Chapter 260 Gravity(1/2)
Late at night a day later, the Star Ring 2 spacecraft was launched.
It successfully launched the space with Pang Xuelin, Cheng Xin, Vader, Zhang Beihai, Shians, Ding Yi, Cao Bin and the virologist Wang Zhiping who was responsible for treating Luo Ji.
In addition, the cargo hold also contains Luo Ji's hibernation compartment and an ideological stamping machine that has not yet been engraved into the proposition.
After nearly ten minutes of flying in the atmosphere, everyone finally saw the blue planet through the porthole.
"So beautiful!"
Cheng Xin took off the space suit mask that he had to wear during the takeoff stage, revealing a slightly pale pretty face. Through the porthole, he greedily looked at the home where humans depended for survival below.
Pang Xuelin skillfully unbuttoned his seat belt and floated around freely in the cabin.
The long space trip in the Mars rescue world made him feel uncomfortable with this level of weightlessness.
Vader, Zhang Beihai, Shians, Cao Bin and others also looked at the world below curiously.
Cao Bin smiled and said, "After today, I can finally tell my students with confidence that the earth is indeed spherical because I have seen it with my own eyes!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Among them, except Pang Xuelin, the only one who has actually entered space is Ding Yi, the oldest.
"More than 20 years ago, I took the Nasa space plane to the International Space Station. I didn't expect that after so many years, I still have the opportunity to go to space." Ding Yi sighed a little emotion.
Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "Professor Ding, with the development of technology, the cost of space will become lower and lower, and the comfort will also increase accordingly. There are many opportunities for you to go to space in the future."
Ding Yi smiled and waved her hand and said, "I'd better forget it. I can't do scientific research now, so it's meaningless to go to space. It's better to bring students on Earth."
Pang Xuelin smiled faintly: "This is indefinite."
Pang Xuelin walked around the personnel cabin, and soon, the command-long voice rang: "Professor Pang, five minutes later, Star Ring 2 will change its orbit and fly towards the Grimpotent. Please return to your position as soon as possible and sit down!"
"clear!"
Pang Xuelin lightly returned to his position with the help of the handrail on the bulkhead.
Cheng Xin, who was sitting next to him, said curiously: "Professor Pang, why are you flying so skillfully? I remember it seems that it was your first time in space."
Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Maybe it's talent. I feel that it's easy to float when I'm weightless!"
...
The orbital change flight was going smoothly. Twenty minutes later, everyone could see the huge figure of the "Gratio" through the porthole.
Gravity is the largest and most powerful war machine that humans have built so far.
Its total length is more than 600 meters and its diameter is nearly 70 meters. It still has a cigar shape overall. Under the sunlight, the dark silver surface reflects a cold metal texture.
This is a super warship built by Star Ring City in consuming countless resources, even the "Oasis" and "Natural Selection" that have been in service before cannot be compared.
In comparison, the Star Ring 2 aerospace plane, which is also not small, seems to have become a small sampan.
Pang Xuelin noticed that when he saw the "Gratio" he looked at the behemoth outside the porthole motionlessly, and his entire attention seemed to be attracted by this super warship.
However, Pang Xuelin didn't care. Anyway, no matter it was the "Oasis", "Natural Selection" or the "Gratility" that had just been in service, they did not have the ability to fly interstellarly, and he was not worried that Zhang Beihai would run away by boat.
Others also exclaimed in surprise.
Although they saw the scenes of the construction of the "Gratio" through video materials when they were on the ground, the first time they saw this scene still shocked everyone.
Ten minutes later, under the command-line operation, Star Ring 2 successfully docked with the "Gravity" spacecraft.
Pang Xuelin and his group passed through the transition pole and entered the Grimward.
Then, under the guidance of the guide, everyone followed the well-connected passage within the Universal Gravity and came to the bridge of the Universal Gravity.
The bridge of the "Gratio" is located in the ring area near the edge in front of the spacecraft. The bridge rotates around the axis of the spacecraft and uses centrifugal force to simulate the gravity environment on the earth.
The bridge is large in area, a bit like the aerospace command center on earth, with various holographic displays and various operating tables, with more than a hundred crew members on duty.
The most eye-catching thing is the holographic display that simulates the porthole at the front of the bridge.
At this time, the earth image captured by the outboard camera is being transmitted to the holographic display in real time.
Xu Shaomin, the captain of the "Gratio" and led more than a dozen senior officers of the "Gratio" to welcome everyone on the bridge.
"Professor Pang, I am Xu Shaomin, the captain of the Universal Gravity. Here, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the Universal Gravity, you are welcome to visit! Say!"
