The vast universe and the sea of stars have always been the ultimate goal of human exploration. Who would have thought that the United States, which once reigned supreme in the field of space, is now rumored to be a disgraceful news.
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Originally said that the two astronauts back to Earth in mid-June this year, Wilmore and Williams, to wait until February next year to return to Earth, thus, the longest space history “overtime” was born. This is not the plot of any science fiction movie, but the reality of 2023 is playing. Let's take a look at what's going on here.
Things are like this, the two astronauts in early June in a manned spacecraft lift-off, originally planned to return after 2 weeks. Unexpectedly after the launch, there were 5 helium leaks in a row, and part of the engine could not start.
In order to avoid shipwreck on the return trip, the two astronauts had to stay on the ISS until now. This is like a short trip that was planned, but turned into a long trip. More outrageous is that, because Boeing's “Starliner” spacecraft has not repaired the failure of the space station, the other spacecraft and there is no space, so can only sit down a batch of “Dragon” spacecraft, its exploration mission will end in February next year, when the two astronauts will be able to follow the The two astronauts will be able to come back with them by then.
This news, like throwing a stone in a calm lake, quickly stirred up a thousand waves, triggering global attention and hot discussion. It should be known that as early as 1969, the Apollo 11 of the United States carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon for the first time. At that time, the United States made a great fanfare to publicize that it was the first country to send human beings to the moon, and it has been treating this matter as a symbol of the scientific and technological strength of the United States.
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But now it has dropped the ball at a critical moment and made jokes all the way to the sky. The propellers are broken and can not be repaired, helium leaks can not be managed, problem after problem, it is really a slap in the face of the slap in the face. One has to wonder if the “Great Moon Landing” had problems too. After all, space technology is not just to blow out, is to rely on the real work. The two astronauts stayed in space for so long, I guess the heart did not less muttering, even if there is now a definite return date, but the heart is also very difficult to be solid, this is not at home for a few days so simple, in space, at any time may be a big deal.
The United States has always liked to brag about their own space technology how cattle, but the results in the International Space Station staged such a big show, making the whole world look at the joke. The so-called spaceflight powerhouse can't even get its own astronauts back, which inevitably makes people think that there are actually a lot of problems under the cloak of this “powerhouse”.
It can be said that this detention incident on the U.S. space is an “embarrassing” test, not only exposed the technical vulnerability of NASA, but also hit the face of the U.S. space dream.
It seems that the U.S. space exploration, blowing again, the critical moment is just so, the future can continue to tout their own scientific and technological strength, and have to play a big question mark! Can only pray that the finalized time is no longer delayed, “Dragon” spacecraft can really smooth people back, otherwise, the United States space face really have to completely hang up.
