Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Yannick came to a fitness room, where there were more than a dozen men and women running on treadmills dripping with sweat. Most of them are young people in their twenties, with only his parents, Prince Oscar and his wife being middle-aged, and a little Elizabeth in her teens.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Yannick walking in, the young people jumped off the treadmill and stood at attention with excited faces and saluted.

"Thank you for your hard work." Yannick raised his forearm to signal everyone to salute, and several people lowered their arms in unison.

Each of these young men is an ace pilot who has shot down more than ten enemy planes.

In the early stages of space exploration, choosing military personnel, especially pilots, to enter space is a common selection idea for astronauts from all over the world.

For example, the early Soviet astronauts were all young pilots from the Air Force. Among them, Gorman Titov, the youngest astronaut in human history, was selected. He was the second Soviet astronaut to enter space (after Yuriga). Galin was less than 26 years old when he entered space, and Gagarin was only 27 years old. At that time, the entire batch of astronauts in the Soviet Union were basically in the age group of 26-28 years old). After that, the Soviet Union gradually lowered its physical fitness requirements and no longer strictly limited the need for top pilots, but during the Cold War it insisted on the requirement that they must be active military personnel. It was not until after the collapse of the Soviet Union that Russia began to gradually recruit non-military astronauts, such as aerospace engineers and biologists.

The first batch of American astronauts were also selected from the top pilots of the active Air Force. They were generally around 40 years old when they performed their first mission, which was generally a round older than the Soviet astronauts. The advantage of being older is that you have rich experience in all aspects and have sufficient knowledge and abilities. But they also have problems. They are indeed older. After all, God is still hard on their bodies. Later, the average age gradually dropped.

Why do we have to choose soldiers to go to space? Because early space vehicles are of a testing nature, safe return is the first priority. The acceleration of early spacecraft when returning to the atmosphere was quite exaggerated, and could even reach the terrifying 11G, which would be considered an air crash in civil aviation. Although the advanced space shuttles of later generations can be controlled at around 3 or 4 G, which is far less than the ultimate overload that the pilot can withstand, scientists were still disappointed when they came back. As mentioned earlier, after Gagarin's Vostok-1 spacecraft entered the atmosphere, the astronauts needed to "escape" by parachuting at high altitude. It is impossible for untrained pilots to do such a thing.

As for whether scientists without rigorous physical training can do it, there is a quite interesting example. In 1964 in the original time and space, the Soviet Union's "Sunrise 1 (also known as Rising Star 1)" was launched into space. This was the first space vehicle to send more than one person into space. Although the Soviet Union announced that Sunrise 1 was a new space vehicle, in fact it was a modernized version of the same vehicle that carried Gagarin into space, hastily modified to surpass the American Gemini spacecraft.

At that time, "Sunrise 1" carried three astronauts, one was the astronaut Vladimir Kamarov who was a pilot, and the other was one of the designers of the spacecraft, aerospace equipment expert Konstantin Feokky Stov, and another was the doctor Boris Yegorov. Except for Kamalov, the other two have not undergone strict astronaut training and are basically ordinary people. In the end, Feokkistov was confused by the overload of the spacecraft he designed. Yegorov was originally going to study space motion sickness, but he fell ill, and it was quite serious, and he almost died. In space.

Therefore, we can only wait until the performance of the spacecraft is relatively stable before it can carry scientist passengers and carry out "formal" scientific research. Even ordinary people (rich people) who are in good health can spend tens of millions of dollars to spend a period of time on the International Space Station and experience the life of an astronaut.

After greeting everyone, Yannick walked up to Prince Oscar who was still running on the treadmill. "You are going to heaven tomorrow, do you need to do this?"

Prince Oscar said angrily. "This has been your dad's habit for many years, don't you know?"

Yannick shrugged. "I really don't know." He was telling the truth. He could count the time he spent with these two couples on his ten fingers since he traveled back in time. He didn't know what habits this prince had. "Are you really not afraid? No one can guarantee that the rocket will fly safely into space. It might explode into pieces as soon as it is ignited. Why would you put yourself at risk? First, do a dozen manned flights, and then you can ensure safety. Wouldn't it be better to go up again?" However, there is no absolute safety in the aerospace industry. Even in the 21st century, various aerospace accidents occur frequently. As pioneers in space exploration, the United States and the Soviet Union experienced many serious space accidents from the 1950s to the early 21st century. Some rockets disintegrate and explode, causing economic losses, but for manned spaceflight, this is likely to be a one-way ticket with no return. This has many bloody lessons in the aerospace history of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Although the Soviet Union's first manned space flight was successful, Yanik could not guarantee that this launch would also be successful.

Prince Oscar pressed the stop button on the treadmill, picked up a dry towel to wipe his sweat, and took a breath. "Your father, I have never experienced mountains of swords, seas of fire, dragons, ponds, and tiger's dens in my life. I have also admired countless scenic spots and beautiful scenery. After seeing too many of these beautiful scenery, I can't help but want to see the whole earth. I thought this was a dream that would never be realized in this life, but I didn't expect it. Thanks to you, I will be able to fulfill my ultimate dream in my lifetime. Son, dad is really proud of you."

Yannick couldn't help rolling his eyes. It seemed that his "dad" was determined to go up, and he couldn't persuade him anymore. He is indeed an "explorer". If it were him, he would not dare to go up there even in fifty years.

The princess on the side complained a little. "Son, why don't you ask someone to make that spaceship bigger? I also want to go aboard with your dad."

Yannick was speechless. "You have to eat the food one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step. We are already very far ahead, okay? Look at the United States across the way, which doesn't even have a rocket engine. Why don't you tell Dad not to go up there? Wait a year or two, and the universe will When the spaceship can carry two people at the same time, you both get on board together."

"That's not possible." Prince Oscar said quickly. "This time I will go up to explore the way first, and when the next time the spacecraft can accommodate two people, I will take your mother up with me. I have even prepared a suicide note for this space trip."

Hearing the words "suicide note", the princess rolled her eyes at him and reached out to give him a hammer.