Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

In the end, the International Space Station did not contact China.

Or Taiyi Tiangong, or the "Clear Alliance".

The resistance comes from the United States, which is in an absolute leading position in the project.

In theory, the "Clear Alliance" is the most appropriate. As a nominal "international organization", although the leading party is China, it can be justified after all.

As for the "Wolf Clause", to be honest, don't overestimate the binding force of any clause or agreement. The so-called spirit of contract is to abide by it when it is beneficial to oneself and pretend to be blind when it is harmful to oneself.

But it was not NASA that really stopped the request for help, but the senior US officials.

The news was reported to multiple departments, and finally even to the big leader Omar who was in Hangzhou, but it was not allowed in the end.

The reason is very simple. A week ago, they just made a decent "barricade plan" to boost morale and demonstrate their space strength.

It's only been a few days, and they are going to ask China for help again?

Admit that they can't even launch a rocket?

What does this make people around the world think?

Unconsciously, all countries are increasing their investment in the aerospace field. This field has occupied a more important position and seems to have become the most dazzling banner of the "highland of science and technology", while the halo created by the United States relying on the "moon landing" is shaky.

They have not changed themselves, but the world has changed in the past two years.

In any case, the backwardness in aerospace has begun to seriously damage the deterrence of the United States, and deterrence is like a life-saving medicine that cannot be stopped for a moment.

So in the end, from the perspective of "correctness" rather than science, the United States conveyed an order to NASA: to launch the alternative plan "gas discharge avoidance", but not to ask for assistance.

All bets are on Russia, which can be able to launch a rocket to deliver supplies within a week.

The United States will provide as much support as possible to Russia regardless of cost.

Thanks to the absolute dominance of the International Space Station project, although some countries have complaints, they will eventually implement this plan.

In the orbit above 100,000 meters, the International Space Station is still safe and sound.

The twelve astronauts are not aware of some of the intrigues on the ground, but they know that the space station and themselves are about to suffer the biggest crisis in history.

"Makarov, what did the command say?"

Su Ni, a female astronaut from the United States, asked nervously, her expression was serious and even a little haggard.

The sturdy Makarov pondered for a moment, looked at everyone, and said: "The ground command requires us to start the emergency plan for gas discharge and urgently evacuate to the upper orbit. The orbit is expected to rise by 800 meters, plus deceleration, and the total time for gas discharge is about 1800 seconds, which will be executed in six stages."

Although he is a Russian, he is currently the stationmaster of the space station and the most senior astronaut among all. He has been here for half a year and is responsible for the team's command.

"1800 seconds? What a joke! We will lose most of the gas!"

Su Ni was emotional and felt unbelievable.

This emergency plan was there at the beginning of the design of the space station, but it has never been started. Not only oxygen in the universe, but any gas is extremely precious. This discharge volume scared her.

Astronauts from other countries were also particularly shocked.

They are from Japan, Brazil, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Germany.

In addition, there are two Russian astronauts and three American astronauts.

Makarov shook his head and said, "We will close some cabins and strictly control the exhaust rate, so it will take so long. Don't worry, the ground will launch a rocket within a week to deliver supplies to us, including raw materials for making gas."

"And our remaining gas can support at least 12 days. If we reduce the amount of activity, it may reach 14 days."

Suni sneered, "Launch a rocket within a week? Do you know how many times the rocket that sent me up was delayed? Four times! I boarded the space station six months later than planned!"

Makarov saw that Suni had lost the calmness that an astronaut should have. Allowing her to vent her emotions would seriously affect others, so he changed to a stern tone.

"It was Russia that launched the rocket. Don't compare it with your garbage America! We have the best rocket technology!"

At this time, the Brazilian astronaut said: "If we don't avoid it, will 400 fragments definitely destroy the space station? After all, we don't know the size yet, and we have the safest spacecraft cabin."

Yes, after the International Space Station completes each delivery, the delivery "spacecraft" will remain connected until the next delivery.

But unfortunately, it is not a "ship" that can move on its own in the true sense, but just a cylindrical "cabin".

But as an existence that can directly pass through the atmosphere, it must be harder and stronger, and it will serve as a safe haven for the International Space Station in an emergency.

Makarov: "No one is willing to bet on this probability, and the spacecraft cabin cannot accommodate 12 people."

There is another half sentence that is not said, that is, compared with the twelve astronauts, the ground may care more about the loss of the International Space Station. It is impossible for them to be cowards and let the $150 billion space station be smashed into a sieve.

This is the cost twenty years ago. It is at least hundreds of billions now, and it represents more things behind it.

To make an analogy, the biggest risk of gas discharge is the lives of astronauts, but if we shrink back and adopt a conservative defense, there may be no International Space Station in the future.

Makarov looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Check all facilities immediately to ensure their firmness. It's too messy here. The estimated collision time of space debris is 8-24 hours. The span here is very large. We can't trust the monitoring data too much."

