As the Luan Niao descended, its movement remained unhurried and steady. There was not a trace of panic; it was as natural as water flowing to form a channel.
Inside the Luan Niao space platform, everyone wore specialized spacesuits. The platform simulated artificial gravity, preventing the crew from floating around the cabin. Landing on the moon, however, was a different matter, as the gravity there is only one-sixth of Earth’s.
When the Luan Niao settled onto the lunar surface, the excitement everyone had anticipated did not manifest; instead, there was a sense of calm. The landing seemed far too easy. There was no difficulty being captured by lunar gravity, no circling the moon to adjust orientation, no braking to regulate speed, and no tedious selection of a landing site. None of that occurred. It simply arrived at the moon and touched down as if it were the most natural thing in the world, as if that were precisely what the Luan Niao space platform was meant to do.
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