If Zhang Heng remembered correctly, the Airpods' wireless Bluetooth headset should have been released in 2016.
The Apollo quest was set in 1969. Seven years later, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Paul Wayne co-founded Apple Computer. As for Bluetooth technology, it was invented by the telecommunications giant Ericsson in 1994.
In other words, the wireless Bluetooth headset in front of Zhang Heng didn't belong to this era.
What about the guy named Einstein? Who was he?
Obviously, the other party didn't want to meet him because life in Area 51 was too boring. He wanted to see the astronauts preparing to land on the moon, not to mention that he didn't meet Jia Lai or Bruno. Zhang Heng wasn't even sure if the other party was an engineer from Area 51, let alone why he gave him the Bluetooth headset.
Most importantly, Einstein only gave Zhang Heng a headset for his left ear.
Even so, Zhang Heng put it together with the other game items.
The entire moon landing mission would last eight days, and Zhang Heng didn't have that much time left in the quest. In other words, there was a high probability that he wouldn't return to Earth when the quest was over. So, he had to pack up in advance.
Fortunately, NASA allowed astronauts to bring a small number of personal belongings into space, as long as they were listed on a list.
During the quarantine period, Zhang Heng also had visitors. Four days after the sandstorm, the captain returned to the space center with the results of the initial search and rescue operation.
After a three-day and three-night search, Jia Lai's body was found. It was confirmed that he died of asphyxiation, but the other man was still missing.
The sudden sandstorm moved millions of tons of sand hundreds of kilometers away, enough to cover all traces of biological activity. Coupled with the high temperature and dryness of the desert, the search and rescue operation became extremely difficult.
However, the captain said that the search would continue until Bruno's body was found.
In fact, no one believed that Bruno could survive. The press office reported the unfortunate news to the media as soon as possible. President Nixon also expressed his condolences for the lost candidate in the training camp. At the same time, he had a brief conversation with Zhang Heng, the only survivor.
Because of the accident, Zhang Heng didn't make it to the press conference before the moon landing.
However, this was not a bad thing for him.
Although this wasn't the first time he dealt with the media, with his almost blank family and background, he didn't like being bombarded and questioned by reporters. Unlike Armstrong and Collins, he was just a passerby in this world. All he cared about was whether he could complete the main mission. He didn't care whether he was famous or not.
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After a six-day quarantine period, Zhang Heng adjusted his physical and mental state to make the final preparations for the moon landing. Before that, he had cleared all the threats and obstacles in front of him as much as he could. Even so, this was still a journey full of danger and the unknown.
Soon, it was July 16th.
Eight years of preparation time (from the start of the Apollo program), the efforts of 400,000 people, tens of billions of dollars spent, and the top scientists and engineers in the United States working day and night to overcome technical difficulties … basically represented the largest investment a country could provide in peacetime, and all of this was to welcome the arrival of this day.
On this day, the world's attention was focused on the Kennedy Space Center, waiting to witness the great journey of mankind leaving their own planet to explore another world.
Armstrong, Collins, and Zhang Heng woke up at four in the morning, dressed neatly, packed their personal belongings, and said their final goodbyes to their families and friends. After that, they took the black Lincoln Lincoln to the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Base 39A at Cape Canaveral.
Here, they had their last breakfast on Earth. After that, the staff helped them put on the A7L spacesuit that they were wearing for the mission. Finally, they put on the round fishbowl helmets to ensure that everyone was dressed neatly and in good condition.
During the whole process, there were always two or three cameramen following them, pressing the shutter constantly.
To be honest, it wasn't a good feeling, especially when the shutter clicked. It sounded like some kind of strange ritual, and the three of them were the sacrificial offerings. At the same time, more than half of NASA's senior executives and representatives from the White House came, shaking hands and hugging them one by one. Everyone had a solemn expression on their faces.
It had to be admitted that it was indeed a miracle that the three people on Apollo 11 were able to return to Earth with so many flags on them.
Fortunately, the process didn't take too long. When everything was ready, the ground control center issued the command to head to the spacecraft.
Armstrong took the lead and pushed open the door to the equipment room.
At this time, the staff of the launch site who had already finished their work spontaneously stood in the corridor and applauded the three of them, wishing them a smooth journey. The media reporters were already waiting outside the gate, setting up their cameras. As soon as the three of them appeared, they were immediately captured by the cameras, and the spotlights began to flash wildly. Everyone was fighting to be the first to capture this historic moment with their cameras.
However, the three of them didn't stay too long in front of the camera like Hollywood stars on the red carpet. They just waved to the reporters who had been waiting for a long time, got into the van prepared for them by NASA, and drove to the mobile launch platform.
Before this, Zhang Heng had the honor of seeing the assembled Saturn V launch vehicle. It was a behemoth that cost as much as 185 million dollars (more than a billion dollars today). Designed by Werner von Braun, it had maintained the record of mankind's most powerful rocket for 50 years.
The total height of the rocket was 110.6 meters, surpassing the Statue of Liberty in New York. After being loaded with fuel, it weighed an astonishing 2883900 kilograms. The spacecraft assembly building built to assemble it and the Apollo spacecraft was completed in 1966. Until today, it was still the world's largest single-spaced building. The four doors leading to each area were 139 meters tall, and it took 45 minutes to open and close each time.
As early as a few days ago, the Saturn V had already been pulled to the launch site.
Under the night sky, the Saturn V carrier rocket, which was fixed on the mobile launch platform, looked like a giant sword forged by the gods.
Looking up from below, it was hard not to be shocked by the crystallization of the highest level of human technology.
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