How long does it take to "cook" in space? Do you have to work the night shift? Astronauts explain the "livable" Chinese space station in detail

Beijing, December 17 (China News Service) -- How long does it take to "cook" in space? Do you have to work the night shift? Tang Hongbo, an astronaut of the Shenzhou 12 crew, answered these questions in Beijing on the 17th. He said that astronauts can eat hot meals and hot dishes in about half an hour on the space station, and if they have time to realize the freedom of drinking yogurt, with the help of speakers in the sleeping area, astronauts do not have to work night shifts.

On the same day, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting of Chinese and foreign journalists on "flying in the sky and writing loyalty to dreams." At the meeting, Tang Hongbo briefed the media on the above situation.

Berlin Hou, deputy chief designer of the space station system of China's manned space engineering and researcher of the Space Technology Research Institute of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, said at the meeting that the design of manned spacecraft is people-oriented, and livability design is an important part of it.

Berlin Hou introduced the content of the current day and core cabin livability design. The first is to use advanced information technology to improve the convenience of astronauts' life and work in orbit, such as smart homes, astronauts can control the lighting and kitchen equipment in the core cabin through the APP installed by mobile phones.

Second, when the scientific researchers were developing, they made "fine decoration" to the internal space of the core cabin, and the layout of the cabin was bright and spacious, so that the astronauts could work more comfortably; the third was equipped with a sound and photoelectric system to ensure that the astronauts rested normally like ground personnel and did not have to be on duty at night; the fourth was to build a space-earth integrated network system, and astronauts could also go online in orbit and video with their families.

Tang Hongbo is very satisfied with the "house" "renovated" by the scientific researchers. He said that in terms of eating, in the past, it took astronauts about an hour to prepare a meal, and now they can eat hot meals, eat hot dishes, drink hot soup in about half an hour, and if they have time, they can also realize the freedom of drinking yogurt; in terms of sleep, astronauts used to need to be on duty at night, because there is uncertainty in space, and now astronauts can sleep peacefully.

"Our sleeping area has a speaker, not listening to music, is connected to the system, and once there is a situation, the alarm information can notify every sleeping area of the astronaut." Tang Hongbo said that in terms of smart homes, astronauts can control the microwave oven and hot air heater in the kitchen through mobile phones, and put food in advance and then make reservations.

Talking about the overall experience of the space station, Tang Hongbo said that the first feeling is particularly large, at that time, the orbit was a three-cabin stage, there were Tianzhou cargo spacecraft, Tianhe core module and manned spacecraft, a total length of more than 30 meters, "When we floated around in the space station, we used a word to describe it, called the cruise space station." ”

"In addition, after the livability design, the overall tone of the environment is very uniform, and there are many kinds of lights." Tang Hongbo said that each sleeping area has portholes, through the portholes to see out, some directions are the earth on which human beings live, and some directions are the stars and the sea, as far as the eye can see, very beautiful. (End)