Chapter 196

“I heard that the big guy will be transported to the International Space Station today,” said Andre, a Danish astronaut and one of the current crew members of the International Space Station.

"Yes, the news that the ground control station gave us was today." Constantine said, the big Russian astronaut and one of the crew members.

"Compared to flowers, I think a long and good sleep would make me feel better." Constantine said with a smile.

The duty mission of the International Space Station is very long. For the resident crew members, who spend one or two hundred days in space, the most worrying thing is psychological problems.

In order to solve the psychological problems of astronauts, space agencies have come up with many ways, including planting flowers on the International Space Station.

"I want everyone to take a small piece of the Earth with them on their space journey. This should be much more meaningful than sleeping." Another American female astronaut, O'Hara, obviously disagreed with this statement.

"There are only two kinds of flowers, red kale and zinnias. The scarcity of these two kinds of flowers reminds me all the time that this is space, not Earth." Constantine shook his head.

O'Hara said: "No, there are only these two kinds of flowers now, and there will be more kinds in the future."

Constantine was helpless: "The problem is that the environment here doesn't make me think this is Earth.

I just feel like we are drifting in space, alone in this place outside of Earth.

The flowers can't make me think I'm back on Earth now."

After finishing his speech, Constantine continued: “On the contrary, when I wake up from hibernation, I will feel that a new life has begun.

This new life will rekindle my interest and curiosity in this space journey.

I think this should be much better.”

There are still a lot of boring times in the space station. If something like human hibernation can allow them to both rest and kill time, that would be perfect.

“I think the best thing is that it allows you to have a long enough sleep cycle, instead of the low-quality sleep you get when you sleep at night.

I'm really tired of the mechanical noise that fills my surroundings every day when I sleep." Constantine complained: "I'm even more tired of the feeling of being in a small cubicle after being woken up by the noise every day."

There are a lot of equipment on the International Space Station. The noise caused by these equipment, such as air-conditioning fans and machinery, will affect the astronauts' sleep all the time.

And due to the special environment, there will be interference from lights.

"Weren't you provided with an eye mask and ear plugs?" O'Hara asked.

Constantine stood upside down in the space station, looking expectant: “O’Hara, you need to understand that not everyone can get used to earplugs.

The feeling of having a foreign object in your ear is never pleasant.

Most of the time I'd rather put up with the noise than have that thing in my ears."

O'Hara said: "I want to remind you that I looked at the transport list and there should be only one human hibernation device transported this time.

We have 11 permanent astronauts, so I'm afraid it won't be your turn."

Andre reminded: "Sorry, this is the human hibernation equipment bought by the European Union. Whether it is American or Russian astronauts who want to use it, they have to queue up."

O'Hara was obviously unhappy with this: "The EU and the Federation are allies, and I should be added to the queue."

Constantine thought that if he was excluded and could not use the human hibernation equipment, it would be unacceptable to him: "Although there are some minor problems between Russia and the European Union.

But we are also in Eurasia, so I think I should be eligible to use this thing."

Andre shook his head and said, “I have to ask the ground.

And don't think this thing is so wonderful, maybe it won't work in space.

Have any of you ever experienced the human hibernation service from China before?"

Constantine raised his hand and said, "I, as you know, in Russia, Chinese products are very popular, not to mention that this is a high-end product from China.

The human hibernation center I know of in Moscow is quite popular.”

"I wanted to try it, but NASA said it could pose unknown risks to astronauts, so I didn't get to try it," O'Hara said.

And in the federation, this thing is so popular that it’s hard to imagine. A human hibernation service costs as much as $100.

The price is even higher in New York and California.”

Constantine laughed: "I saw a report on RT media that you initially wanted to use it on minorities and illegal immigrants, hoping to use this method to stop them from causing trouble.

Later, the wealthy white people paid to occupy all the beds, and the minorities and illegal immigrants became even more violent in order to snatch the "welfare" that originally belonged to them. "

Many times, the policies you think of often go astray in the process of implementation to a degree that you can hardly imagine.

Because Light Armor Aerospace was blacklisted, Light Armor Technology’s human hibernation equipment could no longer be exported to America.

It was originally planned to build more than a thousand human hibernation centers across the United States, but in the end there were only dozens of them, scattered across various states.

This has led to a serious shortage of beds. The physical and mental relaxation after hibernation, coupled with the relief of physical fatigue, makes the middle class and wealthy people enjoy hibernation.

White people pay cash, while illegal immigrants and minorities live for free, and federal funding is far less than cash.

The operators of human hibernation centers are not willing to leave beds for free illegal immigrants and ethnic minorities. They are all moving towards high-end services in order to make money from white people.

Human hibernation has gone from being a means to become a middle-class enjoyment in America. The spread of social media and China's technological breakthroughs have further deepened this impression.

The white people have been deprived of their special "benefits", and minorities and illegal immigrants have protested more than once.

The human hibernation enjoyed by people like Donut was the last wave. The people who came after him were still detained in the Immigration Bureau, lying on the floor and being treated like pigs.

Of course, the illegal immigrants who are causing trouble do not include Chinese people. The Chinese people think that this is a way of depriving their freedom, so much so that they think being detained by the Immigration Bureau is quite free.

"That's life. Even Washington can't account for everything." O'Hara knew what Constantine was talking about, and she sighed.

Andre said: “Like O’Hara, I’ve never experienced this because I’ve always trained at American.

I heard that there seem to be two human hibernation centers in Denmark, but I haven't been back yet.

During training at the American, like O'Hara, there were no beds available, and NASA told us not to go.

Constantine, can you tell me how that feels?"

