I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Although everyone was surprised, they all accepted the call-up without exception because it was a rare opportunity no matter what.

They themselves don't care where they live, even in the bitter and cold northern border, but if possible, they also hope that their relatives who stay in the army, such as wives and children or husbands, can have a better living environment.

Their military records were soon officially transferred from their respective military regions to the capital, Serra, and sent to a new city 200 kilometers away from the capital, a space city that had just been completed and built for the purpose of training astronauts.

The city was built under the order of the Queen and the leadership of the Alliance's Health Department. The entire city is located in the center of a large dense forest, surrounded by the elven hermitage array and several treeman royal families scattered around to guard it. It is completely isolated from the world.

It was here that they learned that they were the lucky ones who were selected as reserve astronauts from among 20000 outstanding candidates in the entire alliance.

Since the impact of entering space on the human body is completely unknown, a lot of theoretical study and physical training are needed in the early stages. In the first few months, they almost lived in many medical and scientific research institutes in Sierra.

The tests that doctors conducted on Alexei and others were not simple examinations, but predictions of all possible situations during space travel and verification of whether they had the ability to withstand them.

Centrifuge and high-altitude skydiving training are commonplace. What Alexei finds most unbearable are the loneliness test and the hypoxia test, especially the loneliness test. The research team wants to know whether humans can endure boredom and loneliness in the universe.

Because there is no guarantee that the spacecraft will be stranded in space at any time, hanging in the orbit of the planet for several days.

Alexei was taken alone into a large sealed jar with only a few necessities for survival, and the doctors adjusted the air pressure according to all the scenarios they could think of.

Alexei needs to complete a series of tasks in there, including mathematical calculations, intelligence tests and physical movements. In short, it's as difficult as possible.

You are not allowed to talk or read. The lights in the cabin will light up as soon as you fall asleep, and will suddenly go out when you are performing a task. This test often lasts about ten days, and the trainees are unaware of it.

Mental torture is the most painful. Even these 40 young people selected from the best in the entire league were quickly separated into different levels in such brutal training.

Alexei and a girl named Valentina stood out in their respective groups, and if nothing unexpected happens they will be the final partners.

In addition to the loneliness tests in the past, there are more painful hypoxia tests waiting for them. The doctors lock them in a secret room and then extract the air little by little, observing Alexei's reaction through the live broadcast on the screen.

In such an environment, Alexei had to write his name repeatedly in a notebook and do some simple math problems.

As the oxygen content dropped, Alexei's face turned purple, his consciousness became blurred, and his handwriting became messy, until he reached his physiological limit and passed out.

In fact, this test has been controversial since its launch, and engineering experts do not understand the significance of medical scientists conducting such a test.

The only situation in which astronauts would lose oxygen in orbit is if the space capsule was cracked. In this case, the space suit helmet mask would automatically close and switch to the backup oxygen supply. If both the space capsule and the space suit were damaged, the astronauts would be dead and there would be no third way out.

In other words, either you can breathe in space, or you die.

Of course, it was not entirely these torturous things that tested will. After three months of training, they left the closed city for the first time and came to the Alliance's First Research Department located in the core area of ​​the capital, where they met the chief designer.

Her identity and name were all top secrets of the alliance, and the only thing they knew was a code name, "Emperor".

There they saw the real space capsule in person. There were a total of 12 space capsules under production in the factory. Some had already been completed, while others had just begun manufacturing and were just empty shells. They corresponded to the styles of space capsules at different stages.

All the space capsules only retain the metal base color, emitting shiny silver light under the light. This is the crystallization of the highest technology of the alliance or the world.

The smooth metal shell is covered with grooves left by fine etching, and in the grooves are rows of pipes and wires. There are countless pipes and power distribution systems in the cockpit, but the driving panel is very simple.

According to the 'Emperor', they don't actually need to perform too many operations in space, as most of them are done by artificial intelligence systems, so there are not too many buttons on the panel, at least not as many instruments and equipment as on fighter jets.

In this era when technology has not yet been fully developed, scientists across the alliance have come up with all kinds of brilliant ideas and have used their intelligence and talents to the fullest.

Relying solely on gyroscopes and accelerometers, Xingtu can determine its exact position relative to the earth. Through the ingenious combination of reflectors and lenses, engineers can design an optical orientation instrument called a scene frame, which can clearly show the extremely curved horizon in space in front of the astronauts.

When the position of Xingtu is at a specific angle with the planet, the frame system will send a message to the artificial intelligence, which also means that Xingtu is at the best angle for returning.

This instrument is so ingeniously designed, but its principle is based on the simplest optical knowledge, similar to a funhouse mirror that children can buy on the market that has been transformed into aerospace equipment on a spacecraft.

This is the charm of natural science, which is simple and concise.

After returning to the city from the scientific research base to continue training, Alexei and others had reached their peak physical and mental condition after long-term training.

