Dreaming about space

Chapter 14 Cross the river and demolish the bridge
On April 1970, 4, Dongfanghong-24 successfully launched into space.

On April 1990, 4, the Long March-7 carrier rocket successfully launched the first foreign commercial satellite contracted by China into the predetermined orbit.

This was the first 20 years of Liang Tian's life, and it was also the first period of rapid development of my country's aerospace industry.

The older generation of astronauts worked hard to develop the launch technology of the Long March series of carrier rockets from scratch, completing impossible tasks again and again. China's aerospace industry has achieved leapfrog development.

[Asia One] is China’s first step into the world’s commercial space launch field.

Although this step had many twists and turns, in the end it was the right time, right place and right people.

The day after the launch mission was successful, Ji Zhidong found Liang Tian and said something that made Liang Tian feel like he was struck by lightning.

"Xiao Liang, I don't think you are suitable to be a special vehicle driver."

"Brother Dong, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to burn bridges across the river?"

Ji Zhidong nodded and said, "Yes."

"That's not the case, Brother Dong, I haven't made any mistakes recently. All the tasks have been completed to the highest quality." Liang Tian was both unconvinced and full of aggrievement, "Everyone is celebrating today. You and I are here to do this." ."

"Xiao Liang, listen to me..."

"What's there to say?" Liang Tian didn't want to hear it at all.

He was very angry now, but he didn't want to sulk and explode with anger.

If someone was unhappy, he would immediately retaliate: "There is such a big difference in our status, and it is impossible for me to compete with you for credit or anything. You asked me to come here, and now you can't tolerate me!"

If he hadn't injured someone before, he would have wanted to punch him right now.

Ji Zhidong was speechless: "Xiao Liang, what are you thinking about?"

Liang Tian looked at Ji Zhidong with contempt: "I heard you tell people yesterday why you gave the ignition order so decisively."

"What did I say?"

"You said it had just rained, and it was filled with low-temperature liquid nitrogen. It is normal for white smoke to emit."

"Where did you overhear this?"

"What do I have to eavesdrop on? I am aboveboard! I am not like some people who burn bridges by crossing rivers and burning bridges. They tell others that they want to help me ask for credit, but at the same time they directly turn against me and deny people."

"Xiao Liang, think about it carefully, do you think the logic of what you just said is correct?" Ji Zhidong asked Liang Tian to calm down.

Liang Tian was so angry at the moment that he didn't care about logic.

Resisting the urge to curse, I said: "Logic is bullshit, only facts speak louder than words."

"It rained and there was white smoke. Apart from me, who else did you tell this to? Was it just the two of us at that time?"

"You want to die without proof, right?" Liang Tian sneered: "You are the commander of the cave unit, and I am the driver. If you can't tolerate me, what's the point of me running to tell others?"

"Of course there is. I went to check your high school files." Ji Zhidong changed the topic without warning.

"Why are you checking my file? If I leave here, I won't find any iron job. Is it possible that you still want to manipulate me for the rest of your life?"

"Your high school grades are very good, especially mathematics, physics and chemistry. Your scores in every subject are remarkable." Ji Zhidong looked into Liang Tian's eyes and said to him: "You are a very good special truck driver. But That’s not the only good thing about you.”

"What do you mean?" Liang Tian was a little confused.

"I just want to see if it's possible for you to be admitted to college, but you're no longer a fresh graduate, so you don't meet any of the current admission regulations. You still have to go back and take the college entrance examination."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute? What are you doing? Did I say I wanted to go to college?"

"You didn't say that. I checked your high school grades. If you take the college entrance examination seriously, you still have a chance to pass it."

"Isn't that nonsense? How difficult can it be to get into college?" Liang Tian rarely agreed.

"It's still very difficult. If I say you have a chance, it's only [-] to [-] percent at most, and that's if you've been reading it all the time."

"No, Brother Dong, can you please stop playing with me?"

"You see it is like this, Xiaoliang. I had a chat with the people who are engaged in launch technology yesterday. Even when I was cleaning with you, every one of them said that you are very savvy, courageous and careful. It’s very suitable for rocket launches. I hope you can find opportunities to go to university and learn the basic theories solidly.”

Hearing this, Liang Tian probably knew that he had misunderstood Ji Zhidong.

But even so, he was not attracted by Ji Zhidong's proposal.

He just loves driving.

If he keeps driving like this, sooner or later he will become a great craftsman.

He has been away from school for almost two years. Isn't it a joke to ask him to go back and take the college entrance examination now?
The key is that his parents have tried to persuade him countless times to let him study hard.

