Chapter 5 Chapter 1 The Age of Tranquility

"Old Buddha, for a seventy-year-old man, your physical condition is surprisingly good." Dr. Groznov said in admiration while looking at the medical certificate issued by the medical center to Dr. Freud. Said, "Based on this report, I will also reduce your age to under sixty-five." "I'm so glad to hear that, Old G. My real age is one hundred and three, you know." "Speaking of which, I don't think anyone will believe that you have read Professor Rudenko's masterpiece." "Oh, and speaking of my dear Catalina, we had planned to celebrate her hundredth birthday! It's a pity she's gone a step too far, and it's all because she's been on Earth so long."

"Funny, she's the first person to come up with the famous 'gravity makes you old'!" As Dr. Floyd spoke, he stared thoughtfully at the eternally beautiful planet only 6,000 kilometers away, and it was impossible for him to set foot on that planet again.What's even more amusing is that because of that stupid accident, his health has been strengthened after all his old friends died one after another. Although there was an early warning before the incident, because he believed that such a thing could not happen to him, just as he was celebrating for being the hero of the Leonov's return to Earth, he unexpectedly jumped from the second floor. He stepped on the balcony and fell down. He had only returned to Earth for a week when the incident happened.Complicated by multiple fractures of his bone pick, he had to go to Buster Space Medical Center to receive the best possible medical care.

It was 2015, and he couldn't believe it was 2061, but the calendar on the wall clearly showed the current date. In this medical center with only one-sixth the gravity of the earth, Dr. Fo's biological clock not only slowed down, but his life was actually twice as young.It is now believed that hibernation not only stops the aging process, but also rejuvenates (although some authorities remain skeptical); Dr. Buddha was indeed much younger after returning from his trip to Jupiter . "So you really think this trip is safe for me?" "Old Buddha, there is no so-called 'safety' in this universe. I can only say that you have no physical barriers. Everything on the 'Universe' is similar to here, although the medical level of the Cosmos cannot be compared with that of this medical center. In contrast, Mayinlei, who is on board, is a person with excellent medical skills. If there is a situation that he cannot handle, he will put you into hibernation again, send it back to us by boat, and then charge you. "

Although Dr. Buddha had been looking forward to this mission for a long time, he was still full of sorrow and joy. Sadly, he had to leave the home he had stayed in for nearly half a century, and the new friends he had met in recent years.While the Cosmos spacecraft is far more advanced than the Leonoff aboard his earlier trip to Jupiter (now one of the main exhibits at the Lagrange Museum), any journey deeper into space still has its own limitations. There are risks, especially his mission of being a pioneer this time... Perhaps this was indeed what he had been striving for in the past, even though he was now a hundred and three years old (according to the calculations of the late Professor Rudenko, he had the same physical condition and heart strength as a man of sixty-five years old ), which is still what he wants to pursue.In the past ten years, due to his overly comfortable and regular life, he has gradually become impatient, full of ambiguity and dissatisfaction with his future life.

Although there are so many exciting projects going on in the solar system (Mars Renewal Project, Mercury Base Construction Project, Jupiter Moon Greening Project), none of them can attract Dr. Buddha's interest or allow him to develop his still considerable energy.Dr. Buddha's feelings are most fully expressed in a poem written by one of the earliest poets in the scientific period two hundred years ago: life to life, People are like ants, and I am one of them. There is not much left, but you have to cherish a moment, In eternal silence, full of formlessness, Bring good news and maybe bad news,

It is filled in the three yangs and scattered in my body, This spiritual power cries out in desire. Wisdom is constantly advancing like the stars, Yuan goes far beyond human thinking. "There are only three suns", there are at least forty of them here, and the main character in Homer Yang's epic deservedly cried.But the next paragraph, which Dr. Buddha knows very well, describes it much more aptly: You and I ride on the torrent of knowledge: If you get something, you will be overjoyed, I am delighted to be in contact with the heroes of the ancient road. Never-before-seen happiness is born from thinking, stop and don't go;

You and my wisdom spring are not what they used to be; star shift; I think therefore I am. You and I are heroic and courageous, Although the sun and the moon are courageous, they still have strong self-confidence. Struggling and seeking in the torrent, unable to stop in order to find out... "To seek, to find..." Well, Dr. Buddha now knows what he is looking for, what he is going to find, because he already knows exactly where it is.Although there will be some disasters and accidents on the way, they cannot stop him from going. Forfus himself hadn't been sure if that was what he was after in the past, and even now he couldn't figure out why it suddenly became so important to him.Dr. Fo originally thought that he would not be infected with the mania of human space exploration again (this is the second space exploration craze he encountered in his life), but maybe we misunderstood him, and invited him unexpectedly this time Being the guest of honor aboard the Cosmos had rekindled his imagination and awakened passions in him that he had never discovered himself.

Another possibility is that, after all these years, he still remembers the effect on the general public of the anticlimactic appearance of Halley's Comet in 1985 and 1986.And now the opportunity has come, for this one hundred and three-year-old "old" man, it should be the last chance, but for human beings, it is the first chance, at least it can make up for all the disappointments in the past. Back in the twentieth century, spaceships at that time had the ability to fly by comets, but this time they actually landed on comets, just like Armstrong stepped on the moon. Dr. Buddha is the survivor of the mission to Jupiter between 2000 and 1015. He imagined that he was about to fly to the ghostly visitor, which appeared from the depths of space again, and was speeding up every second. sun.Between the orbits of Earth and Venus, the most famous comet will encounter the Cosmos spacecraft, which is making its maiden voyage.

Although the actual space rendezvous point has not yet been decided, Dr. Buddha's mind has been decided. "Harley, here I come..." Dr. Fo murmured.