On the southern coast of Anga Island, there is a special astronaut training center. Covering an area of 700 acres, it occupies a corner sea cliff at the southernmost tip of Anga Island. One-third of the facilities are located on the road, while two-thirds are located at sea.
The graphene barrier encloses a water tank covering an area of more than 400 acres at sea. There is no liquid exchange between the seawater in this water tank and the outside seawater. The interior is divided into two blocks by the graphene barrier. By changing the salt content of the partitioned seawater, the buoyancy of the seawater can offset the gravity to simulate the weightless environment in space and the low-gravity environment on the lunar surface.
The underwater construction includes a simulated space station, space living area, experimental module, core module, etc. The training projects cover a total of 437 space activities, ranging from space walks, to core module work, to operating work boats to complete the recovery of space debris.
Among them, 103 projects are open to the public, and both New Zealand nationals 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. Admission only requires a small ticket fee. It is not only open to locals. Visitors to New Zealand can also experience the feeling of weightlessness by paying an entrance fee of US$100 and holding a tourist passport.
However, considering the high price of space suits, only trained staff can equip them. Other tourists can only use simulated spacesuits to experience the space environment.
The entire training center has a total investment of 2.5 billion US dollars. As one of the Star Ring Trade Space Program, it was funded by the Space Elevator Project Department and can accommodate up to 8,000 tourists and trainers at the same time. In terms of scale and openness, this is undoubtedly the largest aerospace training center in the world.
Future Man Group seems to have transformed the aerospace industry from a private project into a national-level project. In addition to throwing a lot of money into the bottomless pit of space, he also used his influence in the political circles of the new country to launch a series of policies to stimulate the development of the aerospace industry.
For example, tax exemption for the aerospace industry, immigration policy for aerospace volunteers...
If there is any country in the world that has the highest proportion of astronauts, it will definitely be New Zealand in a few years.
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Liu Qingpeng, who comes from Fujian, China, is one of the beneficiaries of the aerospace volunteer immigration policy.
Three months ago, while still working in Fujian, he saw a special advertisement in the news pushed by Future People 1.0.
[Star Ring Trading announces the lunar colonization plan and recruits volunteers from around the world!]
This advertisement reminded him of the Mars colonization plan announced by the space company a few years ago. In the next 15 to 20 years, the American company plans to send 80,000 volunteers to colonize Mars, and the volunteers will live a self-sufficient life on Mars. life…
It sounds fantasy.
After all, the nearby moon colonization has not been completed, let alone Mars, which is 55 million kilometers away from the earth. According to the plan issued by the company, each volunteer needs to raise US$500,000 in travel expenses.
This is not so much a Mars colonization plan as a unique crowdfunding campaign.
However, this advertisement from Star Ring Trading made his eyes glued to the screen, unable to move even an inch 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 our country and join our cause.]
[After arriving in the new country, the volunteers’ accommodation and meals will be provided by Starlink Trading. The daily training time is 8 hours, of which 4 hours will be completed at the Starlink Astronaut Training Center. The remaining 4 hours can be completed at the Starlink Astronaut Training Center through the Phantom Helmet. Training is conducted during sleeping hours, and the rest of the time can be arranged by the volunteers themselves. Training time can be arranged by volunteers after consultation with the instructor, and the training venue will be open all day.]
[In addition to food and accommodation, Xinghuan Trading will also provide volunteers with a minimum salary of US$400 per month. After working for one year and becoming a regular employee, the work visa can be changed to an immigrant visa, and the salary will also be increased to USD depending on the type of work. No wait.]
[Note: If the contract is terminated midway, the visa of the person terminating the contract will be revoked and he will be sent back to his country. If a volunteer unilaterally terminates the contract after becoming a regular employee, he or she will be liable for a certain fine, and the company will decide whether to further pursue liability for breach of contract depending on the seriousness of the case.]
[The first colonization plan is confirmed to be the moon, and the Star Ring Trading probe has already set off to explore the geological information of the moon and search for large-scale reservoirs of lunar ice.]
[The first step for human colonization of space, we look forward to your joining!]
To be honest, after watching this advertisement, Liu Qingpeng was moved.
The monthly salary of US$400 is indeed very low. After all, we are recruiting volunteers, not regular employees. What really moved him was the work visa to a new country and the qualification to become a regular immigrant after one year!
Since the completion of Penglai City, New Zealand has tightened its immigration policy. Now it is not as easy as before to get a green card from New Zealand. The labor market is approaching saturation. In addition to the still shortage of high-tech talents, the country can provide workers with a high school degree or below by selling them. The new government of course gives priority to satisfying the employment issues of its own people.
Originally, Lao Liu planned to work in Fujian to save some money, then get a work visa and immigrate to a new country. In the end, it was too late. When he applied for a visa, the embassy staff gave him two options.
Either go to the Star Ring Trade to serve as a soldier, or provide an academic certificate above a graduate degree.
This result really made him dumbfounded.
He couldn't bear the hardship of being a soldier. If he had a higher education, he wouldn't work in a factory. If both conditions were not met, he could only say goodbye to the beautiful Coro Island.
But now, a new opportunity is before him! As long as you sign up for the lunar colonization plan of Star Circle Trading, you will be able to get the opportunity to immigrate to a new country as an aerospace volunteer.
Although the idea of colonizing the moon always made him feel a little uneasy, who knew how many years it would be before the colonization plan was actually implemented. You can become a full-time employee after one year of work, spend 4 hours at night doing training, and do some part-time work during the day, and you will have no problem earning three to four thousand US dollars a month. Moreover, this Star Ring trade also includes food and accommodation, so you can save whatever money you make!
After making up his mind, he immediately filled out the information on the Star Ring Trading official website and applied for volunteer qualifications.
But just when he closed the official website page, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the statistics column of the number of applicants in the upper right corner of the screen.
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When he saw this number, Liu Qingpeng suddenly took a breath of cold air, and his original excitement suddenly cooled down by half.
With so many people applying, will they really choose me? (.)