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"I actually didn't want to take this mission, but the evidence they presented was recognized by the association. The association can guarantee that we won't accept extremely dangerous missions, but when all the procedures are a 'go', we have no right to refuse," Kyle-Lee said, sounding dejected.

"There's the right to refuse, and there's the obligation to accept. It's actually very fair!"

The only woman among the three, the blonde and blue-eyed Xena-Kadman, said, "As the psychologist for this mission, I feel it's necessary to remind you, Lee, that you can't be in this state."

"Sorry, Xena," Kyle-Lee wanted to scratch his head, but he was already wearing a helmet, only the visor wasn't fastened.

He sat up straight again, a wry smile on his face, "I just can't feel good when I think about how we're basically test monkeys."

As soon as he said that, Raja and Xena's expressions turned ugly.

They occasionally had such thoughts, but they quickly suppressed them. Now that Kyle said it, they couldn't help but think that way.

Fortunately, they all had their own ways of dealing with it.

Raja became the commander not just because of his skin color. Xena was even better; she herself was a part-time psychologist.

After Xena calmed herself down, she had to quickly deal with Kyle's problem. Carrying out the mission was irreversible, so she had to eliminate this "hidden danger."

"Kyle, Kyle, look at me, trust me, deep breaths~"

Xena softly guided Kyle to follow her movements, taking deep breaths. In just a few minutes, Kyle's emotions stabilized.

"Thank you, Xena, I'm better now."

"You're welcome. We've trained together for so long; helping each other is what we should do."

Seeing that Kyle was stable, Commander Raja nodded.

As astronauts, they had studied various cases of their predecessors, including cases of various accidents, which they had to study even more.

A teammate's emotional stability was a very important prerequisite for mission success.

However, it might also be those failed and accidental cases that caused this teammate to lose control a bit, because those accidents were caused by equipment failures.

And this time, they were going to ride a first-flight rocket, aboard a spaceship flying to the moon for the first time, to perform a lunar orbit mission.

It was normal for a teammate to be in this situation.

Not to mention Kyle, he was forcibly calming himself down, because he knew that panic would not help the mission at all.

After sitting for a while, the broadcast in the preparation room sounded, and they could come out.

Hearing the instruction, they took a deep breath, picked up their handheld ventilators, and walked out of the preparation room.

When they walked out of the door, there was a burst of "click, click, click" sounds from cameras!

According to the previous procedure, they smiled and waved, indicating that they were very relaxed.

This scene made the viewers watching the live broadcast even more convinced of America's technological advancement.

"Look, even the astronauts who are personally going are so relaxed, which is enough to prove that their technology is advanced. They can do it without unmanned testing!"

"That's right, Ma Yilong even builds rockets in the open air. Their SLS is carefully crafted, so there must be no problem."

"What era is it now? Supercomputers can simulate it. What's the point of actual testing? It's just a waste of money."

"Actually, for safety, there should be an unmanned test. It's too dangerous to carry people directly."

"Times have changed, and many things have to be changed! I even think this time is conservative. Where's the lunar lander? Why is there only the Orion spacecraft? It would be great to land on the moon directly this time!!"

"The lunar lander hasn't been determined which company to use yet. Space X, Deep Blue Origin, and Pathfinder, etc., several companies are competing. It's estimated that we'll have to wait until tomorrow."

"Pathfinder is impossible. Pathfinder can't get America's lunar landing order!"

"Why is it impossible? Pathfinder's Moon Palace II is like a large lunar lander, and it has already been tested successfully. Next time, Moon Palace III can take a few astronauts directly to the moon. I think they have a great chance!"

"A great what? Don't you know that America has stopped mentioning the bidding? It must be an internal competition. Pathfinder has no..."

The people discussing quickly went off topic. Just like what was said earlier, there were a lot of people who came to join in the fun.

The astronauts boarded the transfer vehicle next to the umbilical tower, took the elevator straight to the空中走廊, and entered the Orion spacecraft through the corridor.

The space that could originally seat six people only had three people. The other chairs were removed and replaced with supplies and sleeping bags, but it was still quite empty.

The staff were fastening their seat belts and doing the final check.

They were watching carefully here, and on the other side of the earth, Tang Chao and his team were also watching carefully.

It was morning in America, and it was night in Jiangkou City. Tang Chao and several company executives were watching the live broadcast in the conference room.

It was past 9 p.m., snack time, so they were watching while eating snacks.

This launch was naturally extraordinary for America, and it was also extraordinary for the world. If it was successful, it would mean that mankind was approaching the moon again.

Although there would be no landing, it would still be very significant.

The official side of Tianxia would be a little nervous, but they were not in a hurry at all.

As executives, whether in terms of direct management or technology, they knew the company's actual plans, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

There was no need to mess up the rhythm at all.

Moreover, they all knew why America was doing this, because the other party had messed up the rhythm.

Their contribution was very great!

"Boss, what do you think is the probability of their success?"

Little Assistant Zhang Qin asked.

"It's hard to say. Usually it's fifty-fifty, but if I had to say, their probability of success should be very high," Tang Chao said casually, leaning back in his chair.

"Yes, that's right," Zhang Liyan added from the side, "Although they are very anxious this time and feel like they are being rushed, the success rate is indeed very high."

"If they knew they would definitely fail, or were uncertain, the supervisor would definitely not sign it. Only when they feel there is no problem will we see the live broadcast we are seeing now."

After talking for a while, they basically all believed that the success rate was very high, after all, their strength was there.

If a type of rocket reaches the point of launch, it basically means that there is no problem with the technology. When it flies for the first time, it will not be empty, at least it must carry an experimental platform.

It's just that scientists are always very cautious about carrying people.

On the American side, the rocket really soared into the sky, just like Tang Chao said, and there were no accidents in the middle.

After entering orbit, they checked the spacecraft. After checking that there was no problem, the third-stage rocket was restarted, and they accelerated towards the moon.

After leaving Earth's orbit, it seemed that their luck had run out.

Suddenly, a warning sound rang in the spacecraft.

They thought it was a false alarm, but after a while they smelled a burnt smell.

"Fack, find the burning point quickly!"