There is no Guanghan Palace or rabbit fur on the moon. The reason why she is so magnificent is because Neil has left the most precious thoughts of mankind. Just in response to Su Dongpo's words, I hope that people will live together for a long time.
Text / Yelulu
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It is destined that those who explore the moon peacefully will rest forever on the moon, and these brave people, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, who know their chances of returning home safely, will be mourned by their families , Mother Earth who dared to send her two sons into the unknown land will mourn them, and in the future nights, when everyone looks up at the bright moon, they will think of a corner there, which has become the eternal human world. Before issuing this statement, the President will personally call to condolences to the wives of the two astronauts. The process of the funeral ceremony is the same as that of the sea burial. May their souls rest in peace.
Before the launch of Apollo 11, NASA wrote an emergency statement after the failure of the above moon landing mission in advance, and it was also a preparatory eulogy.
Meanwhile, Neil Armstrong had just attended two press conferences, one for the pre-mission press conference. When the reporter asked what he would bring to the moon, his colleague replied that he would bring his wife's jewelry so that she could show off. After being silent for a while, Neil replied, "I'll bring more fuel if I can."
Another "conference" came from Neil's farewell to his two children. The night he left the house, he buried himself in packing without saying a word, and his wife Jane was furious, "I can't tell them that, their father was packing his luggage during the last few minutes at home." The last family of four sat down and the children asked Neil and answered. His hands were trembling across the table, as if he were being judged in the name of love.
"First Man on the Moon" is a personal biographical film. Just like the two farewells, the film shows Neil Armstrong's mental journey from both family and career perspectives. How private is it? After the moon landing, people didn't even see the Stars and Stripes. So much so that the then US President Trump issued a statement expressing his boycott.
Director Damien Chazelle, who was born in 2015 with the virgin "Boom Drummer", was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture in 2016 with "La La Land", but unfortunately suffered an oolong at the awards ceremony and lost to Barry "Moonlight" by Jenkins. This film is Damien's third feature-length work. The male protagonist Ryan Gosling is the male god in the hearts of many fans. The soundtrack is Justin Hurwitz. One foot has already stepped into the ranks of masters. With the blessing, I believe that "The First Man on the Moon" will also gain something at this year's Oscars.
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At the beginning of the film, Neil pilots the X-15 plane out of the atmosphere to perform a bounce test at a cosmic tipping point. People followed his perspective and got a glimpse of a spectacular sight; then as the meter numbers soared and shook violently, they fell into a panic. It turned out that his brief distraction caused the plane to be nearly thrown off the earth by centrifugal force. Ultimately, the plane landed safely in California's Mojave Desert.
In addition to the test flight mission, he also does some desk work. The table is full of various medical books, and the object of medical treatment is the youngest daughter Karen. Her first scene was the radiotherapy room. Radiation therapy is mostly used for advanced cancer patients, accompanied by complications such as nausea and vomiting, and a weakened immune system. Karen is no exception. It is hard for us to imagine that the little girl who has just entered the world will encounter such a hell on earth. Maybe it is destined as said at the beginning of the eulogy.
The death of his daughter caused a heavy blow to Neil. At the end of the memorial service, he closed the curtains and wept silently. After that, he put away all the medical books and notes, except for a bracelet engraved with the word "Karen", which was placed in the drawer for easy viewing. Thinking about people.
In order to escape the blow of his daughter's premature death, he decided to turn his focus to work, but he has been grounded. Coincidentally, the Apollo moon landing program was launched and became his next goal. In August 1962, Neil arrived at Ellington Air Force Base in formal attire for the selection of astronauts for the Human Ascension Program. The soldiers laughed at him because of this, how could he be a nerd. In fact, they did not know that Neil had participated in the Korean War.
NASA officials asked: Why do you think spaceflight is important?
Neil replied: I'm not sure what people can find when they explore the universe, but I know that to explore, not just to explore, I think it's more that exploring the universe allows us to broaden our horizons and discover things that we should have discovered long ago thing. But until now, we only have this ability.
Asked again: Regarding your daughter, please condolences.
Neil: Excuse me, is this a question?
Ask again: Do you think this incident about your daughter has an impact on you?
Neil: I don't think it's possible to say that this matter had no effect on me.
Not surprisingly, he succeeded. From the question and answer, we can peek into his heart, while yearning for the unknown, he also has a deep affection for the human world. In an excellent play, the dialogues of characters are often loud, and they show the characters' personalities at the same time. He didn't directly answer that his daughter is a matter. Compared with his excellent drama skills, I prefer to believe that he is such a calm and profound person.
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Neil successfully joined the human liftoff program and entered the NASA study program for training. They moved to a new home, their wife became pregnant again, and everything was as safe as a satellite in orbit.
As the most intelligent unit of human beings at the time, NASA was still using blackboards and chalk. When leading Dick to talk about the moon landing plan, he drew the earth on the blackboard, and then used a line to outline the distance between the earth and the moon. When half of the blackboard was not large enough, he asked to drag another piece over and continue to draw. Finally, the straight line reached the distance he wanted, a small circle marked the moon, and then he said "this ratio is correct". It really is a man of science and technology thinking, and inadvertently reveals a bit of humor.
In addition to courses such as rocket propulsion physics, there are also physical training such as multi-axis training devices. The three-axis connection points of the instrument can all be rotated arbitrarily, thereby simulating the irregular motion of the universe. It requires astronauts to control the instruments and stabilize before fainting. The result is not difficult to guess. Everyone vomited on the toilet for a long time. In class, some people could see spots on their chests. Maybe they ate too much ketchup.
