The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 400 A Greater Desperation

The structure of the habitat cabin is basically a dome. The high-toughness poles support the arch beams around and play the role of leveling the floor material. The internal pressure is the core element to maintain the entire structure. Once the air pressure leaks, the entire structure will immediately collapse. collapse.

But the oxygenator and circulation system inside the habitat are still intact.

Therefore, after Lei Jiayin found and changed into a complete spacesuit out of the cabin from the mess, he used sealing tape and canvas to erect the habitat again.

But what really frustrates the audience and the hero in the theater is that the potato farm is all over!

The pressure was lost, the water evaporated, and the temperature dropped below freezing. Even the bacteria in the soil could not survive this catastrophic environment.

Potatoes are temporarily extinct on Mars, along with bacteria in the soil.

Of course, it is true that the potatoes are dead, but they are still edible.

"It was about to be harvested, so think about it carefully... Isn't the timing of the explosion too bad?"

Lei Jiayin regained her optimism after a brief period of depression, perhaps to keep herself going, or perhaps to appease the audience in front of the screen.

But the audience can no longer be moved by the male protagonist's optimism and humor like the first half of the movie.

Humor can't hide the inevitability of the plot as the accident slides into gravity.

The packaged food in the habitat can last until the 400th Earth day, and with the last potatoes on Mars, it can last up to the 600th Earth day.

The 856th Earth Day, when the supply spacecraft is expected to arrive, will definitely not last.

Even the hero, who in the first half of the movie feels omnipotent and constantly performing miracles, loses his way about it.

This is a problem he cannot solve.

So this time the protagonist who overcomes the difficulties has changed to Earth.

The space agency was frightened to death by this accident. Tianwen-[-] was also hit by the ejected airlock and flew out, losing the power supply connected to the habitat module. Naturally, Tianwen-[-] did not respond, which was equivalent to breaking contact again. , can only rely on satellite photos to view a messy habitat.

Countless people who pay attention to this matter also prayed for the hero, that is a human being struggling to survive on another planet, this has never happened in history, the compatriots on the earth save the lonely person on another planet astronaut.

If the hero died in an accident not long after he was discovered, that's fine.

People can only expect the country to form an investigation team to investigate the responsibilities of everyone involved in this Mars exploration operation, and to give an explanation to the space heroes.

But obviously he has persisted until now.

When the space agency and the State Council held a press conference to release the big news, in fact, most people with some common sense and independent thinking ability did not think that the hero could die well.

That was another planet. There was no air and water source to sustain life, and there was not enough food. Any failure of any part of the high-tech equipment worth tens of billions in the habitat cabin would kill him.

Even if the space agency announced a rescue and supply plan, it would take more than two years for the supplies to reach Mars.

The idea of ​​a human being living alone on Mars for several years is as crazy as anyone can imagine.

However, with the release of one photo after another, even conversations, and the rescue plan of the space agency, people not only gave the highest admiration to this man who created miracles, but also gave birth to optimistic expectations.

He was stabbed in the abdomen by the antenna, which made a hole in the spacesuit, and he was able to struggle back to the habitat to perform surgery on himself and remove the antenna head from the abdomen.

He can also use feces to mix Martian soil, can use the leftover rocket fuel of the landing vehicle to make water, and then opened up more than 100 square meters of "farmland" on Mars, planted potatoes, and became the greatest and most legendary "farmland" in history. farmer".

He can also dig out Tianwen-20, which lost contact [-] years ago, and use hexadecimal to allow the ground to send ASCII codes at a distance of three light minutes by rotating an ancient camera, establishing the relationship between the two planets in the solar system. communication between.

He has already achieved this level, what else can be difficult for him?
It has already reached this level, why do accidents happen?
Was the astronaut unable to survive despite such a struggle?
It is precisely because I know that person, I know this country, and I know how much effort the space agency has put in, how many things have been done, and how many miracles have been created, so I can't bear such bad news even more.

Including the audience in front of the screen, their grief and indignation also come from this.

Lei Jiayin's optimism and humor throughout the predicament intensified the audience's sympathy at the moment.

Fortunately, Lei Jiayin also thought of this, so the words "everything is fine" were piled up with stones near the rover.

When the four Chinese characters "everything is fine" were barely recognizable on the fuzzy satellite image that had been enlarged to the extreme, the people in the observation and control hall cheered as if they had successfully rescued them, hugging each other and even weeping.

Wu Heng was also shaken by this moment. When Lei Jiayin was moving the rocks, the camera did not give an overlooking angle, so many viewers didn't know what the hero was doing. Of course he thought that Lei Jiayin should be conveying information.

But when "everything is fine" was really displayed on the big screen, not only did the people in the control hall weep with joy, but the audience in the theater was also deeply touched.

Then the previous grief and indignation also disappeared.

On the contrary, there is an unprecedented excitement and excitement spontaneously.

Just like in the boxing ring, a player who is constantly knocked down on the ground, when you think he is going to be finished, gets up from the ground again and tells the opponent that you can't beat me to death.

But no matter how excited it is, the space agency is aware of the current predicament Lei Jiayin has achieved the ultimate, and can no longer expect Lei Jiayin to create any more miracles.

It is time for fellow Earthlings to find a way to break through the predicament.

After contacting again through the Tianwen-1 probe, the space agency first remotely guided the male protagonist to do a preliminary investigation, thinking that the canvas around the No. [-] airlock chamber was aging, and repeated pressurization caused it to overstretch until damaged.

