Chapter 804: Astronaut Training Center
On the seashore in the south of Anga Island, there is a special astronaut training center. Covering an area of 700 mu, it occupies a corner sea cliff at the southernmost tip of Anga Island. One-third of the facilities are on the road, while two-thirds are in the sea.
The graphene interlayer circles a tank covering an area of more than 400 mu in the sea. The seawater in this tank has no liquid exchange with the external seawater, and the interior is divided into two blocks by the graphene interlayer. By changing the salt content of the sub-regional seawater, the buoyancy of the seawater can offset the gravity to simulate the weightless environment in space and the low-gravity environment on the surface of the moon.
The underwater construction includes a simulated space station, a space living area, an experimental cabin, and a core cabin. The training program covers a total of 437 space activities, from spacewalks, to core module work, to operating workboats to complete the recovery of space debris.
Among them, 103 projects are open to the public, and both Singaporeans and foreign tourists can enter and experience them, while the remaining 335 projects have a certain degree of confidentiality, and only trained staff can participate.
The venue is open to the public free of charge on Saturdays and Sundays. In addition to parents bringing their children to play here, there are also social practice activities organized by public schools, and only a small ticket fee is charged for admission. It is not only open to locals, tourists who come to Singapore can also pay an entrance fee of US$100 and enter with a tourist passport to experience the feeling of weightlessness.
However, considering the high price of spacesuits, only trained staff can wear them. Other tourists can only use the simulated spacesuit to experience the space environment.
The entire training center has invested a total of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars. As one of the Starlink trade space programs, it was constructed with funds from the Space Elevator Project Department. It can accommodate up to 8,000 tourists and trainers at the same time. In terms of scale and openness, it is undoubtedly the largest aerospace training center in the world.
The Future Group seems to have turned the aerospace industry from a private project into a national project. In addition to throwing a lot of banknotes into the bottomless pit of space, he also introduced a series of policies to stimulate the development of the aerospace industry through his own influence in the political circles of the new country.
For example, tax exemption for aerospace industry, immigration policy for aerospace volunteers...
If we say which country in the world has the highest proportion of astronauts, it will definitely be the new country in a few years.
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Liu Qingpeng from Fujian, China, is one of the beneficiaries of the immigration policy for aerospace volunteers.
Three months ago, while still working in Fujian, he saw a special advertisement in the news pushed by Future People 1.0.
[Star Ring Trade announced the moon colonization plan, recruiting volunteers from all over the world! 】
This advertisement reminded him of the Mars colonization plan announced by X Space Company a few years ago,
In the next 15 to 20 years, American company X plans to send 80,000 volunteers to colonize Mars. Volunteers will live a self-sufficient life on Mars...
It sounds fantastic.
After all, the colonization of the moon that is close at hand has not been completed, let alone Mars, which is 55 million kilometers away from the earth. According to the plan promulgated by -x company, each volunteer needs to raise 500,000 US dollars in travel expenses.
This is not so much a Mars colonization plan as it is a unique crowdfunding.
However, this advertisement of Star Ring Trading made his eyes glued to the screen, unable to move away.
[All volunteers only need to sign a safety agreement and voluntarily dedicate themselves to the aerospace industry before they can devote themselves to the aerospace project. All project participants, after registering through the official website, can go to the embassy to apply for a special work visa to enter and join our business. 】
[After arriving in Xinguo, the accommodation and catering for the volunteers will be provided by Xinghuan Trading. The daily training time is 8 hours, of which 4 hours are completed in Xinghuan Astronaut Training Center, and the remaining 4 hours can be completed in Sleep time for training, and the rest of the time can be arranged by the volunteers. The training time can be arranged by the volunteers after consultation with the instructors, and the training venues will be open all day. 】
[In addition to board and lodging, Xinghuan Trading will also provide volunteers with a minimum salary of 400 US dollars per month. After one year of working time, they will become regulars and their work visas can be replaced with immigrant visas. The salary will also be raised to 600 US dollars depending on the type of work. - ranging from $3000. 】
[Note: If the contract is terminated midway, the visa of the person who terminates the contract will be revoked and sent back to the country. If the volunteer unilaterally terminates the contract after becoming a full-time employee, he will bear a certain fine, and the company will decide whether to further pursue its breach of contract responsibility depending on the seriousness of the situation. 】
[The first colonization plan is confirmed as the moon, and the probe of the star ring trade has already set off first to explore the geological information of the moon and find large-scale reservoirs of lunar ice. 】
[The first step of human colonization in space, we look forward to your joining! 】
To be honest, after watching this advertisement, Liu Qingpeng was moved.
The monthly salary of 400 US dollars is really low. After all, this recruit is volunteers, not regular employees. What really moved him was the work visa to the new country and the qualification to become a full-time immigrant after one year!
Since the completion of Penglai City, Xinguo has tightened its immigration policy, and now it is not as easy as before to get a green card in Xinguo. The labor market is approaching saturation. In addition to the still shortage of high-tech talents, the country can provide laborers with less than a high school education. Of course, the new government is giving priority to satisfying the employment problem of its own people.
Originally, Lao Liu planned to work in Fujian to save some money, and then get a work visa to immigrate to Xinguo. In the end, it was still one step too late. When he applied for a visa, the embassy staff gave him two choices.
Either go to the Star Ring Trade to serve as a soldier, or provide proof of a graduate degree or higher.
This result really made him dumbfounded.
He can't bear the hardships of being a soldier, and he won't work in a factory if he has a high degree of education. If he can't meet the two conditions, he can only say goodbye to the beautiful Koro Island.
But now, a brand new opportunity is in front of him! As long as you sign up to join the moon colonization plan of the star ring trade, you can get the opportunity to immigrate to the new country as a space volunteer.
Although the colonization of the moon always made him feel a little uneasy, but who knows how many years it will be before the colonization plan is actually implemented. After working for one year, you can become a full-time employee. If you spend 4 hours at night for training, and do some part-time jobs during the day, you can earn three or four thousand dollars a month without any problems. Moreover, this star ring trade also includes food and lodging, so you can save as much money as you earn!
After making up his mind, he immediately filled out the information on the official website of Xinghuan Trade and applied for the qualification of volunteer.
But just as he was closing the official website, his gaze inadvertently swept across the top right corner of the screen, on the statistics column of the number of applicants.
【Number of applicants: 4305123】
When Liu Qingpeng saw this number, he suddenly took a deep breath, and his originally excited mood suddenly cooled down by half.
With so many people signing up, will they really choose me? (To be continued.)