If he had wanted to go to college, he wouldn't have gone out to do transportation.

"Xiao Liang, this is just a suggestion. You can think about it again later."

"What are you thinking about? When the sun comes out in the west, it's impossible for me to go back to school!"

"That's right. I'm still thinking that when I retire, you will inherit my mantle and be the ground commander of the launch mission or something."

"Tch, who wants to be like you?"

Liang Tian silently imagined it in his mind and shouted: [Attention to all numbers, prepare for 1 minute... 3, 2, 1 ignition].

Then everything is bad.

Only those who have personally experienced the launch site know how shocking that moment is.

Liang Tian's heart moved immediately.This time, although he also participated in the launch mission of [Asia [-]].

But when it was launched, even the command center couldn't be entered.

I could only watch from a distance, my heartbeat racing and my breathing rapid.

He hoped that the launch would be successful, but apart from escorting the fuel, he just chatted with the technicians while mopping the floor.

That feeling, whenever I think about it, I feel like my whole body is crawled by ants.

"You don't have such an idea?" Ji Zhidong looked at Liang Tian and said loudly, "That's my fault."

"It's good to know!" Liang Tian glared at Ji Zhidong.

"Stop being so angry. I'll just stop mentioning it in the future." Ji Zhidong affirmed: "I personally found you, the most talented person as a special truck driver. Your sense of distance is mine. Among the people I have ever met, he is the best. I almost want to say that God has given me a gift."

Liang Tian was very unhappy.

In this world, there is always a kind of person who will plant a seed called dream in the hearts of others.

Then he just left without caring.

If there is no dream in life, what is the difference between life and being carefree?
Now it's better. If you don't keep everything, you will have to live in sorrow and die in happiness.

Liang Tian was very angry.

Can the ground commander command the special vehicle driver at will?
Don't say it, it's really okay.

Liang Tian suddenly felt like he was being pinched.

He can no more stop the seed from germinating than he can stop the sun from setting.

……

Liang Tian's words have indeed not been mentioned in any interviews or biographies related to him.

"Old man, I think you are lying to me. What you are talking about now is completely different from the person in the chief designer's documentary."

"Little doll, if you haven't been old, can I still be young?"

There is nothing wrong with what I say.

"Then are all your documentaries fake? Doesn't it mean that your dream since you were 20 years old is to die on the way to immigrate to Mars?"

"That's right. My dream before I was 20 years old was to race well. When I went back, my classmates who were already in college started making fun of me."

"What are you making fun of?"

"When I was in high school, I told them that if they asked me to go to college, it would be better for me to die directly."

Fang Yuan found it a little funny: "Is it necessary to be so decisive?"

"Yeah, is it necessary to be so decisive? When I came back to my senses, I even thought it was a bit funny."

"Most people will think that you didn't pass the exam and that's why you made such nonsense." Fang Yuan responded.

"Who says it's not the case? I think so myself." Liang Tian paused, "But we must not let others think so."

"Why?"

"Young people must be saving face!" Liang Tian replied.

Fang Yuan smiled noncommittally.

"So I just thought," Liang Tian continued, "I have to think of a very powerful reason to shut up all my classmates. I just said casually, I will die on the way to immigrate to Mars."

"Then why didn't you say you were going to the moon?" Fang Yuan asked.

"The lunar exploration was already there at that time. The Discoverer was already on the moon in 1960. When I talk about the moon, doesn't it have little momentum?"

"It sounds reasonable." Fang Yuan agreed and then asked: "Wouldn't it be cooler if you just said you wanted to live on Mars? Why do you have to involve death?"

"That's what I said when I suddenly had an idea. How could a young person think so much when talking?" Liang Tian asked Fang Yuan: "Also, don't you think [dying on the way to immigrating to Mars] is more tragic and picturesque?"

"I don't know if it was tragic or tragic at the time, or whether it had a sense of imagery. But now, the imagery is immediately full."

Fang Yuan pointed outside the Galaxy Ship.

While the old and the young were chatting, a large wave of pets wearing spacesuits appeared at the Mars relay station.

These pets cannot fly, and unlike Liang Xinghuo, they have space suits with hovering flight functions.

They all came up on the Mars ladder outside Wanhu Square.

The height of this ladder reaches 4000 meters. After reaching the Mars relay station, it will continue to extend upward for 1000 meters.

From the beginning of the design, preparations have been made for the expansion of normalized tourism on Mars.

It is equivalent to a three-dimensional starship berth.

If there are too many starships coming and going, the four docking ports on one plane of the relay station will definitely not be enough.

It's a pity that the expansion has been prepared for 22 years, but it has not been put to use yet.

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