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Chapter 282: Saving Brett (Wait a moment)

After Brett cut off the communication, Edge and Joe also looked bitter. It could be said that they had just fallen out with NASA, or the congressional leaders behind Boeing.

If this matter could still be kept secret, then that group of people would probably still take some effort to rescue them, but now that the truth has been completely exposed, then the most cost-effective thing for the three of them to die in space is.

Boeing's spacecraft successfully "completed" its mission. Congress took the opportunity to stop the traditional aerospace industry that has been in operation since the last century and got rid of the International Space Station, a non-performing asset. They will also become heroes like the astronauts on the Columbia space shuttle who sacrificed their lives for mankind's space exploration. Everyone has a bright future.

But they don’t want to die yet!
"Captain, are we going to die?" Edge said with a long sigh, a little emo at this time, "We have been preparing for going into space for so long, is it going to end like this? Dying in space and becoming a real 'space wanderer' sounds pretty good, doesn't it?"

At this critical moment, the two of them still habitually called Captain Brett like they did when they were children.

"Captain, I don't want to die yet. I haven't married Aaron yet." Tears flashed in the corners of Qiao's eyes at this time.

Because of her, Ying Yulong came to the United States at the age of sixteen with his younger brother who had just graduated from junior high school. In order to gain the recognition of his father-in-law, they started a freight company with only one truck, and now it is the nationally famous Ying Yu Logistics. It took them four years. Although they had the help of Teng Ji and Lin Che, the two brothers also suffered a lot in North America.

It was clear that their long-term love affair was about to end, and the diamond ring for engagement was already on her finger, but suddenly something like this happened. Ah Long must be very anxious now, Qiao thought to himself, as he glanced at the ring on her ring finger.

"Things haven't gotten to the worst yet," Brett said. "Although the central control system has failed, at least the spacecraft is not damaged. Theoretically, we can complete the manual control and return. Haven't we done training in this regard?"

"But the spacecraft's return process lasts 17 hours, and there are many necessary orbit changes during this period..." Edge didn't finish his words, but his meaning was very clear. This process is too dangerous, and if there is even the slightest mistake, they will be buried in the universe.

"Of course I know this, but do we have any other choice?" Brett said, "These people are really cruel. In order to prevent us from asking Lin Che for help, they directly cut off all our communications."

For these congressional masters, if the astronauts took the initiative to ask China for help, it would be a slap in their face. They would never tolerate such a thing happening.

"But I will definitely not let them get their wish! They want us to die, but we must survive!" Brett said grimly.

"Joe, use up the remaining supplies. In four hours, when the space station reaches the originally planned location, we will set off!" Brett took a look at the earth in the distance and made a choice. "Don't worry, we will be able to return to the earth safely. I'm still waiting to grab the bouquet at your wedding with that guy."

"I'll be in charge of separating from the space station and entering the return orbit, as well as entering the atmosphere. We'll take turns to rest in between to ensure that there are always two people able to control the spacecraft." After making the decision, Brett began to assign specific tasks.

"Do you want to report to the ground?" Edge asked at this time.

"Report? Bullshit report!" Joe gritted his teeth. Those bastards better pray that we can return successfully. Otherwise, even if we fail, I will find a way to make the return capsule crash into the Capitol!
"Calm down, Joe. You can't complete the next task if you're emotional," Brett reminded.

While Brett and the other two were preparing to return, Yingyulong also received a special call.

"Miller and Hama contacted you? And they have already arrived in Guangzhou?" Lin Che, who was woken up in the middle of the night, looked at Yingyulong outside the room, "It seems that Brett and the others are in a very urgent situation. Let's go and find them first."

Lin Che was also shocked when he saw Hama and Miller. The reason was that the two guys looked too disheveled. There was no clean place on their bodies. Hama was okay as his skin color was more resistant to dirt, while Miller's skin color looked no different from Hama's.

"What the hell happened to you two? How did you get yourself into this state?" Lin Che said in disbelief. After all, these two brothers were elites of NASA. If nothing else, they at least had enough food and drink. But the brothers now looked as if they had escaped from a refugee camp.

“Brother Che! Help Brett!” Hama knelt down the moment he saw Lin Che, “Those people want Brett and the others to die in space!”

"What?" Lin Che couldn't believe it.

"After the return capsule's fault was repaired, the central control system also had problems, but NASA's opinion was to let them return as planned," Miller said.

At this time, Ying Yulong, who came with Lin Che to pick someone up, also received a push notification on his phone.

[Stranded astronauts choose to risk returning, NASA and Boeing will do their best to ensure the safety of the astronauts]

The explanation given in the news was that although there was a slight problem with the spacecraft, the astronauts decided to go all out despite NASA's dissuasion as the space station was about to run out of ammunition and food. The news also mentioned that NASA and Boeing had made sufficient preparations for the rescue.

"Shit!" Upon seeing this news, Ying Yulong was furious. "Are those guys going to put the blame on Brett?"

"Aren't dead people the best people to take the blame?" Lin Che sneered. Those guys probably wished that Brett and the other two's spaceship would explode in space right away.

"That's why we went through so much trouble to sneak out of the country and finally board a plane to China in Cuba," Hama said. "Those bastards were planning to put us under house arrest in order to avoid leaking the information. It was Miller who realized something was wrong and took me out."

"It's really disgusting. We were about to give up on them, but we still had to pretend to be ready to rescue them." Eagle Feather Dragon said with a pout.

"After all, they have to let the public know that they are rescuing the astronauts!" Lin Che said, "Come with me, damn it, I'm still waiting to drink at my brother's wedding, and these bastards dare to do this."

