Chapter 1560 The Highlight Moment of the Soviet Union (Third update, please subscribe)
In this world, no one cares about irrelevant people or things.
Perhaps, there are frequent "anti-colonialism" rallies in places like Red Square, but in fact, even among the people who participate in the activities, few people believe in them.
After all, Africa is too far away. And reality is too close.
What is the reality?
When the new year comes, for the people of Moscow and the Soviet Union, what they are concerned about is when the Zhiguli cars will be delivered.
This car, produced with technology introduced from SEA Volkswagen, is not only the most advanced car in the Soviet Union, but also has a high degree of participation from the beginning. As early as last year, before it was put into production, the car factory joined forces with the Soviet Union The most influential car magazine Зарулем held a competition to name the eldest son of the АвтоВАЗ automobile factory, that is, the first product.
In the end, the factory chose "Riguli". The name comes from the mountains near the factory, and the word comes from the Turkic language, which translates to "drive" or "tighten the reins."
Of course, what people care about is not the name, but the advanced performance of the car.
Since the first batch of cars rolled off the production line at the beginning of the year, Higuli has become the darling of the market. Its beautiful appearance and excellent performance have made all Soviets crazy about it.
Those fools who once gave up their houses for cars have now become "smart people" in the eyes of everyone, and Leonov is such a "fool".
Two years ago, he signed away his house and chose a car. At that time, he was laughed at by many people, but what about now?
But he became one of the first people in Moscow to drive a Zhiguli.
In fact, he is not stupid at all. Although the 50-year-old Leonov has four sons, they are either married and living in new houses or living in factory dormitories. One of his sons is an officer and the army is stationed in the Far East. As for the three daughters, they have all been married long ago.
In this case, what new house does Leonov need?
He needs a car more than a house. After all, it is more than thirty kilometers from where he lives to the factory's Star City.
In June, it was midsummer. Enjoying the scenery of the forest road, Leonov drove his beloved car all the way to Star City.
More than half an hour later, Leonov parked the car at the gate. As a guard, his daily job was to guard the gate. In fact, besides him, there were also police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he... was just from Star City. Just a "concierge".
As soon as the car stopped, Leonov asked curiously:
"Alyosha, it seems that there are more sentries today."
"Yes, there may be something going on."
Alyosha glanced in the direction of the city, and then said:
"Who knows what happened there?"
Although they are the guards of Star City, they have never actually entered Star City. They are just people guarding the gate, and their activity range is near the gate.
Just when they were full of doubts, two Tu-104 planes took off from the planet's airport one after another and flew towards the east.
Except for a few people, no one knew that the passengers on the plane were the Soviet lunar landing crew and backup crew.
A few hours later, the plane landed at Baikonur Airport, and the lunar landing crew members successfully entered the space building.
After learning that the astronauts had arrived, Korolev nodded and said:
"I'll go see them later."
While speaking, Korolev turned his attention to the 25-inch large color TV set in front of him. On the screen was the rocket launcher and the N1 giant rocket.
While he was watching the rocket, his assistant Mishin walked up to him and said:
"Chief Engineer, we have conducted a comprehensive inspection of the rocket again, and there are no problems with any component."
"Yeah."
Nodding, Korolev said:
"Thank you for your hard work. Let me tell you that I have applied to the Kremlin. After the launch is successful, they will give us a quota of 500 Zhiguli cars..."
This news naturally caused a burst of cheers in the entire launch center, but compared to everyone's joy, Korolev's expression looked very serious.
Mishin saw his worry.
"You're still worried about that, aren't you?"
Nodding, Korolev said:
"They are different. If we fail this time, the next time... I don't know how long it will take."
"They" naturally refers to the masters of the Kremlin. Korolev knows very well that the current master there is different from the one in the past, and the one in the past fully supported him,
It was with Khrushchev's support that they conducted five launch tests and failed three times.
But thanks to his support, I can keep trying again after failure.
But what about the current one?
Korolev has not yet felt his support because he has not yet felt the glory of spaceflight.
"So, we must succeed, and we must compress the two launch tests into one."