Constantine looked after the moment, “It was just like sleeping, a very deep sleep.

Then you sleep for a very long time, and when you wake up and look at the time, you will have a feeling of time and space interweaving, as if you have suddenly arrived in the future, even though only a few days have passed in this future.

In the end, you will feel very relaxed and have a renewed passion for everything.

This is my personal experience. I don’t feel the pain relief advertised on social media.” Andre sat at the operating table, looking at the timestamp expectantly: “I hope it can bring me a surprise like the one in 15.”

Andrei has served in the International Space Station for a long time. Among the other two, Constantine is also an old man. He immediately knew what the other party was talking about:
"I think it will surprise you much more than the one in 2015."

O'Hara had only been on the International Space Station for less than three years and was obviously not familiar with what they were talking about, so he asked, "Andre, what is the surprise in 2015?"

Andre said: “Coffee machine.

That means you use presso every day.

Until then, we can only drink freeze-dried instant coffee.

In 2015, NASA designed a coffee machine specifically for space without telling us, and then had SpaceX send it to the space station in 15.

You can see that compared to coffee made by a coffee machine, freeze-dried instant coffee is no different from drinking pot water. "

Constantine agreed with Andre's analogy: "I think the freeze-dried instant solution before was probably a little worse than the water used to wash the pot."

Andrea said: "Can you imagine how wonderful it would be to admire the Earth from space and have a cup of freshly ground espresso?

Although the lack of gravity in space prevents the foam from rising to the top, and it still has a slight gap compared to coffee on Earth, it is good enough and I am satisfied enough.

This is an experience that has never been experienced before 2015.”

O'Hara was shocked. "What? There's a coffee machine on the space station? How come I didn't know that?"
Where is she?"

Andre smiled bitterly and said, "Because it had a small accident, it was transported back to Earth in 2017."

Talking about this thing, it's quite interesting. The International Space Station is divided into two segments, one for Big Mao and the other for America and its friends.

The coffee machine was sent by NASA, so it was installed in the American section. At one point, the American astronauts were not allowed to use the coffee machine.

Even if Russian astronauts go to the American segment, they can only watch astronauts from other countries drink.

After numerous protests, the astronauts were finally allowed to use the coffee machine.

Before I could enjoy it for a few seconds, the coffee machine returned to Earth.

O’Hara’s face was filled with shock: “Why hasn’t it been brought up again after it was repaired when there was a problem?

Do you know how touched I was to drink real coffee after returning to Earth after drinking pot water for more than a hundred days on our flight?
Now you tell me that you don’t have to drink the water you use to wash the pot in space.”

"Maybe they don't want to spend the budget on it," Constantine said.

You know I talked to Vladimir Kozhevnikov, the designer of the Russian segment, about this and he said it was too expensive.

After all, you know, Roscosmos is not as rich as NASA.

And the reason why NASA didn't do it anymore, I think, is because their budget was given to SpaceX, and they didn't have money to spend on coffee machines anymore."

O'Hara sighed, "Well, it seems that the astronauts' entertainment activities are not that important."

"From the perspective of the command center on Earth, being able to see the beautiful scenery is a first-class entertainment," said Constantine.

O'Hara complained: "The problem is that not everyone likes taking pictures as much as Chris does. We need some new entertainment modes to adjust the mood."

Chris is also an astronaut. During his astronaut career, he took more than 30,000 photos and shared them on Twitter.

"So a big one was sent from the ground to help us relax." Andre pointed to the human hibernation equipment being transported on the operating interface.

"How does it feel?"

In the queue, astronauts from European countries naturally had priority. As a crew member, Andre got the first chance to lie in the human hibernation chamber.

This was also his first experience of human hibernation. After waking up, Andre did some simple exercises to allow his muscles to adapt to the environment again. He looked at the astronauts gathered outside with curiosity written all over their faces and said:

“It’s exactly as Constantine said, very good, never been better.

This was my first time sleeping so well in space, and it was better than my best sleep on Earth.”

After Constantine finished speaking, the remaining astronauts began to fight

"It's my turn next."

"No, it's me."

"Andre is a European astronaut, and the next one should be an American astronaut."

"What American? This is equipment purchased by the European Union. It's the computing power. All European astronauts should have experienced it once before the American astronauts can have their turn."

"This is Chinese equipment. Considering the close relationship between Russia and China, we should be the next one.

Mike, you are wrong. This equipment was not purchased by the EU. Some of the property rights of this equipment belong to Guangjia Aerospace.

The EU simply bought the ownership.”

The astronauts present were in a huge commotion.

You have to know that this thing is different from a coffee machine. With a coffee machine, you only need to wait for one minute before it is your turn.

This thing takes three to five days to wait, and if you have to wait for the EU astronauts to line up first, it will take thirty days.

The result was that everyone kicked out the Russian astronauts first, and the astronauts from the European Union and America took turns in alphabetical order of their names.

Then there are the Maple Leaf Country and Neon.

The dispute that took place in space soon became anecdotes and spread to Earth.

It can also be regarded as an advertisement for human hibernation equipment.

Someone at NASA even leaked the sorted list to the media, who marked each person's nationality at the end of the list.

This matter has also been hotly discussed by people all over the world. Everyone thinks it is very interesting. The Chinese people have seen the charm of Chinese manufacturing from it. The American people have started to make a fuss and demand to import more human hibernation equipment.

The people of Russia are dissatisfied with this and believe that they should also transport human hibernation equipment to Taiwan.

Only the French people went wild on social media because they found there were no French astronauts on the list.

"Isn't this the equipment we paid for and sent up? Why don't we see a single French name on it? Is our government paying for it out of love?"

(End of this chapter)