Then he confessed that the male protagonist alternately used No. 2 and No. 3 airlocks for surface operations, and gave Lei Jiayin a checklist and workflow instructions to conduct a systematic inspection of the entire habitat cabin equipment.

It is also necessary to use saturated work to distract the hero's attention, so that he will not have negative thoughts because of the current desperate situation.

"It's the 109th Earth Day now." The chief engineer of the fire detection project said: "He can't stick to the 856th Earth Day as originally planned. We will send the spacecraft to Mars before the 584th Earth Day, that is to say, 475 days to go."

The assembled heads of various departments frowned and rubbed their eyes.

"The relative position of the earth and Mars is not very good. The whole voyage takes 414 days. It takes 13 days to assemble the spacecraft on the Long March 48 booster, plus the inspection time. That is to say, we only have [-] days to manufacture this. Aircraft."

Under the limit time requirement, to extend the life of the male protagonist and let him persist until three and a half years later, the supply spacecraft plan to arrive with the four manned spacecraft had to abandon the lander and adopt a bounce landing to prevent accidents in the habitat module. Replaceable Oxygenators and water recirculation were also off the table, and anything needed for a soft landing was gone.

Only food and communication equipment.

However, even so, the schedule is still two weeks behind.

For this reason, the person in charge of the space agency had to overcome all opinions and shortened the original 13-day time limit for assembling the spacecraft to the Long March 3, which was originally to implement the Moon Palace project, to [-] days.

The price is to cancel the inspection and testing process.

This gave Wu Heng some bad thoughts.

Will this be the foreshadowing of the plot?
Having watched countless movies, he was sensitively aware of this possibility.

On the big screen, in order to save the last 4 days, nutrition experts were asked to redesign Lei Jiayin's recipes, so as to extend another 4 days in the inevitable ending food.

The male protagonist: "...that's great! I'm about to get sores on my ass, and I'll stay here for a few more years. You guys have to find a way to make me work."

Earth: "That's what we think too. Once the science team has a plan, they will update you with the schedule. Most of the work revolves around extravehicular operations, geological sampling, soil analysis, and weekly medical self-examinations. , to be honest, this is the best 'Mars overtime reward' we have received since Tianwen-[-]."

Male lead: "...Tianwen No. [-] has never returned to Earth."

Earth: "Sorry, that was a bad analogy."

The humorous and relaxed dialogue eased the uneasiness in Wu Heng's heart.

After 52 days.

Spacecraft Assembly Integration Test Center.

Today, the room is bustling with activity as engineers pack supply vehicles into purpose-built containers.

The technicians who have changed shifts are watching the packing process from the observation platform. In the past two months, they haven't been home much, and the floor for shifting shifts is in the restaurant.A third of them should be sleeping at this time, but no one wants to miss this moment.

The team leader on the shift tightens the last bolt.After he removed the wrench, the engineers burst into applause, many with tears in their eyes.

Day 55.

"The resupply spacecraft is about to launch, scheduled for 9:14 am. After launch, it will remain in orbit for at least three hours before performing a bounce landing..."

"If the launch fails, does Xiao Haoyu have any other resources available?"

"Every launch has the possibility of failure," the spokesperson of the press conference jointly held by the State Council and the space agency did not answer directly, "but we hope that everything goes well. The weather in Wenchang is sunny, the temperature is moderate, and the launch conditions are perfect."

"I'm the chief flight engineer, starting the launch parameter check."

"Received." The person in charge of launch control from Wenchang responded, "Check all sites, personnel are in place, and the system is ready." He radioed: "Give me an order to launch or not to launch, what is the order?"

"emission!"

"Timer."

"Get in," said another voice.

The office in the press conference hall was busy all the time. The nine TVs embedded in the wall were broadcasting live broadcasts from the launch center, and the foreign channels on the computer were also broadcasting the same images.

The whole world held its breath.

Millions of kilometers away, the crew of the Zhu Rong huddled near the workbench, listening.

The 2 minute relay delay is not a problem, they have no help and no immediate response.Although there is only a sound waveform on the screen, Wu Yue, as the commander, still keeps his eyes on it.

Some were wringing their hands, some were staring at the ground, some were standing at a distance with their arms folded in front of their chests.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at Qiaotou Park in Wenchang, Haitian Convention and Exhibition Center and other observation points along the coast to watch the unmanned launch.

"...3...2...1..."

The launch pad was released, and a cloud of fireworks rose from the bottom of the Long March [-] booster. The speed was slow at first, but it became faster and faster, and the people watching nearby burst into cheers.

However, soon the rocket began to deflect and shake abnormally, and then exploded in the air on the electronic screen of the flight control center.

"Fuck!"

Like the people on the big screen, many extremely engaged audiences in the theater made frustrated voices, and even hugged their heads and sighed loudly.

How much the audience was so excited by the unity of the space agency and the various departments, all the engineers, working together, and how disappointed it is now.

The boxer was knocked down again, no matter how encouraging his previous preparations, the blood boiled.

Sure enough, Wu Heng was not surprised. This was in his prediction of the direction of the plot, but it still couldn't stop the annoyance from arising.

It's just that his emotional expression is relatively restrained, unlike Ding Wei, an aerospace fan sitting next to him, who has already uttered obscenities.

This is simply an upgraded version of "Gravity".

It can no longer be described with twists and turns.

He thought that the previous accident in the habitat cabin was already a desperate situation, but now it is an even greater desperate situation.

Anyway, now Ding Wei can't think of any other way to solve this predicament.

(End of this chapter)