Chapter 381 Substitution, Job Change

In the past three months, the three of Jim, like Alan and Lothar, have accompanied Li Changheng into the simulation warehouse for training from time to time.

And this is probably the direct reason why Jim was able to get out of the Apollo 13 accident so quickly.

After all, knowing that you don't have to go to the moon, and relaxing your mind before doing the work you are most familiar with is really helpful to eliminate fear.

Li Changheng looked at Jim who was full of anticipation, silently thinking about his recent performance, and suddenly felt that he should give it a try first.

Anyway, there is still the assessment of the simulated landing and lift-off of the lunar module, and if he is not allowed to join, it is tantamount to giving up this opportunity.

And for the sake of safety, Li Changheng thought for a while and said, "I will be the pilot of the lunar module, and you will be the commander."

Dick and Jim's eyes lit up.

Li Changheng's performance in the past three months can only be described as a super genius, but even if he broke the expectations of everyone in the entire aviation center, how smart humans can be.

But experience and trust are invisible and intangible, but they have always existed in people's hearts.

Therefore, if you choose between the commander and the driver, even Allen and Lothar think he is actually the best driver.

After all, the physical fitness is several times that of ordinary people, and the sensitivity and reaction speed of hands and feet can be more intuitively reflected.

Jim stammered in an excited tone, "Boss, you, are you sure?"

Li Changheng shrugged helplessly, "As long as you don't put me in the pilot's position in the command module, it's fine that you can't land on the moon."

Then Li Changheng looked back at Alan, whose expression was already very bad, and he could guess what it was 100% possible.

"God, how should I tell Ellen about this?"

"Maybe we don't need to say it," Dick patted Li Changheng on the shoulder, "His wife and children can't bear the sad news of losing their husband and father, and we can't bear the crisis of failing again."

After that, they passed the test with an A+ without any doubt, and Li Changheng and others never saw Alan again.

All that was known was that the guy went back to Virginia, quit his job as a test pilot, and started working as an instructor pilot.

On December 24th, Li Changheng accompanied Annie to make a greeting call to London, and then spent Christmas with Annie, the first two-person world since the two met, and the first time in Annie's life that she was not with her family.

After knowing that Li Changheng has been selected as the astronaut of the 14th spaceship, Philip said with a smile that he would do his best to appear at the launch center in Florida on January 31 next year and watch the Saturn 5 rocket lift off with his own eyes. .

And will stay in the United States all the time, accompany Annie and wait for him to go home.

The time has come to 71 years without knowing it.

On January 27th, Li Changheng, Jim and Lothar first came to the launch center in Florida, and while doing the scheduled training every day, they waited for the arrival of the 31st.

And Jim's joining is not without benefits for Li Changheng.

At least when he was no longer the commander in chief, the attention he received plummeted.

Even during the interview, wearing a space suit, sunglasses and a baseball cap, no one asked him to take off the hat and sunglasses.

The reporters who came to interview basically focused all their attention on Jim, the legend who had just escaped from space last April.

Why did it come back so quickly.

How to pass the psychological and daily tests, why he can board the spaceship again after failing once, Jim, who has been interviewed many times, is a little overwhelmed.

Seeing this, the on-site interview officer at the Aviation Center immediately sped up the progress of the interview and ended the interview ten minutes earlier.

However, with this interview and photoshoot, it will be a matter of time before his identity is revealed.

While in space this time, it will not only be the first live broadcast of human color images.

Moreover, Jim is also in charge of holding a handheld live broadcast device. During the 80 hours of entering space and flying to the moon, he will conduct live broadcasts once or twice to the entire United States and some countries that have purchased broadcast rights.

In order to attract more people's attention to this matter, to create momentum for the next three moon landings to obtain enough funds.

So Li Changheng's idea is to keep a low profile as much as possible before taking off on the rocket.

After all, before the moon landing failed, too many news points would definitely affect everyone in the entire project team.

At 9:00 p.m. on January 30, Li Changheng, Jim, and Lothar appeared in a room in the launch center separated by a glass wall to meet with family and girlfriends.

As for why they were separated, it was to avoid the risk of the three of them catching colds and other diseases from others.

Accompanied by Lorraine Theron and Harry Hart, Anne had tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry and put her hands on the transparent glass wall.

Li Changheng smiled and raised his hand, touching Annie's hand through the glass.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely be back."

When Annie heard this, the tears in her eyes couldn't help but flow down.

Feeling the tears, she hurriedly turned around and wiped away the tears with the blue silk glove on her left hand.

After trying to calm down, when I thought about not having a baby in the past few months, I couldn't help but burst into tears again.

Lorraine, a woman whose real identity is a C1A agent, hurriedly hugged Anne's shoulders, reminding her in a low voice with anxiety and dissatisfaction.

"Your Highness, you can't let Sir Henry worry about you before leaving."

"I know I know."

Annie, who was not yet 19 years old at this time, nodded her head in a hurry, and when she turned around for a while, she saw Li Changheng suddenly made a grimace to herself.

The nervous and uneasy mood was immediately taken away by him, and he almost burst out laughing.

She glared at Li Changheng a few times coquettishly.

With so many people around, it's hard for Li Changheng to say all kinds of nasty things.

I can only pick up some happy and sweet things that happened between the two of them in the past two years or so to comfort Annie.

And after Annie got over the initial anxiety, she also cooperated to let Li Changheng relax.

It's a pity that this little girl didn't know that Li Changheng had no nervous or worried thoughts from the beginning to the end.

After all, in his memory, apart from the catastrophic event on the 13th, only on the 11th did the lunar module run out of fuel and almost fail.

The current command module and lunar module have been re-optimized, and even the lunar all-terrain vehicle has been brought up.

Instead of transporting moon rocks like on the 11th, the astronauts have to move them back again and again.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the three of Li Changheng were notified that they needed to go to rest on time, so Annie, who tried not to let herself cry and wanted to keep smiling, blew kisses about ten times in a row, and then followed Jim and Lothar to leave the room.

As soon as he left, Annie couldn't help but covered her mouth with her hand, lowered her head and began to cry in a low voice.

Jim's wife, Madeleine, hurried over and hugged Annie who had been together for three months.

"Don't worry, my dear, Henry is much smarter than Jim. If it weren't for him and Jim, I wouldn't dare to promise Jim to go up again."