48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng has been thinking about the middle-aged man named Einstein before, wondering whether the reference to "magnificent desolation” in the first sentence was intentional or coincidental.

Because that was the sentiment of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with Armstrong as he walked down to the moon compartment and saw what was happening on the moon.

However, he can no longer find the latter. Einstein is obviously a pseudonym. Zhang Heng currently only knows that the middle-aged people are scientists working in District 51, but because of the nature of District 51, he will not be able to meet each other again unless the other comes to him.

The latter, like the sandstorm at dusk, suddenly appeared and suddenly disappeared.

Early the next morning, Zhang Heng also paid special attention to Fatty Jalai and Bruno. From their appearance, nothing special should have happened last night. They obviously did not see the guy who claimed to be Einstein like him, but then Zhang Heng could only put it aside first, because the next step was wild survival training.

The training will also determine the final candidate for the Apollo XI, although it may not be in the way NASA expects.

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After breakfast, Zhang Heng et al. changed into costumes and Zone 51 dispatched them to the training site, where an advance simulation module was placed, one of which was planted in yellow sand to simulate the separation of the command module on return to Earth and the service module.

Simulation and command compartments are constructed on a one-to-one scale, with the same configuration as command compartments, with all the items needed to survive in the wild.

The military truck pulled the three Zhang Heng men into the simulation compartment and waited for the three men to enter before leaving.

Captain and NASA staff observed the situation with a telescope two kilometres away.

NASA has also learned lessons from previous events, this time with medical and emergency teams standing by nearby, helicopters and Land Cruisers serving as manoeuvres, as well as assurances from Sector 51 airbase in the immediate vicinity that assistance will be provided as necessary.

There will be almost no more accidents with such preparations.

The space in the simulation compartment is very small, and in fact the entire spacecraft is well designed. In the case of modern rockets, for example, about 50 kg of fuel is added for every additional kilogram of weight. In order to ensure that the spacecraft has sufficient escape speed, it is necessary, on the one hand, for the launch vehicle to have sufficient thrust and, on the other, for the spacecraft to have as little weight as possible.

So only a portion of the ride experience can be sacrificed after as much functionality and safety as possible.

The fact that the three of them are now stuck in a crowded analog compartment, with their bodies together, seems a little ironic to them all trying to kill each other.

Especially Bruno, his breathing was clearly in a hurry and he didn't know what he was thinking. The opposite of Jalai and Zhang Heng seemed much calmer, especially since the latter breathing had hardly changed.

Now that the environment in the cabin is too narrow, and everyone is wearing heavy space suits, there is little room for movement, so even thoughts are impossible to achieve.

Not knowing how long it had passed, the three remained silent until the radio sounded in their ears and the captain told them they could begin training.

Jalai, closest to the hatch door, climbed out first, then Bruno. Zhang Heng was the last to leave the simulation hatch. He stepped on the soft sand and removed his helmet. He felt like he had returned to the outside world.

Looking forward, the surrounding area is a desolate scene, with only one monotonous hue remaining, apart from some sparse and sparse shrubs.

But immediately after that, they faced another embarrassing problem, which was how to take off their suit, which was designed for use in space and became cumbersome when they landed, holding onto such a heavy set of equipment could not be moved at all, and would consume a lot of energy.

So the first thing the astronauts do when the cockpit falls back to the ground is get rid of this gear.

But even after so much training, it would take a lot of time to get this thing off if you were on your own, and if you had peers to help each other, the process could be considerably shortened, but the problem is that the three of you are now on guard against each other and don't want anyone else to get back to work first.

At the end of the day, Zhang Heng told Jiale, “I'll take it off for you first. ”

The latter's eyes flashed an unexpected color, but nodded. Brunoton regretted it. He and Jalai were nominal allies. At this time, they should have come forward to help. Instead, Zhang Heng took it first. In fact, there are NASA people in the distance right now who are observing it. Even if they want to kill each other, they are unlikely to do it at this time.

When Fatty took off his costume, he also helped Zhang Heng take off his costume, and eventually Bruno on the other side finally got out of that body and changed into a NASA ground uniform.

Zhang Heng returned to the simulation compartment again during this period, taking food and water out of the storage room, in addition to the instruments that may be used.

Following the training plan, the three men first communicated remotely, reporting to the control centre on the approximate location of the three men, and then proceeded to build a field survival shelter.

Zhang Heng has done this countless times in the first round of copies, but now he doesn't need to go around collecting raw materials, because NASA is prepared ahead of time, taking into account the circumstances on the return journey, all they have to do is drag them all out and assemble them in sequence.

Fatty also has to admit, as far as teammates are concerned, Zhang Heng is probably the ideal type, calm, all-powerful, reliable... but as an opponent, that's not a good thing.

It also means that it will be even more difficult for him to kill the other party, and if he doesn't, he will have to strike a deadly blow, because the other party won't give him a second chance, good thing Jalai has always been a patient person, otherwise he won't disguise himself as a harmless adorable pig in the beginning of the copy until Smell and Bruno join forces to empty the other players before revealing their teeth.

He's like a snake, always looking for the best hunting time.

So at the beginning of the field survival training, he was also very cooperative, actively joined the shelter after the call for help, the three of them lived for a minute, put up the shade and blocked the poisonous sun over their heads.

Because of the training requirements, all three did not eat breakfast. Zhang Heng distributed the food taken from the storage room to the other two people. Although his stomach had already felt hungry, Fatty was still not in a hurry to swallow, but gave Bruno a look.

Knowing what Jalai meant, the latter painstakingly opened a bag of dehydrated food and mixed it with the water in the sealed bag and sent it into his mouth.