Chongqing Wulong's scene has stunned NASA, 28 astronauts have completed lunar landing training, China is preparing to act for real!

Recently, the China Astronaut Research and Training Center has conducted cave training for the first time, with the location selected in Chongqing Wulong's Karst cave system. 28 active astronauts were divided into four batches, each going deep underground, surviving continuously for 6 days and 5 nights in an environment completely isolated from sunlight, signals, and conventional supplies.

This is a highly realistic simulation of extreme closed, low-gravity, communication delay, or resource-limited scenarios that may be encountered in future lunar or Mars missions.

The cave environment has surprising similarities with extraterrestrial bodies: darkness, humidity, complex terrain, high psychological pressure, and survival must rely on team collaboration and limited equipment.

This indicates that China's first manned moon landing, which is planned to be achieved by 2030, has already started comprehensively. Key systems such as the new crewed spacecraft, Long March 10 launch vehicle, and lunar landing module are undergoing intensive testing. The upgrading of the astronaut training system is one of the signs that the entire lunar landing project has entered the "practical operation phase."

NASA clearly knows: being able to systematically organize such a large-scale cave training means that China's manned deep space exploration has moved from paper to practical preparation. Although the U.S. "Artemis" program was proposed earlier than China's, its progress has repeatedly been delayed, with the lunar lander and spacesuit development lagging behind, and even the SLS rocket's launch cost is high and the frequency is limited. In comparison, China has adopted a strategy of "steady progress + rapid iteration," with tight pace and clear goals from space station construction to lunar exploration.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1853713557272716/

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