Chapter 150 The poor Russian
The long space flight is boring. Although the vast ocean of stars is so charming, after initially marveling, people gradually got used to their existence. ∷Hades has complete entertainment facilities and an ecological balance circle that allows people to enjoy the pastoral scenery close to the earth. In addition, those simulated high-tech technologies can enable astronauts to try their best to eliminate the fatigue of the journey. However, no matter what, these are still incomparable to the comfort of the earth.
Nearly a month has passed since departure. The earth where humans live has become a highlight in space, and it seems that there is no difference from ordinary stars. Mars has also flew past, and the huge Jupiter has shown its figure below Hades. Pluto, located in the m25 direction of Sagittarius, is also visible to the naked eye as the distance is closer.
"The Russians are still following?" Captain Doolittle took a sip of mellow coffee. Artificial gravity not only allows people to adapt to the habit of being on the ground during space navigation, but also brings many conveniences to daily life. Just like now, if it was the space station before, it would be very difficult to drink a cup of coffee due to weightlessness, or even say that drinking a cup of water is very difficult. Because the liquid will condense into water balls of different sizes under weightlessness, floating around uncontrollably, you must be careful during the eating process, rely on special containers to sip it, and it must be ensured to enter the esophagus directly.
This way of eating, including drinking beverages, is to prevent leaked liquids or food residues from floating around in weightless states, resulting in fatal accidents such as being blocked during breathing. Therefore, it is not so easy to enjoy food in space. On the premise of ensuring safety, people eat and drink water are only satisfied with the needs of their body functions, and cannot enjoy the taste of food and beverages as they do on the ground.
Now, on the Hades spacecraft with artificial gravity, Doolittle can not only brew a cup of coffee like on the ground to enjoy the sweetness of the coffee, but also bathe in a normal way. Even if you fill the bathtub with water and soak it comfortably for an hour, it will be fine. Of course, in order to save the recycling of materials and water sources, such a luxurious approach is absolutely not allowed according to the regulations. Personal cleaning will be carried out in a specially made cleaning container.
"Of course, we followed, but our colleagues seemed to have encountered some trouble." Hull also held a cup of coffee in his hand, his feet even rested on a table, looking cynical.
Hearing this, Doolittle smiled. As the captain, he knew that what Hull said was trouble. This happened a few days ago. The controlled thermonuclear fusion engine of the Russians who had been following him seemed to have some problems. Although when sailing in space, as long as the spacecraft accelerates to a certain level, the engine can be turned off and continued its range in space at an average speed, because there is no air resistance in the vacuum environment. According to the theory of objects running in vacuum, this speed will continue.
But in fact, the minimum operation of the spacecraft engine must be maintained at any time. This is because there are many uncertain factors in space. The most common factors are the space dust from nowhere, the gravitational impact of asteroid collisions and the large planets on the spacecraft. During the flight, the Russian Starry Sky encountered this problem a few days ago. When avoiding an asteroid that happened to be on the way forward of the Starry Sky, Starry Sky should start to avoid and adjust in advance according to the program. At this time, Hades discovered that Starry Sky's controllable thermonuclear fusion engine was not started at the first time, which caused the other party to avoid the asteroid trajectory in an extremely awkward state at the last moment. If there is no error in judgment, Starry Sky's controllable thermonuclear fusion engine should have problems. The Russians finally started the backup engine and barely completed the route adjustment.
Due to this situation, the distance between Starry Sky and Hades has been increased from the initial distance of 32,000 kilometers to more than 70,000 kilometers, which is almost equivalent to about 17% of the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
Thinking of this, Doolittle couldn't help but shake his head: "These poor Russians really don't know how they survive the next life."
"It's really pitiful, I'm thinking about the tragic experiences of these Russians when going to the toilet every day. When I think of that terrible scene, I feel very uncomfortable. May God bless the Russians." Hull raised the coffee in his hand, smiled on his lips, but his face was filled with a grievance.
As an astronaut, how could Dulite not know why Hull said this? It is indeed a tragic thing to go to the toilet when he is weightless. All of them have experienced this situation. So when he heard Hull say this, Dulite couldn't help but be happy, and also picked up the coffee in his hand and raised it to Hull, expressing silence for their Russian colleagues.