This almost perverted training program is more of a cruel screening mechanism than a training method. It selects the best of the best from the 40 outstanding elites in the alliance and only selects the two most outstanding sons and daughters of heaven.

The space city's surveillance of them has reached a pervasive level. Psychologists believe that people's unconscious conversations often represent their truest thoughts.

Although competition in space projects is inevitable, they cannot show jealousy and hostility, because the manned space program is not only a scientific research task, but also a political task.

As the first humans to enter space, once the plan is successful they will inevitably become the focus of world attention, a great gift for the important celebration of the alliance. Astronauts are responsible for demonstrating the superiority of the Seris Alliance system to the world, so they must be perfect people.

With round after round of training and testing, the size of the 40-person team has been gradually reduced, from 40 to 20, then to 8, and then to 4, and the construction of the launch vehicle has reached its final stage.

In order to simulate various extreme space environments, they also have to memorize every button in the Starway cabin. The engineers will turn off all the lights in the cabin and let them complete all operations in the dark.

They need to understand the meaning of the data behind each button on the control panel, and cross-check these data with artificial intelligence to determine the status of the spacecraft. Everyone in the entire space city is working silently and desperately like a wound-up spring.

In fact, as the launch date approaches, the entire alliance aerospace industry is in a state of high tension while planning the space city. Not only here, but also in secret bases in more states that they cannot see, countless scientists and engineers are working day and night to make final preparations for the upcoming launch mission.

The alliance's huge propaganda department was also mobilized to prepare for the post-launch publicity work in every detail. Three top-secret letters were sent from the palace to the news agency.

There were three different situations printed on them: a great victory, a spacecraft forced landing, and a tragedy. The Alliance Military and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were more worried about the problem of leaks. At their strong request, a fourth envelope containing the code was delivered to the Star Path cabin.

The envelope contains the startup code that allows the astronauts to bypass the biological artificial intelligence control and take over the spacecraft. The location of the envelope can only be told to the astronauts after they are deemed to be mentally normal and there is no possibility of accidents.

In the end, as expected, Alexei and Valentina passed all the tests and became the first astronauts, while the other two were backup candidates.

This was also a difficult choice for the 'Emperor', because the first manned space flight was definitely not low in risk. Even if they urgently arranged a backup project and let a demigod escort closely, it could not completely avoid the tragedy.

Because the so-called demigods have never come into contact with the real outer space.

The two were escorted to the launch site complex to rest. The next morning, the chief designer "Emperor" personally visited them and had their last breakfast on the ground.

[Young men and women, believe me, your names have been written down in history, leaving an eternal and shining chapter in the history of this world.]

[The fate of all intelligent beings in the world will be closely tied together the moment you successfully enter orbit.]

Afterwards, Alexei, Valentina and Shirleya met in the equipment room, put on their space suits and took a special car to the launch tower.

Looking up, the Xingtu and the Xingtu series rocket carrying it stood there quietly, like a shining work of art against the backdrop of the rising sun.

When the three men got off the car and saluted each other, no one could hold back their emotions and began to hug each other. The engineers and officers on site shook hands with them one by one.

Almost no one said words of blessing. Instead, they said goodbye with tears in their eyes, as if it was a farewell forever.

As the motor started, the elevator slowly brought Alexei and others to the highest point. When they reached the top floor, the technicians pushed the three people into the cabin door one by one and fixed them in their seats.

The deputy chief engineer and the commander of the Union Rocket Forces personally sealed the door of the Star Path capsule. At the last moment, the commander whispered to Alexei: "Gagarin, the numbers are 3, 2, 5."

The commander was leaking the code for the astronauts to take over control, and the deputy chief engineer next to him pretended not to hear and turned away.

Alexei smiled. In fact, the chief designer "Emperor" had already told them the code during breakfast in the morning.

With the tacit approval of the 'Emperor', the technical staff of the entire scientific research base violated discipline. If there was a problem with the Xingtu rocket, the catastrophic consequences would be unmatched by any aircraft within the atmosphere.

At least the plane still has a chance to make an emergency landing, and the Star Path will only carry three people quietly in orbit, waiting for the rescue that may or should come, but there is a greater probability that the entire spacecraft will become a living coffin.

Because in order to ensure the success rate of the mission, the first priority of biological intelligence is to ensure that the space capsule successfully completes the mission, is launched into orbit and recovered. The recovery and landing area cannot have any residential areas. When the mission is prioritized, the lives of the astronauts themselves will be put second.

It is still what is commonly known as protecting the machine but not the people.

The final backup code is to switch the bio-intelligent human-machine authority in dangerous situations, with the priority of protecting people.

In this situation, if the astronauts who risked their lives for the country cannot even have their last means of saving their lives, then there will be no one in the alliance who can be trusted.

This is actually the first special skill that astronauts must learn, that is, how to accept their own death calmly.

As the control room issued the take-off command and as the four mechanical clamps released the rocket at a speed of one hundredth of a second, the huge load instantly pressed down on the three people. This was the most dangerous period in the entire launch plan.