Originally, according to the plan, this test was the first manned lunar orbital flight and the Earth orbit test of the lunar module was completed at the same time. However, due to financial constraints, Korolev had to increase the practice flight of the entire lunar landing process except the lunar landing.
The rehearsal flight of the entire lunar landing process except the lunar landing was originally supposed to be the next launch mission. However, in order to land on the moon as soon as possible, and of course, more importantly, to win the support of the Kremlin, he had to advance the plan. Of course, more importantly... the N1 rocket for the next launch mission is being manufactured, and the funds have been allocated as early as last year.
"If it succeeds this time, we can send our people to the moon in the next few months."
Then what?
The new owner of the Kremlin will feel unprecedented glory, and they will fully support him and the aerospace industry just like Khrushchev.
Although he is an aerospace expert, Korolev knows those people too well. They desire and need glory, and all he needs is to use this desire and need to achieve his own goals.
"It will definitely succeed. The performance of the Athlon 2 central processor we used this time has doubled. Its processing speed is faster, its performance is superior, and..."
For this mission, they spent a lot of money to smuggle in a batch of central processors and further upgraded the rocket's control system.
"Well..."
After nodding, Korolev did not speak. He just stood there quietly. In the evening, Korolev went to the Cosmonaut Center to meet the astronauts who were performing this mission, just like in the past.
Facing Komarov on this mission, Korolev just looked at him. Like Gagarin, Komarov was also among the first batch of trained astronauts, but he was older. As the chief Korolev, the chief engineer, did not meet the age requirements for astronauts.
He believes that the maximum age an astronaut can accept is 27 years old. If he is over 27 years old, his body will find it difficult to withstand the high-intensity space training and harsh space environment.
Therefore, even though Komarov's ability was particularly outstanding, he was still given up.
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Korolev is a very talented person. He did not dare to let Komarov become the first astronauts to fly into space, but he particularly appreciated Komarov's professional abilities, so after hesitating for a long time, he gave Komarov time to train his physical fitness.
Komarov's age is not an advantage, but he does physical training day and night, and he has really reached the physical fitness standards of an astronaut. After this, his astronaut career began.
Komarov has gone to space twice in the past few years, and now?
The task he will undertake will be unprecedented.
Finally Korolev broke the silence and said:
"You know, if an accident happens, we may not be able to take you back..."
Facing the words of the chief engineer, Komarov smiled and said:
"That's exactly why I was chosen. Besides, someone needs to carry out this mission!"
This is the first time to orbit the moon!
The mission they performed was unprecedented, and the risks were also very high. Who was his backup crew?
It was Gagarin, and he couldn't let Gagarin take this risk.
On June 12, after saying goodbye to his family, Komarov got into the car without hesitation, then entered the launch tower and took the elevator into the spacecraft with two other members.
As the service engineer helped them secure it, one engineer said to Komarov:
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, we will be here waiting for you to go home!"
"We will definitely come back!"
Komarov smiled, and Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Egorov also smiled at the engineers.
Soon the hatch closed, and the three astronauts waited quietly.
In the command center, Korolev, Mishin and everyone else looked at the launch tower quietly. Although they could only watch the launch through the small phone screen, at this moment, their moods were the same. .
Nervous and filled with anticipation.
Can it succeed?
No one knows!
"It should be successful!"
Gagarin, a reserve astronaut, also came to the command. Since becoming the Soviet Union's first man in space eight years ago, he has never been in space again. He has always been a reserve.
This time was no exception, but compared to the previous backups, he was more worried about this time. After all, the risk was still very high. After all, this was flying to the moon.
"No problem!"
Korolev said affirmatively:
"I believe everyone..."
What if it fails?
Korolev just pursed his lips and turned his eyes to the TV screen.
Soon, they ushered in the launch window. After Korolev gave the order to "prepare for launch", and as the instructions were issued one after another, everyone's mood was tightly squeezed.
Finally, with the "ignition", the rocket ignited, and with the huge flame smoke, the giant rocket slowly rose towards the sky, towards space, towards the moon...
(End of chapter)