Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 79 100% realistic
At the moment of the fall, the astronaut almost instinctively made the self-protective action that had been trained countless times and was ingrained in his bones.

Lower your head, hug your chest, and curl up as much as possible.

Those obstacles, modeled after lunar rocks, possess a certain degree of hardness.

The next moment, his body crashed into those "moon rocks." But unexpectedly, he didn't feel any pain.

After a moment of stunned silence, he finally switched his thoughts from "Earth-based thinking" to "Moon-based thinking."

The gravity on the moon is too low, so even if it falls, its speed will be much slower than on Earth, and the collision will not produce much impact force.

At that very moment, the light, floating gravity suddenly increased, and the familiar feeling returned to the cabin.

Unseen by him, under the cover of night, after a rapid descent of several thousand meters, the massive aircraft's engines, which had entered a low-speed operating state, suddenly accelerated again at an altitude of about 1000 meters.

With a roar, more than a ton of gas was ejected every second. Under this surging reverse thrust, the massive fuselage, weighing tens of tons, quickly changed from accelerated descent to level flight.

After a brief pause, the plane pulled up its nose again, climbing rapidly towards the sky at an angle of about 45 degrees. Once it reached a certain height, it accelerated its descent and began to fall again.

This time, the astronaut finally took his first step smoothly on the "moon".

Each cycle of climbing, leveling off, descent, leveling off, and climbing off means burning through a huge amount of money.

Moreover, it's not just this one plane that's burning through funds right now; there are a total of 64.

But every participant knew in their hearts that even if the funding were burned 100 times faster, they would still choose to do it without hesitation.

The reason is simple: to truly understand and adapt to the lunar environment, no amount of theoretical study or imagination will help except through firsthand experience.

At 10 p.m., 64 large aircraft landed one by one, and 64 astronauts took shuttle buses back to the canteen.

Time for today's extra snack.

It's a routine for astronauts to have an extra meal in the evening. But this time, unlike before, the extra meal wasn't a nutritionally balanced one. Instead, it included some greasy-looking pork knuckles and fatty meats. Sugary carbonated drinks and juices, which would never have appeared before, were also there.

And... this time there's no limit to the amount you can eat. As long as you can eat, eat as much as you want.

Even with the mental fortitude of astronauts, they couldn't help but salivate at the sight of these greasy yet delicious foods.

The instructor looked at the astronauts sternly and said loudly, "You must eat a lot! Eat until you're stuffed!"

"Yes!"

Large pork knuckles, pork belly, and other cuts of meat were placed on the plates, and the astronauts ate heartily, their mouths glistening with oil.

Looking at the astronauts who were in high spirits and even had the mood to joke, a barely perceptible hint of sadness flashed in the instructor's eyes.

He knew that the base's policy of not restricting diet and even encouraging people to eat more was to increase the astronauts' fat reserves.

The reason for increasing fat reserves is simple: to prepare for later periods of starvation.

After the rocket launch, due to limited payload, the spacecraft could only carry a small amount of food, and most of it was water.

The journey from Earth to the Moon takes at least four days. The process of launching supplies from Earth to the Moon is also fraught with uncertainty, and there is even the extreme possibility that none of the supplies will reach the Moon.

In this situation, the only thing that can sustain the astronauts' lives is their own body fat.

This is because the human body utilizes its own fat most efficiently than any other food. In other words, it is the most cost-effective way to transport an astronaut's own body fat to the moon for the same weight.

This may seem cruel and callous, but there's no other way. Rocket capacity is limited, and every kilogram of payload must be carefully calculated.

After enjoying their meal, the astronauts did some gentle exercise before going to sleep.

Outside the space base, many more people are working tirelessly through the night.

Professor Chen Yusheng's eyes were red, bloodshot and covering his eyeballs. His voice was hoarse, but he still spoke loudly: "Remember, the key points of the sampling inspection are extreme working conditions and high destructiveness. Use the performance of the sampled items to infer the quality of the entire batch. If it fails, discard the entire batch immediately!"
This is the valuable experience we gained in the previous cycle, through a short-term, high-intensity mobilization and large-scale rocket manufacturing. We must carry it out in this life!

Comrades, it's impossible to improve overall reliability in a short time by simply upgrading technology; improving reliability through engineering optimization is the only feasible approach!

The lights in the Precision Machinery Manufacturing and Spacesuit R&D Laboratory building remained on until the early hours of the morning.

At 10 a.m. on the second day of this cycle, the first team delivered the modular drawings.

At 3 p.m., the overall design proposals from a total of 17 teams were completed and submitted to the expert review panel.

Drawing on the advantages of various different solutions, the optimized design was delivered to the factory at 5 PM.

Complete preparations had been made in advance, with all possible raw materials prepared and all workers on duty. More than a dozen factories immediately began production.

At 6 PM on the third day of the cycle, the first batch, totaling more than 500 sets of purely mechanical spacesuits, was completed.

After being inspected one by one by the expert team, the 64 sets of the highest quality were selected and arrived at the astronaut base two hours later.

This time, the astronauts were finally able to train in an environment that was almost 100% like the moon.

Meanwhile, the spacesuit design and development team was not disbanded.

Over the next two days, they will continue to optimize and adjust the design of the spacesuits by using sensors installed in the spacesuits and combining this with the astronauts' personal experiences.

Meanwhile, the spacesuit production line is also operating at all times.

This ensures that if any design changes are made, all 64 new spacesuits can be produced in no more than two hours.

Time passed quietly under these circumstances.

The sky went dark and then brightened, brightened and then went dark again, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of this cycle.

The first Giant Spirit II rocket has arrived at the launch site, having traveled by large special truck, overcoming obstacles and obstacles along the way.

Jiang Yang, Zhou Yu, Gu Changshan, Sun Changhe, Lu Zhaoming and others also came to the control hall of the launch base once again.

After more than four days of gluttony, the 64 astronauts, who had gained a little weight, arrived at their respective launch sites.

(End of this chapter)