As the booster rocket ignites, the load becomes even stronger. The cabin may rupture in the next second, and the crew members will be bounced out like a cannonball. In the process, the spine and cervical vertebrae will be under tremendous pressure.

As time passed, the Star Path rocket jettisoned its bundled boosters and the fairing successfully detached. Alexei could already see the deep blue sky from the porthole. Five minutes later, the second-stage booster completed its mission and was discarded. The super machine built with tens of millions of Alliance coins was thrown into outer space like a match.

Nine minutes later, as the final stage of the rocket booster completed its mission, the vibrations disappeared and Alexey successfully entered orbit.

Alexei looked out the window. What he saw was a deep blue he had never seen before. The planets slowly came into view from one side of the porthole, then slowly moved out and reappeared in the other porthole.

The entire sky turned a deep black, something that no one had ever seen before.

The Star Path spacecraft was speeding eastward at a speed of 8000m/s, but Alexi and others in the spacecraft could not feel any change in speed.

[The flight was normal, the equipment was normal, and the radio was very good. ]

Alexey: [I am observing our home planet. I can see the clouds, I can see the sea, I can see everything. It is so beautiful.]

Chapter 449: Devil or Angel

In this quiet and vast space, life seems so insignificant. This mysterious veil that humans have not yet fully uncovered is both an abyss of fear and a paradise of dreams.

After the Seris Alliance ground monitoring station measured the speed and altitude of Star Path for the last time via radio reception, Star Path stepped into the dark other half of the planet.

The three people who disappeared into the darkness saw a sky full of stars, far more than what they could see on the ground. The stars were dotted like diamonds scattered on the sky, they twinkled with faint light, weaving out dazzling galaxies.

At this time, the demons living on another subcontinent in the Far North were still sleeping, unaware that a man-made meteor passed over their heads.

The curiosity and courage of mankind are carried on board, traveling through the unknown land of space. The starlight reflected from the hull is like a torch in the hands of an explorer, illuminating a small part of the journey ahead.

Xingtu quickly crossed the sky over the hemisphere, and 90 minutes after liftoff, Huangya's system docked with the ground control station and began to exchange data to guide the return capsule to initiate the return procedure.

According to the automatic positioning of the frame, Xingtu oriented itself towards the brake cabin and began to work. A deep blue light spurted out from the rear of the brake cabin to provide power, pushing the cutter cabin out of orbit.

At the same time, with the help of the explosive lock, the braking module, which had worked for forty seconds to complete its mission, separated from the manned module. The first stage of orbital separation was completed as planned, and under Huang Ya's precise command, everything was completed just right.

As the return capsule fell rapidly, the friction between the atmosphere and the thick insulation layer caused the three people inside to feel strong vibrations. Suddenly, after a loud noise, the entire return capsule began to spin wildly, shaking the three people dizzy.

'Ding ding ding...'

At the same time, the control lights that had naturally extinguished after the brake cabin separated all lit up again: [Warning! The umbilical cable failed to detach, the mass distribution of the return capsule was abnormal, and spin acceleration motion occurred. ]

[Possibility of manual disengagement: No, no method of operation. ]

[Solution: The possibility of self-detachment due to high temperature damage is 98%. ]

Valentina was tormented by the intense spinning and rolling, and she tried to resist the urge to vomit and muttered, "Ah! Goddess bless you..."

In the distant sky, two fireballs emitting thick smoke were diving towards the earth at a high speed like meteorites. One of the fireballs officially returned to the capsule, and the three people in the capsule could only leave their fate to God.

The tens of thousands of degrees high temperature on the outer wall of the return capsule has created a black barrier ionosphere around it, which is impossible for radio and other signal transmissions to penetrate, and the outside world is also unclear about their specific situation.

The high-temperature damage self-detachment mentioned by Huang Ya relies on the extremely high temperature of the outside world to burn off the umbilical cable connecting to the brake cabin.

Fortunately, events were developing in the direction predicted by the biological intelligent system, and eventually the ultra-high temperature burned the cable, allowing the two to complete the final separation.

The return capsule, having lost its mass, completely turned into a runaway basketball, spinning rapidly in the atmosphere, causing the two people inside it to quickly faint. Only Shirley was left to silently endure the discomfort.

[Current flight altitude...8800m]

【8400m】

【8000m】

[Ejection parachute preparation]

The black outer shell of the high-speed rotating fireball was blasted with multiple small holes, revealing the inner cone cabin. A large amount of spilled flame retardant extinguished the open flame. Then the parachute cover fixed on the top by 16 explosive bolts was separated, and the guide parachute was pulled out in an instant, and the deceleration parachute attached to it was also pulled out.

The deceleration parachute, which was in a closed state, was unclosed after 8 seconds, and instantly expanded and filled up, causing the speed of the return capsule to stagnate. After the speed was reduced a little, the deceleration parachute separated and the main parachute was pulled out at the same time.