Northwest China, Space Launch Center.
Academician Xie sat in his office and read the work report leisurely.
His proud disciple Fang Heng sat opposite, smiling from ear to ear, reporting the latest situation in high spirits.
“Mr. It’s rising steadily, and overall the situation is great.”
"Recently, Germanic, Gallic, and other European countries have called me to inquire. They are all very interested in this portable monitor and want to equip their astronauts with it."
"I followed your instructions and told them that when astronauts from all countries enter the Tiangong Space Station to work, we will treat them equally and provide the same medical equipment, including this portable monitor."
"We have long reached an agreement with the Europa Space Agency to jointly build an experimental module. We will provide the platform, and they will provide the equipment in the module. Once it is completed, it will be connected to the Tiangong Space Station, and their astronauts can officially enter the space station to work. ”
"Currently, the three astronauts from Germany, Gaul, and Italy have been undergoing adaptive training at the launch center for a long time. I just went to see them yesterday. Everything is fine. But they reported that the Chinese on the equipment is a bit difficult, and it may be difficult. It’s something you need to get used to at work.”
When Fang Heng said this, he couldn't help laughing.
Academician Xie couldn't help but smile: "Chinese is probably a bit difficult for them, but there's nothing we can do about it. The platform is ours, and the equipment and systems are all in Chinese. No matter how difficult it is, you have to learn to adapt. Everything is difficult at the beginning, just get used to it. .”
Fang Heng suddenly looked solemn and said with some hesitation: "One more thing. The Mars Group of the richest man in Eagle Country, Mabus, also came to inquire about cooperation. Their Falcon carrier rocket will send 4 ordinary passengers into space in the near future. Going on a three-day trip, for the sake of the customers’ health, Mars Group is eager to equip them with Sanqing’s portable monitors.”
"I haven't given an answer to this question yet and would like to hear your opinion."
Academician Xie smiled slightly and asked in a test tone: "What do you think?"
Fang Heng thought for a while and said, "Of course I can't agree. Although the Mars Group accepts commercial orders and delivers goods to ordinary people, it is also going to the International Space Station. Isn't it the same as giving it directly to NASA?"
"Unless the Mars Group sends all its customers to our space station, that's not much of a problem. You can consider it."
"But this is not a bad idea. When the International Space Station is decommissioned, Eagle Country will have no use for it. If Mars Group wants to take business orders again, we are the only choice. Hehe, that is a big order of 100 million per person, hahaha. "
When Fang Heng thought of the scene of receiving business orders at the Tiangong Space Station, he immediately rubbed his hands in anticipation.
Academician Xie smiled and said: "You, don't think so much. It's hard to say what will happen in the future. Maybe they have built a new space station themselves."
Fang Heng shook his head repeatedly and categorically denied: "The International Space Station cost more than 100 billion U.S. dollars. All countries worked together to build it. If Eagle Country wants to build it alone, it is not impossible. The question is, is he willing to spend another 100 billion U.S. dollars? ?”
"You are right, just reply like this." Academician Xie nodded and asked, "What did Sanqing say?"
"Mr. Wei said that the aerospace version of the monitor was developed in cooperation with us and is classified as aviation confidential technology. We can make the decision and they have no objection."
Academician Xie pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Xiao Wei is really interested."
"I estimate that Sanqing will develop into medical devices in the future, but the hospital device market has long been divided up by giants. The water here is very deep. It is not as simple as medicine. On the contrary, space medical treatment is a relatively unpopular emerging technology. The market has a lot of potential.”
"The space station is small and does not require much equipment, but it is relatively high-end and the cost is not a problem. It is worth their investment. It can also be combined with Sanqing's strength-drugs and developed as a whole, which is very promising."
"Aerospace plus medical care is very eye-catching and suitable for publicity. At the same time, the technical content is high enough. It is a very good stage. In the future, you can strengthen cooperation with Sanqing in the field of medical devices and see what else they can come up with. It’s a good thing that makes people’s eyes brighter.”
Fang Heng couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in surprise: "Mr. Xie, do you think so highly of them?"
"But Sanqing currently only has one portable monitor. It's hard to say whether it has the ability to develop other medical equipment. Even if it has that ability, how long will it take for them to develop it?"
Academician Xie chuckled and said, "You have to take steady steps, don't take too big steps, and take your time step by step."
