Four days have passed since the sudden chaos. Because the situation was too bizarre and complicated, it involved five astronaut candidates, resulting in four people being eliminated and three of them dead. For a time, the investigation team's manpower They are all a little stretched. NASA originally wanted to suppress the matter for the time being and wait until the investigation results are available before considering the next step.
But I didn’t expect that just the next day, everything would be exposed by the media, and the things became more and more sinister. Some people even called this series of accidents the Curse of the Moon Landing, because what NASA is doing now has angered people. God is the cause of disaster.
In the past few days, some people have spontaneously marched to the Kennedy Space Center and outside Congress to protest.
NASA had to hold an emergency press conference to explain the situation. The only three remaining astronaut candidates also attended the press conference and accepted a 45-minute bombardment of questions. The reporters wanted to kill the three. They were asked about the color of their underwear, including some guiding questions that contained traps.
However, the three of them were obviously prepared for such a situation, and basically all their answers were watertight.
Once the 45 minutes were up, staff from the Public Affairs Office immediately took them to the break room in the back.
After everyone left, the door closed, isolating the noise at the other end, and there were only three people left in the room. Bruno immediately poured two glasses of water with a look, took the glasses over, and said to Zhang Heng and Jia Lai said obediently, "Brother, drink some water."
The fat man smiled kindly, "A fat nerd like me really prefers to drink Coke."
"Then I'll buy it for you right away, brother!" Bruno immediately patted his chest and said.
"No need to go to such trouble, the moon landing is about to start. It's better to keep a low profile at this time." The fat man paused and then asked with concern, "Are you still taking LSD recently? I will ask you to drive to the moon by then. Cabin, no problem."
"No problem, no problem. I haven't touched that thing for a long time. I'm more energetic now than ever." Bruno said.
Jia Lai's last so-called opportunity and choice 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 deceived him, but because Zhen Xi was more powerful than Bruno. It was difficult to control and deal with, so Jialai also offered his highest respect, which was to kill the opponent in advance.
Bruno, who was not that big of a threat, was left behind to form the final moon landing team.
There are now 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 only have more than two days of free time, and in terms of training Only the final wilderness survival training is left.
This is to ensure that when the aircraft lands in some extreme environments when returning to Earth, the astronauts can survive there until rescue arrives. During the Gemini Project, astronauts were required to undergo special survival and lifesaving training for five days each in tropical, desert, and aquatic environments. NASA even led astronauts to Iceland and the Amazon rainforest for secret training.
However, this time due to time constraints, the wilderness survival training courses were also cut a lot. The water survival training was completed in the swimming pool, and the tropical training part was directly cut off, leaving desert training, because Florida has The desert was retained, but it was put at the end in case other training was not completed, and there were only two days.
But compared with the previous training sessions, the three of them no longer had any performance pressure this time.
Because no matter what the result is, the final list has been determined.
Therefore, in the eyes of Jialai and Bruno, this was no different from a trip, but at this moment the door to the lounge was opened again, and this time besides the captain, there was another figure.
When Jia Lai and Bruno saw that figure, they didn't pay much attention, thinking that they were just staff members responsible for outdoor survival training. However, a look of surprise appeared on Zhang Heng's face.
The captain did not intend to introduce the two parties, but just went straight to the point as usual, "You have received a full 45 days of training, and have basically mastered various skills required by astronauts. In the process, you have also experienced various kinds of training." Things like that, but fortunately you persisted in the end. I am proud of your efforts and performance, and then you will have the opportunity to become part of history."
Jialai and Bruno looked at each other, and both saw a hint of joy in each other's eyes. Although they knew in advance that they were the final winner in 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 of them could not hide their joy, especially considering what happened before. Jia Lai counterattacked from the last place to the final list. Now that the dust has settled, he no longer needs to pretend or cover up. own inner thoughts.
Among the three, only Zhang Heng's face remained calm. He looked quietly at the silent man next to 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 there are three of us." Bruno also opened his eyes wide, "As you said, because of a new type of astronaut You have lost a large number of astronauts to infectious diseases, and the physical condition of the Apollo 10 astronauts has not recovered for unknown reasons after returning from the last mission, so you are the only ones left now, right?"
The captain's expression remained unchanged, "Yes, that's right. We did lose a large number of astronauts because of that mysterious infectious disease. To be precise, almost all astronauts, but some of them survived." He glanced at the silent man beside him, "Neil Alden Armstrong, the former commander of the Apollo 10 project, passed the observation period a week ago and is undergoing recovery training. He is in good condition. , confirming that the Apollo 11 program can continue to be implemented."
"Wait..." Bruno looked horrified, "Does this mean there are only two places left for us?"
"To be precise, it is a quota. We are very lucky. Michael Collins and the service module pilot have 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.”