Neil and Jane's second boy is born, and the two are smart about the theory of liftoff and docking, so they put on a vinyl record and start dancing. Ed and Elliott were Neil's colleagues and would often bring their families to get togethers. In this part of the film, the two environments of work and family are mixed and edited, and the atmosphere is relatively relaxed.
At the same time, the Soviet space program made a major breakthrough. They designed space pressure suits and completed the first human extravehicular activity. The lunar landing project designed by NASA is divided into two steps. The first stage is docking and docking, and the second stage is the lunar landing. In August 1965, Neil became the first person to attempt a docking attempt, with Liftoff Eight docking the Akina.
Just as his family was celebrating his birthday, bad news came suddenly that Elliott's T-38 plane crashed in St. Louis. So they went to the funeral with heavy hearts, during which Neil had hallucinations and saw his young daughter Karen, who had already passed away.
In fact, under the spell of the arms race, the Lift-off No. 8 is very immature. There was a foreign object in the seat belt buckle before the launch, which required a Swiss Army knife to deal with; the cockpit welding made an abnormal noise; the most incredible thing was that there was a fly in the cabin. Neil follows the rocket into space, looking for and docking the Akina. At the same time, his wife Jane is listening to the live broadcast through the communication box, the children are reading the stories, and there are reporters taking pictures for publicity.
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Not long after the successful docking, Lift-off No. 8 was forced to separate from Akina because of its rotation. In order to prevent Jane from hearing bad news, the leader Dick immediately cut off the communication box. Jane rushed directly to the command center and demanded that Dick reconnect to the communication, using the reporter at the door as a "threat". Dick said, "We've got the situation under control," while Jane said, "The truth is, you're just a bunch of kids playing with models, and you can't control anything."
The fact is that NASA's guidance technology at the time could not keep up with today's mobile phone navigation. Some people praised the Americans for this, saying that they used typewriters and radios to send humans to the moon; but for the lives involved, people have to feel worried and regretful.
In March 1966, the press conference after the orbit rendezvous and the flight docking mission; in April 1966, the mission evaluation meeting was mixed with editing. The reporter's question was menacing and rotated once every second. Did he faint at that time? Do you feel anxious when the aircraft fails? Does the feeling of God intensify when the spaceship is spinning at high speed? We have already lost two astronauts, do you think this project is really worth it? Is it worth spending so much money and life?
For an aerospace engineer, Neal certainly couldn't answer those questions. When the spaceship was spinning at a high speed, the colleague beside him had already fainted, and he was in intense pain as a ninja, and he controlled the spaceship to stabilize. Still, a magazine advertised it as a "wild space trip," and Neil was so furious that it affected his wife and children.
The wives communicate with each other that the husbands are like dead bodies after the mission. Jane chose to marry Neil because of her ordinary life, because he had been a soldier and he knew what he wanted, but all this was shattered by the moon landing. The struggles of the astronauts are evident in this moment. Going into space is like a misery, and returning to Earth is like running for another misery.
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Fortunately, NASA and Congress reached a consensus and confirmed the fact that the docking was successful. Then Ed was selected by the Apollo 1 program, and Neal went to the White House on behalf of the space agency to be interviewed. While the two are walking under the moon, Neil sees people again because Ed bought a swing.
In January 1967, during the Apollo spacecraft test, at the same time at the White House, Neil was being chatted and questioned when he received news that Ed and two other colleagues had died because the test chamber caught fire.
"$4 billion, space program, 4 pence, fill your stomach"; "The American people want stones on the moon, or fill their stomach first"; "This is a political face project", these are the American people's views on the moon landing Questions about the plan.
The Apollo moon landing program has sent humans to the moon six times. The scientific achievements have influenced human beings for nearly half a century, and we are still benefiting today. This bold dream comes from a campaign speech by US President Kennedy: The history of human development tells us that mankind's thirst for knowledge and progress is unswerving and unstoppable, but some people will ask why the moon is chosen as the human Goals, maybe they will also ask, why climb the highest mountain, why fly across the Atlantic 35 years ago... We chose the moon, decided to go to the moon in this decade, and to achieve more dreams, not easy for them, but Precisely because they are so difficult.
From a global perspective, the 1960s and 1970s were extremely extraordinary, even extremely crazy and delusional. There have been the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Arms Race, the Space Race, etc. In the final analysis, ideology is at work. The Soviet Union also had a moon landing plan, but due to the change of political system and power, the rocket propulsion system suffered frequent accidents and eventually lost to the United States.
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Neil is not a politician and has no control over whether the plan is implemented or not. On July 16, 1969, at the Kennedy Launch Center in Florida, Neil and two other colleagues aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft. The next ten days were the most glorious moments of his life. As an astronaut, he will struggle with gravity; as the first person to land on the moon, he will wrestle with a tidal wave of fame all his life.
The moment I landed on the moon, I was struck by the barren scene in front of me. If it can be expressed in words, when referring to Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner", the android Roy said to Deckard, "I have seen things you humans can't believe. I saw the warship in the constellation Orion. The edge of the fire is on fire, and the flames are blazing on the sea with a splendid light of sparks. However, all the past will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.”
After Neil stepped on the moon, he tried a moonwalk, stopped in a daze in the crater, and finally dropped a bracelet in tears, which was the one of his daughter Karen. There is no Guanghan Palace or rabbit fur on the moon. The reason why she is so magnificent is because Neil has left the most precious thoughts of mankind. Just in response to Su Dongpo's words, I hope that people will live together for a long time.
This article was first published on ONE
Text | Yeluli
Fiction author, freelance writer.
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