[Chapter 549: Noah's departure]
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At this moment, the Nasa headquarters is located in the National Space Center, where the capital of the United States is located.
Countless special correspondents from major media newspapers, mainstream media or scientific magazines around the world gather here.
Charles Bor, who was in full swing, officially announced a series of regulations such as Nasa's "Mars Plan" to the world at the reception. Among them, Charles announced the exact date of departure of "Noah" for the first time at the press conference, that is, "Noah" will officially leave Earth orbit five days later.
As soon as the news spread globally, the United States was in full swing.
"The United States of America will usher in a new era for mankind, and the era of great space has officially begun. As the saying goes, our human goal is the sea of stars..." The New York Times.
"We live in a magnificent and great era. If NSA and Nasa opened a new era and new pattern of the post-human American-Soviet space race, then the Noah officially pushed this era to its highest peak. Perhaps we can announce that the era of the great space has officially arrived..." Nature magazine.
"I have to say that space exploration is a real super gold-swallowing beast. Not to mention that the "Gemini Plan" of the NSA or Ms. who are not afraid of the lack of money, spending nearly $600 billion. Even the "Mars Mission" of Nasa has exceeded $100 billion. Space exploration competes with a country's economic strength, scientific and technological level and comprehensive national strength. Obviously, this will only appear in the hands of superpowers and can meet this series of extreme harsh countries. At present, there are only two, namely China and the United States." The Times
"The struggle between superpowers is no longer limited to one planet, but the entire universe. It is still unknown who will win in this Mars competition. We will wait and see..." Global Daily
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For a moment, global media rushed to report the news, and both online and television media reported it at different times. The United States was even more excited because the team that started the journey to Mars for the first time was from Americans, which was extremely proud. The media in North America praised it very much, and the lines were filled with excitement and pride.
The whole United States is spending day by day under such excitement, counting minute by minute and second, waiting for the final journey, and its global vision is focused on the Noah. This time, the Noah spacecraft will have five astronauts. The entire aircraft, including the Orion spacecraft and its Mars outpost base, has a volume of an astonishing more than 700 tons, a full load of 970 tons, and a volume of almost four digits.
Five days later, the highly anticipated moment in the world has officially arrived, and the most exciting moment in the United States is coming, and all parties have gathered their horizons.
In the sky, the Noah, which is 589.7 kilometers away from the Earth's surface, will represent the first human journey to Mars. In order to expand its influence, Nasa also participated in the plan. The company specially mobilized a Google satellite to conduct live monitoring and reporting on the incident.
Through the high-definition cameras equipped on Google satellites, the world saw the true appearance of the Noah for the first time.
The true appearance of "Noah" is like a huge gyro-shaped object, with a maximum diameter of 180 meters long. The center of the huge ring-shaped object seems to be a giant rocket fixed in the center, with a total length of 132 meters. Six trusses are fixed with a cylindrical body in the middle, allowing them to connect to the ring-shaped structure with a diameter of 180 meters. Among the six trusses, three of them play a fixed role, a typical triangular stability design, and the other three are channel compartments. The peripheral ring with a diameter of 180 meters is the centrifugal compartment, that is, the centrifugal gravity manufacturing chamber, where artificial gravity can be generated.
In the center, similar to the "cylindrical rocket", three large balls bulged at the end, which are fuel reserves and propulsion engines, including a nuclear reactor, and at the end there is an ultra-large engine nozzle with a diameter of more than 17 meters.
At the front end, there is an object in the shape of a bullet head of 37 meters long, that is, the "Orion" spacecraft, a vehicle that carries manned landing on Mars.
The "Noah" consists of a central core compartment, a centrifugal compartment fixed on the core compartment, a "Orion" spacecraft at the front, an outpost base and its end propulsion system, and five main parts. The entire outline is like a gyro-like object, and it is like a shaft interspersed in the middle of a large tire.
At this moment, when the Noah was set off, Google satellites were maintaining a relatively consistent speed and stable distance with the aircraft, and conducted live broadcasts around the world for "Noah".
Soon, people on Earth saw that the centrifugal capsule of the "Noah" began to move, gradually starting to rotate clockwise, with faster and faster speed. After the rotation, the outermost area of the centrifugal capsule will produce relatively maximum artificial gravity.
“3 g…”
People who watched the live broadcast heard the sound of the astronauts reported on the "Noah" in the video, and the centrifugal gravity is getting stronger and stronger.
“7 g…”
When the gravity in the centrifugal chamber reached the same level as the gravity on Earth, the Noah stopped accelerating rotation and propulsion against the centrifugal chamber.
I saw an astronaut floating in the passage of the core compartment and slowly flew to a cabin interface to open the cabin door. His location was one of the three passages leading to the centrifugal compartment. He adjusted his body and entered the passage cabin instead of his head. In the straight passage of 78 meters, there was a ladder of the same length. The astronaut held both ends of the ladder with both hands.
When he entered the passage, he could clearly feel the abnormal gravity. A typical head is light and he was heavy. He could feel a force that had "sucked" him downward. After a while, he grabbed the smooth columns at both ends of the ladder with both hands, and his whole body descended to the bottom of the passage, and his speed became faster and faster.
The lower the centrifugal force is, the higher the centrifugal force is, and the faster the descent is. When he reaches the half-section of the passage, he can no longer feel the weightlessness and his body can no longer float. It is time for his feet to step onto the ladder and walk down step by step.
When he stepped onto the floor of the centrifugal cabin, he felt the same gravity as the earth, and he could walk freely on it.
"Skovo, I saw you~!"
In the front of the aircraft, in the central control cabin, another astronaut looked through the window. He saw the ring-shaped centrifugal cabin behind him. His colleague was standing there in the window above. However, in his eyes, the colleague was now facing upside down, his head was facing down, as if he was hanging up. The other party was waving to him, but the rotating centrifugal cabin soon made both parties disappear from each other's field of view.
"The waterway is formulated!"
“The thruster is ready!”
“…The report is completed, Houston!”
"This is Houston, please leave! I wish you all the best!"
"Set off!"
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…(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!