Lin Che took the three people and contacted China's aviation department. A military aircraft was soon ready on the runway of the airport. After saying hello to the other DRS members who were still in the hotel, Lin Che took the three people and rushed to western China without stopping.

Although this is not in compliance with regulations, Lin Che still has some face in the aviation department.

"After this matter is over, no matter what the result is, you two can't go back to the United States anyway." Lin Che said to Miller and Hama on the plane, "Aaron can sign a confidentiality agreement, after all, he has property in China, but your identities are sensitive after all. Even I can't let you go back after you have entered China's ground command center. I'm afraid you can only stay in China from now on."

"We have already thought of this. Even if it means surveillance or direct house arrest, it doesn't matter as long as Brett can be saved!" Hama said without hesitation. "Who would want to go back and work for them after those bastards did this? It's good to stay in China!" Miller said.

"It's not that exaggerated. You are also astronauts. China will not mistreat any talent who sincerely comes to join us." Lin Che could tell from their words that they were determined. Especially Hama, this nearly two-meter-tall man really risked everything to save Brett. "As for your family, I will also find a way to bring them to China."

"My parents died a few years ago," Miller said. "And so did Hama's mom. They were involved in a shooting during a NASA benefit trip."

Lin Che: ...

Eagle Feather Dragon: ...

This is a very American reason! As for Hama's father, Lin Che and Ying Yulong were very tactful and did not ask any more questions. After all, considering Hama's skin color, asking this question would be somewhat impolite.

"When we were in the most difficult time, it was Brett who helped us out of the predicament, so we had to save him no matter what." Hama said with a choked voice at this time.

"Don't worry, leave it to us." Lin Che patted their shoulders and said solemnly.

After Lin Che formally proposed the idea of ​​saving Brett and others, China's aerospace department also began to operate at full speed. Lin Che's contribution to China's aviation industry is worth mentioning.

Three hours later, the plane, flying at full speed, brought the four people to the Gobi Desert in western China. The four people immediately changed to a helicopter and headed straight for the command center.

On the way, Lin Che had already contacted them and began to discuss a plan to rescue Brett and the others.

It has to be said that the Chinese government does favor Lin Che in some aspects. After Lin Che proposed the idea of ​​rescuing Brett and others, the official action at the public opinion level was unimaginably fast. The official media directly broke the news brought back by Hama and Miller, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned NASA's disrespect for the human rights of astronauts, and announced on the spot that China's Tiangong Space Base would provide humanitarian assistance to the four astronauts.

Russia also came to join in the fun at this time, proposing that if the docking port of China's spacecraft is not compatible with the International Space Station, they can provide docking port support.

As for whether NASA and Boeing will accept it, the twenty or so aerospace carriers in the sky said they would keep it to themselves.

Now, the most important issue is how to get in touch with Brett and the others.

As long as we can get in touch with Brett and the others, everything will be easy.

Fortunately, Hama and Miller also brought the code for the encrypted channel of the spacecraft's radio. After some effort, China's ground control center connected to the radio channel of the return capsule of the spacecraft where Brett and his colleagues were.

"This is the ground command center of China's Tiangong Space Base. Please respond if you get the message. Please respond if you get the message." Twenty minutes ago, Brett and his team, who had manually separated the return capsule from the space station, suddenly received a message from China.

"Is it China?" Qiao asked in surprise.

"This is Crew-29, we can hear you." Brett responded immediately in Chinese. After China became the world leader in aerospace, Brett also taught himself Chinese for a period of time. At least communication was no longer a problem.

"Brett, can you hear me?" Lin Che took the intercom at this time.

"Lin Che?" Brett was also surprised after hearing Lin Che's voice.

"Listen, stay in the space station now and don't act on your own." Lin Che said, "The Russian Space Agency will soon send you a batch of life-sustaining supplies. Just hold on for another week and the spacecraft that will save you will be transformed and completed soon."

"You're too late." Brett smiled bitterly after hearing Lin Che's plan. "If we had received this radio message half an hour ago, we could have done as you said. Unfortunately, we have already separated the spacecraft manually and are now in the return orbit."

"Really?" Lin Che nodded. "Plan 1 is scrapped. Let's move on to Plan 2."

"According to the news brought back by Hama, your problem now is that the spacecraft's central control system has failed, right?" Lin Che asked.

"That's right, so we can only control it manually." Brett said.

"According to the orbital parameters provided by Hama, your return orbit will enter the signal range of Tiangong Spaceport in two hours, thirty-five minutes and twenty-six seconds." Lin Che said, "By then, we will open the network connection to you and send you a new central control system to help you restore the automatic driving function."

"Understood," Brett replied.

An hour passed in the anxious waiting. However, at this moment, the spacecraft's return capsule suddenly began to shake violently.

Joe, who was controlling the spaceship at the moment, suddenly panicked. Fortunately, Brett quickly took over Joe's work and stabilized the spaceship, while shouting: "Aggie! Go see what happened?"

"Oh no, Captain. The spacecraft has had a scratch. There's something wrong with the spacecraft's thermal insulation!" Edge said in horror.

"What?" Even Brett was calm, but he was shocked after hearing the news. If the failure of the spacecraft's central control system and the need to return manually still left them with a glimmer of hope, then now the damage to the spacecraft's thermal insulation layer has completely cut off their hope of returning to Earth. In the event of a thermal insulation failure, the high temperature caused by friction when they pass through the atmosphere can directly roast them.

Brett took a deep breath, connected the radio of the Chinese Command Center, and prepared to leave his last words.

(End of this chapter)