"With Sanqing's technology and attitude, I have no doubt that one day they will contract all the medical equipment for the space station."
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Eagle Country, NASA Headquarters.
Nelson was sullen and sulking.
The recent announcement by the Mao Xiong Space Agency that it would give up its mission has given him a headache.
This decision caught NASA off guard, and it really hit his lungs. It made him angry, but he had nothing to do. Instead, he was afraid that the other party would really give up, so he had to show weakness frequently.
Because the power system of the International Space Station is located in the bear's cabin, if the bear withdraws, the space station will have no power system available and can only be decommissioned directly, causing immeasurable losses.
The space station worth 150 billion US dollars will be directly destroyed due to the willfulness of the bear.
Because they have this 'big killer' in their hands, Mao Xiong Space Agency has always had no scruples and can do whatever it wants.
Just like what they threaten, the furry bears are fully capable of causing the International Space Station to crash on Europa and the Eagle Country at any time.
Of course, Nelson has also considered a solution, either to buy all the cabins of the bear, which would be a huge sum of money, because the other party will definitely make a heavy hit.
Another option is to cooperate with Mabus’ Mars Group to launch a new module to replace the old power system.
But the price wasn't that cheap. Nelson had already received Mabus's quotation, and the long list of numbers made him ache.
Moreover, according to Mabuse's urine, every launch or even adjustment of posture will cost a lot of money. The specific price is directly proportional to NASA's urgent need.
"Fake, they are all a group of thousand-year-old foxes, none of them are easy to deal with."
Nelson frowned, his face clouded with worry.
"Boss, good news, next year's budget has been approved. It's 26 billion U.S. dollars, and not a penny has been cut."
The subordinates ran in happily and reported the good news.
This is the best news in recent times, and it finally brought a smile to Nielsen's face.
However, the next piece of news reported by his subordinate immediately made his smile disappear without a trace.
"Chinese Space Administration rejected Mabus' invitation to cooperate? Faak, our intention has been seen."
Nelson was instantly furious. Damn it, don’t I just want to lend you some of the latest equipment to improve the poor medical environment on the International Space Station and protect the health of the astronauts?
Although it may be taken apart for study, it is absolutely guaranteed to be put back intact so that no one can see it.
To refuse such a humanitarian thing is too much and is simply unworthy of a human being.
These Easterners are so vengeful.
Isn’t it because I refused to allow you to join the International Space Station before?
Last year's application for a cooperation project with the Tiangong Space Station was rejected.
They even gave a ridiculous reason, saying that the space experiment project applied for by Eagle Country was too low-tech and of no value, and it was unwilling to provide valuable space station resources for this purpose.
This is not unbelievable, but you immediately rejected the space station cooperation applications from Bull Country, Maple Leaf Country, and Kangaroo Country. So what happened?
As for that? Is it necessary to make it so obvious? It's too petty.
Nelson's anger reached its peak with the third message.
"The astronauts from Germany, Gaul, and Italy have been training in China for half a year. It is expected that they will be able to enter the Tiangong Space Station by the end of the year to start work?"
Bang!
Nielsen was furious: "This is simply too much. This is a direct slap in the face of NASA."
After he vomited sweet things and cursed Europa's allies, he looked at his subordinates who were standing motionless and stunned, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"What? Is there anything else?"
The subordinate said tremblingly: "Philips and GE gave the final answer, saying that they cannot meet your requirements and cannot make a portable monitor like Sanqing. No amount of money will be used."
"What?" Nielsen yelled, "Why are these idiots so stupid?"
"Give me the phone number of the president of GE. I'll tell him."
Nielsen answered the call from the president of GE Healthcare with a cold face.
"I am very dissatisfied with your answer. You are not even willing to try more and provide even sub-level solutions. It is very unprofessional and very disappointing."
Murphy, the president of GE Healthcare, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a dry smile: "Mr. Nelson, what do you have to say? I am all ears."
Nelson sneered: "Why don't you purchase Sanqing's ECG monitoring module and add a few vital parameter monitoring functions to it? Isn't this a feasible solution? Or is it that your poor brain has never been like this? Have you thought about it?"
"This..." Murphy was stunned for a moment, and his whole body felt bad.
"We, GE Healthcare, are a large company with strong technology. I'm afraid something like this will damage the company's reputation, and it's easy to see from NASA, so it won't be easy to deal with."