After taking a sip of coffee, before Doolittle could put down the cup, the communicator suddenly rang.
"I am Captain Doolittle!"
"Captain Doolittle, Mr. Anthony, please come over." The communicator sounded Isla's voice. As the astronaut of Hades, Isla and his other three astronauts were all under the command of Captain Doolittle, but in fact, Doolittle knew very well that the real master of Hades, the one who could really mobilize them was Mr. Raymond Anthony, their special passenger, and Mr. Raymond Anthony, who also received the order that he had to obey Raymond Anthony's decision when necessary when he received the mission.
"Okay, I'll come here right away." Doolittle replied. In order not to waste food, he finished drinking half a cup of coffee in the cup in one sip after the call, and then stood up.
"What? Our ss is looking for you?" Hull asked with a playful smile.
Du Lite nodded, patted his shoulder and signaled that the spacecraft control would be taken over now, and then walked towards the hatch door.
A few minutes later, Doolittle came to the cabin where Raymond Anthony was. Although it was not the first time he entered this place, he couldn't help but sigh at the uniqueness of the room every time he came in. Now, Raymond Anthony is wearing a casual outfit, a tennis cap on his head, and a golf club in his hand. The large screen opposite him simulated an extremely real golf course appearance, and was swinging happily.
"Mr. Anthony."
"Oh, Captain Doolittle." Raymond Anthony, who was posing for a pole, looked back when he heard the voice. Seeing that Doolittle had arrived, he put down the pole in his hand and smiled: "How about Captain, let's compete in the game?"
Doolittle smiled and shook his head: "I don't have much interest in it. To be honest, I don't have much hobbies about other sports except surfing and motorsports."
Raymond Anthony tilted his head and thought, and asked with a smile: "Maybe this is related to your special profession. I can't compare to you. My favorite thing used to be riding a horse in my own ranch, but now it's no longer possible to ride a horse. An old man like me can only use this boring exercise to keep his condition."
Doolittle smiled unanimously. Raymond Anthony put down the golf pole in his hand and asked Doolittle to sit on the sofa. He took a bottle of red wine from the cabinet and asked, "What, drink some?"
"Thanks."
He poured two glasses of red wine, handed one to Doolittle, Raymond Anthony took a sip, and then talked to Doolittle about the voyage of the Hades. Doolittle did not hide these situations and answered one by one. According to the current situation, the navigation was normal, much better than expected.
"This is all your credit, thank you very much." Raymond Anthony raised his glass with joy.
"This is my duty and I should do it." Doolittle replied calmly.
"You are a very good captain, I can be sure that you will be recorded in history." Raymond Anthony smiled. Doolittle did not deny Raymond Anthony's words, because he had already recorded the history of human space history since he served as captain of Hades spacecraft.
Doolittle is an excellent astronaut and a very capable spacecraft captain. He knows that Raymond Anthony is definitely not going to ask about the navigation of the Hades. If that is the case, there is no need to ask himself in person, because Raymond Anthony has the right to check the daily navigation records.
So, if you really want to come to Raymond. Anthony must have other intentions. After a silence, Doolittle directly asked about the purpose of letting him come.
"I heard that the Russians are following us?" Raymond Anthony asked, playing with the red wine glass in his hand.
"Yes, the Russians have been following us all the time, but the distance between them and us has been extended to about 70,000 kilometers. Judging from the avoidance of asteroid orbits a few days ago, it is very likely that there is a problem with their main engine. If there is no error in the judgment, they have already started the backup engine."
Raymond Anthony nodded slightly. He also knew about this, because according to his request, the surveillance of the Russian Starry Spacecraft had not been relaxed, and all the information could be delivered to him as soon as possible.
After a while, when Doolittle was about to ask Raymond Anthony if there was anything else to do, if he had to go back to the cockpit to continue on duty, Raymond Anthony suddenly asked him something.
"Dear Captain, do you think it's possible if we kill Starry Sky in space?"
"What?! What did you say?" Doolittle was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears and killed Starry Sky. Raymond Anthony actually asked him if he could kill Starry Sky in space? Was he crazy? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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