"Why hasn't there been any news yet?"

Jimbasa was silent, 100,000 urgent, but after reporting for so long, there was no news at all.

Now Steven is becoming more and more dangerous, he was asymptomatic before, and now he has begun to experience headaches, dizziness, and a feeling of hypoxia and choking.

The biggest problem is that everyone is helpless and can only watch and do it in a hurry.

Susan is just a skilled general practitioner, and it is good enough to be able to complete a full-brain DSA, she can't do anything better, and the conditions on the space station are not suitable for further treatment.

The best doctors in the country are here, and Dr. Massimo, the best interventional doctor, can't do anything about it.

Even if Massimo is sent up now, it will not help, and it is useless to use remote surgical equipment.

Massimo's theoretical success rate on Earth is only 20 percent, and after being filtered by many factors, there is little hope left in the end, otherwise, Massimo would have started to do it a long time ago.

Steven asked to connect his wife. The correspondent of the control center reports.

The network connection on the space station has been turned off, leaving only a one-line connection to Houston.

"No, the communication has failed." Jim Bassa said coldly.

"What does this mean? Why don't I know that the communication is down and I can't access the Internet?" Collins said angrily, having waited for a fire.

"In an emergency, it's not surprising that communication fails, Collins, even if your phone fails, it makes sense." Mercado is clearly more mature, euphemistically reminded.

The audience suddenly fell silent, you look at me, I look at you.

"Is this waiting for death?" Johanneson broke the silence.

"It's space exploration, it's space exploration, and there's sacrifice to exploration, the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, which killed seven astronauts, and the explosion of Columbia in 2003, which cost seven more — " Jimbassa said calmly.

"Steven! Can it be saved? Someone can save him, why give up? Why should we give up on him? "Johanneson was emotional.

"I didn't give up, we are all waiting for news, everyone calm down, to save him, it's useless to rely on his voice, believe me, we will work together, we will definitely be able to save him, we will definitely be able to." Jim Bassa wants to stabilize everyone's emotions.

"It's time-consuming, isn't it giving up?"

"It's not up to you, it's not up to me, I'm fighting for it, you calm down." Jim Barsa's tone shifted from high to peaceful, he knew Johannathan's mood.

"I don't have to wait, activate the rescue plan, connect the telemedicine equipment, and I want to perform the interventional surgery." Massimo suddenly decided to stand in solidarity with Johannathan's protest.

"Is Washington waiting, is that what we are doing?" Someone suddenly proposed.

"Don't worry, let me think, what's new out there? If you can solve the problem, I can order it now, but now I need the help of the Chinese doctors, which is beyond my ability, and it is very complicated, not as simple as you think. ”

Jim Bassa still tries to comfort everyone, otherwise everyone will be in a mess.

"Is there any news out there?" Jim Bassa asked the secretary, who had been tracking the movements of the news and public opinion.

"The retired astronauts gathered and launched an operation to save Steven, who are now unhappy with Washington's sluggishness."

"Congressional opposition lawmakers are starting to jump out and ask the president to explain why."

Several lawmakers also jointly criticized that NASA's lack of funding has led to this, and it is necessary to do everything to save Steven, otherwise the public's confidence in the space industry will be shaken, which will form a vicious circle and make it difficult to implement the big space program."

"Susan, what's wrong with Steven?" Jim holds his hands on the countertop, facing the communicator call.

"Heart rate 40 beats." Susan suppressed her fear and helplessness and regained her spirits.

"How long will he last?" Jim Bassa unbuttons his suit.

"I don't know, look at what God means." Massimo kept staring at the screen.

"Professor Massimo, I agree with you, the air conditioning here is indeed broken." Jim Barsa's shirt was already wet.

Finally, Jim Barsa's cell phone rang.

"Johannesen, please repeat the doctor, name, hospital ,--- you want to invite"

"Yang Ping, --- of Sanbo Hospital, Nandu Province, China"

"The order of the White House, do everything to rescue, at all costs, look, where is Dr. Yang Ping? Johannathan, contact Dr. Yang Ping immediately, we will prepare in advance, Mr. Vice President will fly to Houston to coordinate the rescue. ”

Everyone was immediately excited.

"The Secretary of State immediately and urgently met with the Chinese ambassador and asked for China's help." Jimbarça was as calm as ever.

If something happens to Steven and the public's confidence in the space industry is shaken, the House Appropriations Committee will cut back on NASA funding, which will slow down the big space program.

Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and many more, dozens of companies will be hit hard.

How can the agents of these giants sit idly by and watch their cake shrink.

Therefore, the attitude and ability to deal with risks directly determine the span of the pace of future aerospace, and the size of the pace span determines the amount of funds invested.

Jim Bassa understands the stakes better than these simple doctors.

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"Where is this?" Yang Ping looked at the scenery outside the window.

"Just left Alaska, and now I'm going to fly over the North Pole, polar flight." Cheng Lao is shuffling with a deck of playing cards.

Lunch was almost digested, and the three of them discussed a few plates to fight the landlord and relax.

"Excuse me, which one is Dr. Yang Ping?" A beautiful flight attendant came in and asked.

Yang Ping raised his hand, does the flight attendant still know herself?

"Hello, Dr. Yang, we have received a notice from the company, please check the email file, because you have an urgent mission assigned by the state, our plane will return immediately, and make an emergency landing at Alaska Fairbanks Airport, after you get off the plane, there will be a special plane from the United States to take you to Houston." The flight attendant was also unclear about the specific task.

Yang Ping was a little inexplicable, he was about to open his mailbox, and the WeChat video call rang, Director Han's.

"Xiao Yang, are you on the plane back to China now?"

"Just past Alaska, it should be over the North Pole right now."

After receiving the confirmation, the person who spoke was replaced by Dean Xia.

In the video, Director Han, Dean Xia, and a few people they don't know seem to be gathered in a small conference room in the hospital.

"Doctor Yang Ping, now Sanbo Hospital officially informs you that you have been assigned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country to go to Houston to deal with the medical emergency of the International Space Station, the plane is about to return and make an emergency landing at Fairbanks Airport in Alaska, after you get off the plane, there will be a special plane from the United States to take you to Houston, remember, this mission, you represent the country, and at the same time, during the mission, you have absolute diplomatic immunity, the US State Department is holding a press conference to announce to the world that it has invited our doctors, that is, you, to help deal with the space crisisand also declare your diplomatic immunity. Dean Xia word by word.

Then the staff of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office officially read out the letter of appointment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the end, Director Han told him not to be afraid, since he was invited, he would show his level generously.

Yang Ping took a deep breath and actually let himself deal with the Steven crisis.

The other party asked if there were any other questions or support, and the Chinese Embassy in the United States would send staff to receive Yang Ping in Houston and accompany him throughout the process.

It happened suddenly, and he couldn't think of what support he needed, so Yang Ping said, "Are all the patients in Corey okay?"

"All well, rest assured!" Director Han made Yang Ping'an's heart.

I didn't know what to say for a while, so I hung up WeChat, and Yang Ping called up the email, more than a dozen large and small.

Mr. Huang and Lao Cheng were also a little confused, just like acting in a movie.

"Look, what's going on?" Lao Cheng pointed out the window.

As far as the eye can see, you can see a fighter plane, and there is actually a fighter plane outside the window on the other side.

The fighter roared past, maintaining its companionship for only about a minute, and immediately dispersed, one flying to the front and the other to the rear.

The passengers in the cabin who saw the fighter plane all panicked, what was going on.

"Passengers, don't panic, this is the plane that escorts and navigates us at Elmendorf Air Force Base in the United States, because there is a special passenger on the plane, who needs to get off the plane halfway and perform an emergency mission, so we have to make an emergency landing at Alaska Fairbanks Airport, please don't be nervous, don't move, stay for fifteen minutes after landing, we will take off to complete the flight, please forgive me for the inconvenience." Gentle voices rang out over the radio, in several languages.

"Emergency landing, complicated over the polar regions, they escorted us for navigation." The flight attendant explained.

"What did I think of the hijacking?" Lao Cheng sweated in fright.

Anything can happen in these years, Lao Cheng kept wiping sweat and a mouthful of juice to suppress the shock.

"Is it really Steven's business?" Mr. Huang also looked out the window, spectacular.

Yang Ping guessed that it should be, I'm afraid of Johannathan's suggestion.

Over the polar regions, the air flow is complicated, so it is still necessary to change the course in such a hurry and make an emergency landing.

As for the escort, it's not interesting, just like that, it's just a formality.

Yang Ping was thinking about it, and Johanneson sent another WeChat message to ask what he needed to prepare.

It was really what he suggested, how could things be so coincidental.