Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 133 Return to the Moon
Jiangyang's hibernation continues.

With each hibernation lasting 50 days, he felt as if his world had become a movie on fast-forward, with everything moving at an unbelievable speed.

He, Zhou Yu, Lu Zhaoming, Sun Changhe, and others became the only audience members in this movie.

Under this fast-forward, Jiang Yang clearly sensed a series of changes happening quietly and rapidly in the world.

This situation might not be noticeable to an ordinary person who is actually in the same situation, but it is very sensitive to Jiang Yang.

Just like when ordinary people look at their own children, they always feel that the children haven't changed at all. But for a relative who can only see the child once every two months, this change is very obvious.

Jiang Yang clearly sensed that the World Government was using the publicity of space heroes like Tong Zheng as a starting point to carry out a series of ideological propaganda campaigns, which quietly changed people's thinking.

The barriers and obstacles between regions are decreasing, and countries that still maintain de facto independence are increasingly eliminating tariffs and entry restrictions on each other, making the flow of people and goods smoother.

Meanwhile, the exchange and integration of science and technology with aerospace have taken the lead in all fields. A large number of scientific researchers have begun to exchange ideas frequently, and research institutions that previously kept their research data strictly confidential have opened up their research data under the unified guidance of the world government, which has greatly avoided the phenomenon of reinventing the wheel and thus greatly improved research efficiency.

In the space industry, governments around the world also used the movie "Heroes of the End of the World" as an opportunity to launch a series of promotional campaigns through various means, including movies, animations, and novels. By encouraging social celebrities, stars, and the wealthy to participate in space travel and burial, they instilled the impression that space travel and space burial were fashionable and trendy in people's minds.

There was even a movie specifically about this subject, about a down-on-his-luck person on Earth who wins a prize in the final stages of his life. The prize is a space burial service provided by a commercial space company, which will launch his body towards the Rosette Nebula.

Then, this down-on-his-luck individual accidentally encountered aliens during a space voyage. He was then resurrected by the aliens using genetic technology. By chance, he solved a major problem for the alien fleet, saved the entire alien civilization, and eventually had a sweet love affair with an alien princess, living happily ever after in the vast starry sky.

The release of this movie caused another sensation, and countless people secretly set their sights on it.

With such great service, I definitely have to get it for myself!

Amid the booming development of the aerospace industry, the domestic aerospace industry, which suffered significant losses more than a decade ago due to full mobilization, has rapidly regained its vitality, much like a grassland after a wildfire.

At this time, something that not only the hibernation team is concerned about, but the whole world is also paying attention to, can finally be put on the agenda.

To conduct a manned lunar landing mission, sending astronauts to explore the lunar ruins, search for possible astronaut remains, and find debris from extraterrestrial facilities.

Prior to this, the world government had already led several unmanned explorations. However, due to the extremely complex terrain of the area after the nuclear explosion, little progress had been made. Now, with the booming development of the space industry, the hardware foundation for manned landing and on-site exploration has finally been established.

In fact, this work had been planned since the end of the apocalypse, but at that time the domestic aerospace industry was almost completely destroyed, and other countries did not have any plans or capabilities to land people on the moon in the short term.

The only country that theoretically has the capability has long since lost its technological heritage.

This is essentially starting from scratch, from super-large rockets to manned spacecraft, and redeveloping the entire system for manned lunar landing.

To have progressed to this point in just over a decade is quite rapid. Without global cooperation led by world governments, the timeline would likely have been delayed by several more years.

The plan has been announced, and the preparation period will take about two more years. This may be a long and unbearable time for ordinary people, but for Jiang Yang, it is just 14 hibernations and a mere 28 days of wakefulness.

It was like playing a game; every time Jiang Yang woke up, he could see that the lunar landing project had made a big step forward. "This feeling is not bad at all. If we really had to wait day after day, it would drive me crazy with impatience."

Such a thought suddenly came to his mind.

After 14 hibernations, all the hibernators arrived at the space launch base.

Looking at the Giant Spirit III rocket, which is over 80 meters tall, 9 meters in diameter, and has a total mass of over 2400 tons, Jiang Yang felt slightly dazed.

This rocket is not something hastily produced without testing and adjustments.

Every step of its production and assembly involves the combined efforts of global aerospace elites, undergoing the most rigorous testing and inspection, ensuring extremely high safety.

Such a rocket can send approximately 40 tons of mass into a lunar transfer orbit in a single launch. This mass means it can send five astronauts to the moon and back in one go.

Three kilometers away, separated by thick explosion-proof glass, Jiang Yang and the other hibernators gazed at the enormous silhouette of the rocket.

Of the rocket's total mass of over 2400 tons, a full 2100 tons are fuel. If this thing were to accidentally explode, the area within several kilometers would likely be razed to the ground.

Therefore, Jiang Yang and other hibernators were strictly prohibited from approaching and could only watch from a distance through the explosion-proof glass.

After a short wait, the countdown reached zero.

A blazing, dazzling light, so intense that it was almost impossible to look directly at even from a distance of 3 kilometers, shot out from the bottom of the rocket.

At that moment, the tremendous roar and the slight tremor of the ground beneath his feet combined, allowing Jiang Yang to truly feel its immense power.

The rocket eventually soared into the sky and disappeared from sight.

Jiang Yang knew that it would take several more days for the astronauts to finally fly to the moon, several more days to land on the moon, and some time after landing, to carry out preliminary preparations and wait for the second launch to deliver sufficient supplies.

It will probably take more than a month for the astronauts to reach the vicinity of that site.

This is, after all, a legitimate space mission, prioritizing safety and not pursuing efficiency as much as it would be during an apocalyptic event.

For ordinary people, waiting for dozens of days would be unbearable. But for Jiang Yang, it was no problem at all.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep again, only to open them again a moment later.

"How is the lunar landing mission going?"

"The astronauts have completed their preliminary preparations. At this moment, the four astronauts, carrying the corresponding tools, have arrived near the site and are expected to begin their exploration mission in three hours. Your awakening just in time."

(End of this chapter)