Xu Shaomin quickly raised his right hand upwards and gave a solemn military salute to Pang Xuelin.
The dozen senior officers behind her also saluted.
Pang Xuelin nodded and smiled at Xu Shaomin, and said, "Hello Captain Xu, everyone, thank you for your hard work during this period!"
"It's not hard at all. It's our honor to be a crew member of the Universal Gravity!"
Xu Shaomin smiled and said, "Professor Pang, let me introduce to you the leadership group of our Gravity!"
Xu Shaomin is a woman in her early thirties and looks heroic. Being able to become the captain of the "Gratility" at such an age is enough to show her abilities.
"good!"
Pang Xuelin nodded.
"Professor Pang, this is Charles Frauer, the political commissar of the Universal Gravity!"
Clive is a white male, but he was still very excited when he saw Pang Xuelin.
"Hello!"
"This is Deputy Captain Aisson."
"Hello!"
"This is Zhu Yao, Minister of Navigation."
"Hello!"
"This is Sinclair Keane, Minister of Mechanical and Electrical Affairs."
"Hello!"
...
Xu Shaomin introduced the senior officers on the ship to Pang Xuelin one by one. When she introduced a young man with a national face and a little handsome appearance, Xu Shaomin said: "This is our Minister of Aerospace Communications Department, Chu Yan!"
"Chu Yan?!"
Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned and couldn't help but look at him twice.
Chu Yan stood attentively and gave a serious look to Pang Xuelin. Pang Xuelin kept his appearance firmly in his heart, stepped forward and patted his shoulder, and smiled and said, "Do it well!"
"yes!"
Chu Yan responded with excitement.
In the original work, if Zhang Beihai is the father of the Galaxy humans, Chu Yan is the real leader of the Galaxy humans.
In the original work, before the Battle of Doomsday, Chu Yan drove the "Blue Space" and two other interstellar battleships to pursue the "Natural Selection" kidnapped by Zhang Beihai, thus escaping the disaster.
After the Battle of Doomsday, the human fleet was wiped out, and the facts proved Zhang Beihai's forward-looking vision.
Chu Yan and the others also obeyed Zhang Beihai's leadership one after another, decided to form a starship human, and follow Zhang Beihai to the new world to open up the wilderness.
However, everyone soon realized that the supply materials carried by a spacecraft alone could not support the next star system.
Unless everyone in the other three spacecraft is killed, all the supplies in the four spacecraft are concentrated in one.
So the suspicion chain broke out in four spacecraft, and in the end, one of the spacecraft took the lead in using infrasonic bombs to attack the other three spacecraft.
Zhang Beihai and the others died one after another.
Only Chu Yan, when the opponent launched an attack, actually vacuumed the spacecraft in advance, and the crew entered the deep sea state, thus avoiding the attack of infrasonic bombs.
Subsequently, the "Blue Space" launched a counterattack and became the only survivor of the four battleships.
Later in the third part, Chu Yan and the others led the Blue Space to use the four-dimensional fragments encountered by the spacecraft to defeat the Three-Body Civilization Water Drop Detector that chased them. At the moment of life and death, they launched a cosmic broadcast on the Three-Body Civilization, thus giving humans a chance to breathe.
In the original work of the Three-Body Problem series, Liu did not pay much attention to Chu Yan, but no matter from any perspective, this person has strong leadership and wise minds, even compared with Zhang Beihai, it is not much inferior.
Pang Xuelin didn't know if the Chu Yan he saw today was the Chu Yan in the original work.
But no matter what, this person deserves his own attention.
After introducing each other, Xu Shaomin first took Pang Xuelin and the others to have a space meal, which was a welcome to them.
Then, he took Pang Xuelin and his group directly to the lounge prepared for them.
In the next two days, Wang Zhiping began to formally treat Luo Ji in the medical cabin of the "Gravel". Pang Xuelin and his team visited the spacecraft every day to learn about the performance, combat power and so on.
It was not until a week later that Pang Xuelin met Luo Ji, who had been completely cured and awake in the medical cabin!
"Professor Pang!"
When Luo Ji saw Pang Xuelin, he seemed a little surprised.
Then, he looked around and said in surprise: "Professor Pang, when is it now and where is this?"
Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "It's July 28, 2016. This is the medical cabin of the Gravity spacecraft. We are currently in the geosynchronous orbit. Dr. Luo Ji, congratulations, the virus in your body has been completely eliminated and you have recovered from health."
"36 years of crisis?"
Luo Ji lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said in confusion: "Professor Pang, I remember the stellar spell I issued, which probably hasn't worked yet, why did the United Nations wake me up?"
To be continued...