Murphy replied hesitantly with sweat on his forehead.
Nelson scolded: "Where is your technology? You haven't been able to come up with a feasible solution for so long. You want me to come up with a solution. You have the nerve to mention technology. If you don't adopt my solution, not only will your company's reputation be ruined, but No more, no more orders.”
Murphy was immediately shocked. You must know that NASA has more than 3,000 suppliers around the world. It would be easy to kick GE out to find a replacement, but it is not easy to find a large and wealthy customer like NASA.
If he loses such an important client during his tenure, he can be kicked out of office directly.
"Mr. Nelson, I have considered your plan and it is very feasible. I will discuss it with the R&D department immediately and provide a formal plan and quotation tomorrow."
Murphy's expression changed and he immediately agreed, fearing that Nelson would regret it.
Only then did Nelson smile with satisfaction: "You are smart, I told you before, this thing is not difficult at all, anyone can come up with a plan as long as they are willing."
He said somewhat meaningfully: "Technology is a black box. What fool would open it and take a closer look? Don't worry."
"As long as it looks the same and acts the same, it's the same thing and no one will doubt it."
After Murphy hung up the phone, sweat poured down his forehead.
He thought about it carefully and actually felt that Nelson's plan had certain feasibility.
This thing is not used in hospitals, but sent to the space station, where the space is limited and there are only astronauts and no professional doctors at all.
Each astronaut only learns some simple disease and treatment knowledge during training, and his understanding of medical equipment is very superficial.
Anyway, the space station has other professional equipment, and the portable monitor is just a backup. It is mainly to highlight the strength of Eagle Country's space medical technology, and it will not really rely on this one piece of equipment.
Besides, he also knew the news about the recent influenza that brought down a space station. The medical conditions on the space station were so bad that the bottom line couldn't be lower. One more crappy portable monitor wouldn't have any impact.
This is called customization on demand. Thinking of this, he felt at ease and called the R&D director to study this plan together.
"This is not impossible. Sanqing's ECG monitoring module is very small, and the hardware is also sold publicly. It can be used. Then we add a few other sensors to detect body temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, etc. Parameters."
"Although the accuracy may not be very high, we can increase the range and control the error within a wide range. With our GE technology and data reserves, we can make it work decently, absolutely!"
The R&D director with firm eyes and a strong look confirmed this plan.
"Great! The big customer is finally saved." Murphy was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It may be a little larger in size, as big as half a mobile phone. I recommend strapping it to your body." the R&D director added.
"What? That's absolutely not possible. We must compete with Sanqing's smartwatches. We must not lose in appearance, otherwise NASA will kill me." Murphy quickly shook his head and rejected the proposal.
"In this case, some sensors may not fit in." The R&D director pondered.
"But things like respiratory rate, blood oxygen, etc. are actually related to heart rate and body temperature. We can estimate a value. This can save half of the sensors. We only need to put in the most critical sensors."
"A great solution, that's it." Murphy nodded in agreement. He just wanted to get rid of the problem as soon as possible. The customer himself didn't care about quality, so how could he care.
Soon, GE's new products appeared on Nelson's desk.
He picked it up, put it on his hand, and looked at it carefully.
The appearance is very good-looking and looks a lot like a fruit iWatch. After opening it, the functions are similar.
"Yes, this is exactly what I want."
Nelson didn't measure his body data, just took it off and threw it into the packaging box.
He looked at his subordinates and issued a series of orders.
"Immediately issue an announcement saying that we also have a brand new portable multi-function monitor. Its functions are no worse than those in China. As for the data, you can just compile one."
"The next time we send a spacecraft, send it to all our astronauts. Now that the morale of the military is unstable, we need a product like this to boost morale, demonstrate our technical strength, and let the whole world see that our Eagle Nation Still as majestic as ever, not inferior to others.”
The subordinate nodded and asked, "What if the astronauts find something wrong after using it?"
Nielsen smiled lightly: "When any technology is first developed, there will be various problems. This is normal. Just let them get used to it."
"Okay, I'm going to report this good news to the superiors and let them see how worthwhile this 26 billion budget is."
"With such breakthrough technological progress, we may be able to talk about our new space station."
After he finished his instructions, he walked out with firm steps and a cheerful face.
