Urban Sims

Chapter 301 Astronautics Academy
After the college entrance examination.

After the results of the college entrance examination and the admission scores of various universities came down, the 20-year-old Yun Xinghe sat around with a dozen of his best friends and discussed the issue of voluntary reporting.

Yun Xinghe has already determined the goal of reporting - Bola Xing Astronautics Academy, majoring in space exploration.

The Academy of Astronautics, located in Dongfang City, has a history of nearly a thousand years, and ranks among the top ten in terms of influence among the thousands of higher education institutions in Birla Star.

There are three main purposes for the establishment of the Academy of Astronautics.

11. Send fresh blood and talents to the [-]th Star Fleet of the Federation.

[-]. Cultivate all kinds of talents in the field of aerospace.

[-]. Training interstellar explorers.

Yun Xinghe reported this school, naturally hoping to complete basic skills training in this academy, master the ability to actually control the spaceship, and systematically learn how to become an excellent interstellar explorer.

You know, an interstellar explorer is not something you can become if you want to. It doesn’t mean that as long as you have a spaceship in your hand, you can go straight to a strange galaxy, and then realize your dream of getting rich and famous, no So simple.

Generally speaking, the vast majority of interstellar explorers will go through the following steps in the process of dreaming up their dreams, owning their own exploration spacecraft, and setting sail to realize their dreams:
First of all, the professional counterpart, the major studied in the university must be a major related to starry sky exploration.

Secondly, to serve on a starship of the Federation Fleet for five years, the performance must be excellent, and a post qualification certificate must be obtained.

Finally, after passing various assessments, they will be selected into the Pioneer Astronaut Brigade of the Federal Space Exploration Agency, form a professional team, assign advanced exploration spacecraft, and start the expedition.

Therefore, to some extent, the activity of finding habitable galaxies and opening up more living space is mainly promoted by the federal government.

So, is it possible to bypass the Federation, individuals or private teams, and go on an interstellar adventure privately?

After all, it is too troublesome to go through the official channels. Not to mention the trouble, there are many restrictions.

This is possible. The government does not restrict private expeditions, and even encourages them to some extent—as long as you report the habitable galaxies you find to the Federal Space Exploration Agency.

However, the purpose of private expeditions is by no means for all mankind, but for their own small goals, so the government will not give them much support.

For example, the star map that must be used on the spacecraft, the government will not provide it to private individuals, and without an accurate star map, how many light-years away is a star that is twinkling in the sky from you?Is it a star tens of light-years away, or a quasar hundreds of millions of light-years away?It is impossible to determine, maybe you think the star is not far away, but your spaceship may never reach there.

In addition to star maps, do heavy element planets exist in some star systems, and is there any value for development?The Bureau of Starry Sky Exploration will first conduct a screening through various astronomical observation equipment. Even if there may be fish that escaped the net of the excluded stars, more than 99% of them are indeed not of exploration value, avoiding a lot of useless work.

There is also some common sense of astronomy, if some people don't understand it, it may make a big joke.

For example, in a star system with a large amount of heavy elements, the size of its main star is 10 times that of the sun. Is there any value in exploring such a star system?
The answer is no. For a giant star ten times larger than the sun, the fusion reaction speed inside increases exponentially. If the lifespan of the sun is 100 billion years, such a giant star has a lifespan of only 1000 million years. Under the action of gravitational collapse, either a supernova explosion occurs, or it becomes a black hole directly.

Therefore, star systems that cannot exist for a long time are first excluded from the list of exploration.

There are also well-designed detection spacecraft, material reactors and high-power engines used by military starships. Private forces do not have these technical reserves at all, and may not even be able to manufacture population bombs. Even if private forces find one or two suitable Living in the galaxy, it cannot be developed independently, and it is swallowed privately.

And the reality is the same. Since the establishment of the Blue Star Federation, over 1500 years, more than 100 habitable galaxies were found by the detection spacecraft sent by the government. Most of the private spacecraft that wanted to try their luck disappeared into the vast expanse of space. In the starry sky, there is nothing to return.

Yun Xinghe has full confidence in being admitted to the Academy of Astronautics, his score will definitely pass, there will be no problem at all.