Everyone was silent on the spot until Makarov urged them again. They left with wooden faces and floated to their respective posts.

Among them, Su Ni wanted to say something else, but the other two American astronauts pulled her away.

The two of them have special identities. They were members of the Air Force before becoming astronauts, and they did not retire afterwards, so they are military personnel.

And they also received an additional secret order.

Make sure Makarov follows the command.

In the sky, it is a mess of crisis response

Hangzhou, however, is still a lively scene of activities.

On the evening of September 3, all the leaders of various countries arrived, a total of 37 gathered together, which can basically be called the "mainstream" of the blue planet.

The total GDP exceeds 80% of the world, and the military strength exceeds 90% of the world.

Of course, getting together does not mean that these countries are united, and open and secret struggles cannot be resolved by a meeting.

In the night of Hangzhou, many heads of state visited each other and talked privately. Some topics were related to the G20, and some just took this opportunity to meet.

Among them, the crisis encountered by the International Space Station has also spread in a small range. After all, there are as many as 16 participating countries, and most of them are in Hangzhou.

However, for these "big guys", the sense of crisis is far less urgent than that of the astronauts in the sky.

Zhou Rui was a little tired after three days of intensive meetings. Tomorrow is the official start of the G20, so after leaving the West Lake State Guesthouse, he once again rejected the invitation of several heads of state and chose to go directly back to the hotel.

It's inconvenient and unnecessary.

Although the organization has spoken, if he wants, it doesn't matter if he meets.

But Zhou Rui would rather choose to have a few more small meetings with Gan Yuan to check the process and discuss the company's cash flow problem.

It's just that the changes in the outside world are still gradually fermenting.

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September 4th, the official meeting date of the G20 summit.

In the morning, Zhou Rui, with the help of Gan Yuan, put on a low-key formal suit, which looked more formal than the previous two days.

This was the third formal suit he had changed into in the past few days, all of which were arranged by Gan Yuan.

After tying the carefully selected red tie for the boss and smoothing the wrinkles on the collar, Gan Yuan slowly stepped back, extremely satisfied with her outfit.

Of course, the boss's figure is the biggest advantage. The same clothes, on the boss, are like those in a picture.

"I can't accompany you today, but I will wait for you outside the venue."

Zhou Rui looked in the mirror and nodded, "You don't have to wait deliberately, the whole day from morning to night."

Today, the G20 will open first, then the first phase of the meeting, then the lunch, then the second phase of the meeting, and then the dinner and the "Most Memories are Hangzhou" literary evening.

Zhou Rui will participate in all of the above.

Yes, he has to participate even in the main meeting.

The conference itself is a model of leaders of various countries + their own teams. You can't have dozens of leaders locked up in a small dark room, and there are also their own officials and staff.

Generally speaking, there are very few companies participating. If there are, they must be large state-owned enterprises.

For example, pillar industries such as oil, energy, food, and mining.

And Zhou Rui is equivalent to taking over this position. The other "enterprise" with him is PetroChina.

Zhou Rui will appear at the main venue, which is both a statement and protection, and at the same time it will also enhance the international and domestic positioning of Fu Rui Group.

The pillar of the country in the enterprise.

Zhou Rui went downstairs and sat in his state guest car. There are many Hongqi N501s in Hangzhou today, which seems less conspicuous.

However, the leaders of various countries have mounted police to lead the way.

Zhou Rui thought to himself that I am really a low-key person.

About 20 minutes later, Zhou Rui arrived at Qianjiang Smart City. The leaders of various countries were shaking hands and taking photos in another place, and Zhou Rui was the first to enter the main venue.

Facing the magnificent and splendid super conference venue, a magnificent atmosphere hits you in the face.

Chinese-style chairs, gold and red color matching, a bit handsome.

At this time, the leaders of various countries have not arrived yet, but many staff members are already busy.

Zhou Rui found his seat according to the instructions.

In the second row, second only to the leaders of various countries, it is the position of senior executives and super-large enterprises of various countries.

Looking at the signboard, the left is the B-level boss and the right is the boss of Sinopec.

Further back, the third row is ordinary staff such as translators and secretaries.

The bosses are still taking pictures next door, and they will enter the venue together at the end. Zhou Rui took out his mobile phone and took a selfie on a whim.

This is not out of the ordinary. Many people present, especially foreigners, are taking pictures.

He took a picture of the main venue and his seat generously, which was originally to be announced to the public.

When he was holding the mobile phone and thinking about what text to send out.

A message popped up, it was the command center of Wanhu Base.

As a command system that is fully connected to the Space Administration, and even has some additional resources enjoyed by the "Plan for Seizing the Body", the Wanhu Base also has a normalized space monitoring network to serve daily launches and orbital platform safety.

When encountering a particularly urgent situation, Xiao Wan will send him a message.

"An explosion was detected above the orbit?"

Zhou Rui almost thought he had seen it wrong.