinyuan-2 began to tremble, and the four connectors connecting the body of the rocket were disconnected and quickly recovered at the same time.

The vibration of the rocket was transmitted to the crew cabin. Lin Ju got goose bumps all over his body as the rocket trembled, and more than once, he looked at Li Wei diagonally above, but the other party just put his hands flat on the armrests and could not see the front.

The overload experienced in the centrifuge was applied to the body, but as the space suit automatically began to pressurize and the legs were mechanically compressed, the blood still flowed smoothly.

The thrust-to-weight ratio of the Xinyuan-2 is relatively low, only about 1.2, which will make the acceleration phase slower and the overload longer, but the advantage is that the load factor is relatively high, reaching 3.5% in the case of reuse.

And it's not just the Xinyuan-2, the entire Xinyuan series of rockets have a relatively low thrust-to-weight ratio in order to maintain high transport capacity when they are recoverable, in exchange for a larger, longer and more powerful launch scene.

3 kilometers away, a foreign reporter from Columbia Broadcasting Corporation (CBS) held a microphone and stood sideways in front of the camera, revealing the Xinyuan-2 rocket shining behind him.

"and lifted off the X2! Two of the world's most important humans have left the surface and are ascending into space! (Xinyuan-2 has been launched, two important humans to the whole world, they have left the surface and are heading into space!)"