And the grades of these little friends around me are not bad, and the admission score of the Astronautics Academy is not particularly high (mainly because there are relatively few people applying), if they all apply to this academy, most of them should be able to get in.

But to Yun Xinghe's surprise, on July 7, after the college entrance examination scores came out, among the dozen or so partners whose scores also exceeded the admission scores of the Academy of Astronautics, five or six of them retreated.

"Boss Xinghe, my girlfriend wants me to apply for the Lanzhou Conservatory of Music with her. She wants to become a star, and I want to support him by her side." A sunny and handsome boy said, with his head bowed, his face a little ashamed .

Lan Xiulong next to him opened his mouth, his face twitched, and wanted to curse: You bastard, for the sake of women, you don't even want brothers, and you have completely forgotten all the ideals and wishes you made together!
Yun Xinghe pulled Lan Xiulong, his eyes signaled him not to get angry, and said to his partner with some regret: "Xiaokang, we all know that you love your girlfriend very much. Cultivate a positive result and go to the end."

Having said that, in Yun Xinghe's heart, he is not optimistic about Sun Kang and his girlfriend being able to make it to the end, because through [Advanced Mind Reading Technique], he found that Sun Kang's girlfriend is a hypocritical woman, who is as good as her. Sun Kang is together purely for money, and he is very good at pretending, hiding it very deeply. Yun Xinghe is worried that Sun Kang will fall into a big fight with this woman.

But kindly reminded him that he would definitely be angry and make the relationship between friends stiff, and invite him to apply for the Academy of Astronautics, but he has no interest at this time, and it is impossible to pull him back. deeper.

Only one other person can be selected to replace this excellent repair officer.

"Thank you, Boss Xinghe."

Sun Kang blushed in shame, and didn't even dare to look Yun Xinghe in the eyes.

"Xinghe... Boss Xinghe, I may not be able to go to your school anymore. My parents want me to take over their company. If I leave, this... this company will have no part for me at all."

Another friend stammered a bit.

"Zhang Zhichao, it's just a small company worth tens of billions. Why do you think it's a treasure? Can you have some ambition?"

Lan Xiulong couldn't take it anymore, pointed at him and cursed.

"Zhichao, if we can find a planet, isn't the value much higher than the value of a small company? You have such a small ambition? We think too highly of you." Su Jialu said disappointedly.

"No, no."

Zhang Zhichao quickly shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to go, it's that interstellar exploration is too dangerous, and it's very likely that I won't be able to come back. My parents are afraid that something will happen to me, so..."

Now even Yun Xinghe shook his head in disappointment, sighed and said: "Zhi Chao, I thought you would be an excellent chief engineer, but now it seems that you are a vulgar layman, you go Well, I don't have a brother like you, and in the future, don't say in front of others that you know us."

"Boss Xinghe..."

Zhang Zhichao yelled, but no one paid any attention to him, so he bit his lip, lowered his head, and left Yun's house.

With the two precedents of Sun Kang and Zhang Zhichao, among the remaining less than ten partners, three or four people also stood up with a little shame, and after saying sorry, they left Yun's house silently... …no more excuses.

In the end, except for Yun Xinghe, there were only five people left in the living room.

Namely: Du Xiaopang, Su Jialu, Lan Xiulong, Xianglan Meiqin, and younger sister Yun Qiaoqiao.

They are all leftovers from middle school.

Not one person increased.

Yun Xinghe was very disappointed. In the five years of high school, he had millions of good brothers in the game, but now, none of them are willing to leave with him.

He really failed.

"This is normal. Adults have adult ideas. They are more realistic and more easily persuaded by those around them. Compared with illusory dreams, they may care more about their girlfriends and parents. They have a lot of things that are hard to let go of. things, so it is difficult for adults to be moved by a dream, unless the dream can be easily realized."

The old man in his mind said.

"Xinghe, don't be depressed anymore. By your side, there are at least a few partners who have accompanied you to the present. When you arrive at the Academy of Astronautics, there will be more like-minded people with you. Don't worry about not having enough people in your team. The cradle of sailing, you can pull up a team with enough numbers!"

"The Cradle?"

Hearing this word, the depression in Yun Xinghe's heart was swept away, he clenched his fists and said, "I see, old man!"

　Thanks to the reader "Di Yong" for the reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)