Chapter 306 Final Training

It has been four days since the sudden chaos before, because the situation was too bizarre and complicated, involving five astronaut candidates, resulting in four being eliminated, three of them died, and the investigation team's manpower They are all a bit stretched. NASA originally wanted to suppress the matter for the time being, and wait for the results of the investigation to come out before considering how to deal with it next.

But I didn’t expect that everything was exposed by the media just after the second day, and the things became more and more evil. Some people even called this series of accidents the curse of landing on the moon, because what NASA is doing now has angered God, so it will lead to disasters.

In the past few days, some people have spontaneously marched to the Kennedy Space Center and outside Congress to protest.

NASA had to urgently hold a press conference to explain the situation. The only three remaining astronaut candidates also attended the conference and accepted 45 minutes of bombarding questions. The color of the underpants was asked, and there were some guided questions that contained traps.

However, the three of them were obviously prepared for such a situation, and basically all the answers were watertight.

Once the 45 minutes were up, staff from the public affairs office immediately took them to the back lounge.

When everyone had left, the door was closed to isolate the noise from the other end, and there were only three people left in the room. Bruno immediately went to pour two glasses of water with a wink, and brought the glasses over to Zhang Heng and Jia. Lai said obediently, "Brother, drink some water."

The fat man smiled kindly, "As expected, a fat house like me prefers to drink Coke."

"Then I'll buy it for you right away!" Bruno immediately patted his chest and said.

"Don't be so troublesome. We're about to go to the moon. It's better to keep a low profile at this time." The fat man paused, and then said with concern, "Are you still taking LSD recently, and you will be required to drive to the moon when the time comes?" Cabin, no problem."

"No problem, no problem, I haven't touched that thing for a long time, and now I am more energetic than ever." Bruno said.

The last so-called opportunity and choice of Jia Lai actually did not exist at all. He had already made a choice to keep Bruno and kill Zhen Xi... It was not because Zhen Xi had lied to him, but because Zhen Xi was more serious than Bruno. It is difficult to control and deal with, so Jia Lai also offered his highest respect, that is to kill the opponent in advance.

Bruno, who was not so threatening, was left behind to form the last moon landing team.

Now there are less than ten days left before the launch of Apollo 11. Considering that there is still a one-week quarantine period before the launch, it means that they actually have more than two days of free time. Only the last field survival training is left.

This is to ensure that when the spacecraft lands in some extreme environments when returning to Earth, the astronauts can allow themselves to survive there until rescue arrives. During the Gemini program, astronauts were required to undergo five days of special survival and lifesaving training in tropical, desert, and aquatic environments. NASA even led a team to let astronauts go to Iceland and the Amazon rainforest for secret training.

But this time, due to time constraints, the wilderness survival training course was also cut a lot. The water survival training was completed in the swimming pool, and the tropical training part was directly cut off. The desert training was retained, but Also put it at the end, in case other training is not completed, and the whole training process is only two days.

But compared to the previous training sessions, this time the three of them didn't have much pressure on performance.

Because no matter what the result is, the final list has already been determined.

Therefore, in the eyes of Jialai and Bruno, this is no different from a trip, but at this moment the door of the lounge is opened again, this time there is another figure besides the captain.

Jia Lai and Bruno didn't pay much attention to that figure when they saw it, thinking it was just a staff member in charge of field survival training together, but a look of surprise appeared on Zhang Heng's face.

The captain didn't mean to introduce the two parties, but just cut to the chase as usual, "You have received a full 45 days of training and basically mastered the various skills astronauts need. Things like that, but in the end they stuck with it, and I'm so proud of you for your hard work and performance, and then you have the opportunity to be a part of history."

Jia Lai and Bruno looked at each other, and they both saw a gleam of joy in each other's eyes. Although they knew in advance that they were the final winner of this round of games and could successfully board Apollo 11 and set foot on the moon, but when this When the day really came, the two still couldn't hide the joy in their hearts, especially considering what happened before, Jia Lai's counterattack from the last place to the final list, now that the dust has been settled, he doesn't need to pretend and cover up anymore own inner thoughts.

Among the three, only Zhang Heng's face remained calm, quietly looking at the silent man beside the captain, which seemed to bring back some memories in him.

Then Jialai and Bruno heard the captain continue, "We will start the last training this afternoon, I hope everyone can take it seriously, because this time's results will be used together with your previous results as an important reference to determine the final candidate .”

"Wait, the final candidate... what does this mean?" Jia Lai frowned.

"We are already the final candidates, aren't we? Three astronauts are needed to execute Apollo 11, and now we are three." Bruno also opened his eyes wide, "You said it, because a new type Infectious disease, you have lost a large number of astronauts, and the astronauts of Apollo 10 have not recovered their physical condition after returning from the last mission, so we are the only ones left now, aren’t we?”

The captain's expression remained unchanged, "That's right, we did lose a large number of astronauts because of that mysterious infectious disease, to be precise, almost all of them, but some of them survived," said here He glanced at the silent man beside him, "Neil Alden Armstrong, the original commander of the Apollo 10 project, passed the observation period a week ago, is undergoing recovery training, and is in good condition , confirmed that the Apollo 11 program can continue."

"Wait..." Bruno looked terrified, "Does that mean there are only two places left for us?"

"To be precise, it is a quota. We are very lucky. Michael Collins, the pilot of the service module has also recovered well." The captain said, "But don't worry, those who are not selected can also stay in the ground control center and serve as a support team , can also participate in this great voyage."