Chapter 105 Reflection
This trip to Kyoto not only reached a series of decisions with the military on the use of future astronauts.
Moreover, Fan Ren also visited the Ministry of Industry and, with the approval of Li Jiandong, finalized the plan to build a civilian communications satellite between the Earth and the Moon.
After the communication satellite is built, the personnel stationed at the lunar base will be able to contact their families on Earth anytime and anywhere, thus providing them with some emotional value in a certain sense.
There may not be much that Fan Ren can do, but he will try his best to complete what he has the conditions to do.
Three months later, a shocking piece of news instantly spread across the global network.
In 'The Mars Project', a serious accident occurred on one of the five manned spacecraft heading to Mars.
A female astronaut is pregnant!
In the newly established quantum communication laboratory.
After hearing the news, Fan Ren was completely stunned.
"Isn't that crazy? Mark, didn't you think about that? Why mix male and female astronauts?"
"I don't know what he was thinking. Now the internet is going crazy."
Zeng Yingying was wiping the tables and chairs while looking very gossipy, her charming eyes full of curiosity.
Fan Ren burst out laughing and quickly opened his phone to check the related news.
As he expected, there were many different opinions on this incident on the Internet.
Some people commented that this was due to serious dereliction of duty by the relevant persons in charge of the "Mars Project" and the extremely unprofessional selection of astronauts, and they must be punished.
Some people even used harsh words and made highly insulting personal attacks on the two astronauts.
Another group stood up and supported the two astronauts, believing that this situation was normal and that Spieth's company should be blamed for not considering this in advance and not providing production and childcare equipment on the spacecraft in advance. Astronauts are also human beings and should face their desires squarely, and astronauts should not be criticized for this.
Another comment made Fan Ren laugh out loud.
"From manned moon landing to Mars mission, they are always ahead of us. Even space babies will be their first achievement. At this point, I think we need to reflect!"
Zeng Yingying heard his laughter, walked over and read the comment that Fan Ren pointed out, and immediately burst out laughing.
It's so convoluted.
At this moment, the screen of his mobile phone changed and the caller ID showed: Mark.
"Good morning, Mark."
Fan Ren stopped laughing and greeted everyone, and also patted Zeng Yingying on the back to help her calm down.
"This is terrible. Please ask the lady next to you to stop for a moment. My head is about to explode."
Zeng Yingying knew that the other party must have something important to discuss when he called at this time. After stopping laughing, she made a cup of tea for Fan Ren and then left.
"Okay, now I'm the only one left. Tell me what happened. I'm also very curious. With your many years of experience in the aerospace industry in the United States, didn't you consider this at the time?"
"Do you think we haven't considered this? I know our country's astronauts very well."
Hearing this, Fan Ren was immediately confused.
"Then why does such a stupid incident happen?"
"It's more than stupid. It's f*cking stupid. Forgive my mother tongue for its poor vocabulary of curse words, but it really makes me angry. F*ck!"
Fan Ren held the receiver of the phone farther away. Although he wanted to laugh, he held it back.
This is simply outrageous. "But you know, we have a lot of messed up organizations here, and because of them, I have no choice but to arrange women on each spaceship. I even prepare BY condoms for them! FK!"
'puff'
Fan Ren finally couldn't help laughing.
"Now, my Spieth company has become a complete laughing stock."
Listening to Mark's tone on the microphone, which seemed to indicate that he had lost hope in life, Fan Ren felt too embarrassed to continue laughing at him.
"Now, what are your plans?"
"Fuck! If I could, I would use the laser weapons from science fiction to blow up that spaceship."
Fan Ren was helpless. This incident was indeed a heavy blow to Mark.
"Okay, you called me here to not just complain about this. Tell me, what are your plans?"
There was silence in the microphone. Fan Ren did not urge anyone. He lit a cigarette, took a leisurely puff, and waited quietly.
"There's nothing I can do. I'm already two months pregnant. It's impossible to abort the baby without professional medical equipment."
Mark sighed and continued, "I think The Martian rescue may be a real thing."
The next day, facing the increasingly tense public opinion situation and the shaky stock price, Mark, as the president of Spieth Company, held a press conference.
Today, the world's attention is focused here, and the overall popularity even exceeds the moment when Daxia live broadcast the moon landing.
"President Mark, may I ask what plans your company has for the female astronaut who unexpectedly became pregnant on her way to Mars?"
Mark stood on the stage, looking at the group of reporters whose eyes were filled with heated gossip. After being angry for a moment, he forced himself to calm down.
"The accident has provided us with lessons. After internal discussions within the company, we have decided to carry out a rescue plan for the astronaut."
"President Mark, can you please announce the specific time and steps of the rescue plan? Otherwise, can we assume that Spieth and his company are stalling for time?"
Mark looked at the reporter with a cold gaze, and after secretly memorizing the other person's appearance, he said coldly:
"Spieth's company is very concerned about the physical and mental safety of these astronauts. Of course, they can make the plan public, instead of delaying it like some companies do when something goes wrong, relying on expensive insurance premiums and buying off the media to suppress the matter."
After hearing these extremely targeted words, the reporter in his sight avoided his gaze and dared not look him in the eye.
Mark immediately knew the other party's origins.
'Damn you, wait, I won't let you off!'
He had not forgotten the main business, cleared his throat, and continued:
"Our company has reached an agreement with Xinghai Technology. They will dispatch a Xingyun series spacecraft to take off urgently in a week to transport relevant medical facilities and two astronauts with relevant professional knowledge.
And after obtaining the consent of this female astronaut, we plan that when we arrive on Mars, these astronauts will be stationed at the Mars synchronous orbit space station, waiting for the arrival of the delivery period. We will welcome the birth of this "space baby" in space.
After calculation, we found that there is still enough time.”
After Mark finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamations from the audience. In fact, many of them felt that this incident would end up with a similar result to the incident when the spacecraft launched by the broadcasting company was unable to return.
Just keep dragging it out, and then use the media silently to suppress the news, and finally it will be forgotten by people.
Although this will cost a lot of money as hush money, it should be the most cost-effective way to deal with it.
But no one expected that Spieth's company would actually launch a rescue plan for the people involved in this incident, and cleverly use this incident to conduct a space birth experiment that humans have never tried before.
"The plan costs 30 billion, and by then we will be able to complete the research content of the 'Mars Project' on whether Mars is suitable for long-term human activities and reproduction."
(End of this chapter)
