spaceflight manual

Chapter 43 Mount Olympus

On the second day after arriving at the Luna 2 space station, Wang Pingan packed and sent all the materials that he had written for almost a night.

Angeli commented from the side: "Your expression just now is like a big villain who is carrying out some evil plan."

Wang Ping'an snorted: "I'm just secretly happy when I think of how much trouble these reports can bring to those who make mistakes."

"Your character is really annoying." Angeli shrugged, "Of course I also support the pursuit of negligence and dereliction of duty. But have you put the cart before the horse?"

Wang Pingan: "My intention is good!"

"You also know that the part outside your starting point is very bad?"

"Hey, don't worry about the details."

At this time the phone rang.

Wang Pingan picked it up: "I am Lieutenant Wang Pingan, please speak."

The two have just arrived on Mars. According to regulations, today is their vacation, and training will start tomorrow.

"I'm Su Jianying. You have a temporary mission to go to the surface of Mars for a three-day business trip. At 1000 o'clock, go to the spaceport and take the 'Liaison 15' to land at Olympus Station."

Wang Pingan: "What task? To choose a warehouse for myself?"

Su Jianying threatened to transfer Wang Pingan to manage the warehouse yesterday, so he made fun of it.

Angeli stepped on Wang Ping'an's feet hard: "Don't do this, don't shake this kind of excitement!"

Su Jianying's tone obviously suppressed anger: "The Propaganda Center of the Mars Production Management Committee wants to interview you, and asked you to be the negative model for the last episode of the program about production safety."

"I did nothing wrong in this incident, why should I be the model?"

"The negative is what I said. You are invited to introduce the whole process and learn from the experience. Hurry up and set off. The electronic pass and boat ticket have been sent to your mobile phones."

"Yes."

As soon as Wang Ping'an agreed, he hung up the phone.

He turned his head and asked Angeli, "You haven't been to the ground of Mars, have you?"

"No." Angeli admitted honestly, "I'm looking forward to it. Have you been there? How does Mars look like?"

"If you're expecting spectacular scenery, Mars does have some very steep, oddly shaped mountains. But overall Mars is a cold, boring planet."

Wang Pingan paused, and continued: "Most of the time, the surface of the planet is minus [-] to [-] degrees, which can directly kill people. Big storms come every month. When they come, you can hear the glass cover of the city making a sound like sea waves. .”

Angelie: "Same as ocean waves?"

"Yes, if you live on an island with big waves, you can hear the same sound when the tide rises at night.

"Most Martian cities are underground, and some cities are built in the rift valley. Standing at the bottom of the valley and looking up, you feel that the whole city is erected. The lights of thousands of houses reach the sky."

Angeli smiled and said, "I really want to see it. But Mars...doesn't have green plants? I read reports that they have already started to melt the carbon dioxide on the surface of the polar ice cap, and Mars will soon be due to the greenhouse effect... "

Wang Pingan: "That's still a plan. There is also a plan to push the ice cubes that make up the Ares Necklace into the atmosphere of Mars. The ice cubes melt and become water vapor in the atmosphere, and the kinetic energy of the ice cubes is converted into the internal energy of the atmosphere... But this is all Validating, not implementing."

Angeli: "That's it, but I'm still looking forward to it."

"Then let's go quickly, we will be on the ground in a short time."

**
The process of landing on Mars is relatively uneventful.

Angorie sat by the window, lying on the windowpane and looking at Mars below.

"What's that thread? A storm?"

"Correct."

"That's Mount Olympus, right?"

Wang Ping'an leaned close to the porthole, and his whole body was pressed against Angeli's shoulder.From this distance, his nose could smell the aroma of citrus—yes, it was the scent he smelled when he first met her.

"Do you use perfume?"

"No, it's shampoo. I found it at the service agency, and I asked the salesperson. It's not against the rules. Tell me what it is!"

Wang Pingan looked out the porthole and replied, "That's Mount Arcia, and we have to fly a little further to see Mount Olympus."

At this moment, a gentle bulge suddenly appeared on the edge of Mars in the field of vision.

Wang Pingan: "Here we come! Look at that!"

Angeli lay directly on the porthole, but the glasses hit the porthole with too much force and made a "snap".

"oops!"

Although she screamed, Angeli's attention was still attracted by the spectacular scenery.

Mount Olympus is so big that just now Mount Arsia has become like a dwarf.It is like the throne of the gods on this planet - although the materialists don't believe in gods.

Angelie: "It's spectacular! I can even see the atmosphere being divided by it!"

"It's actually like this. It's more obvious when the storm sweeps to Mount Olympus. The red line of the storm seems to be cut. What's the fable called..."

"You said Moses divided the sea?"

"That's right, just like Moses divided the sea."

"I really want to take a look!" Angeli said.

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "We're going to stay on Mars for a month, maybe we can just pass over the mountain when the storm sweeps over Mount Olympus."

At this time, a strange voice interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Excuse me, is this the first time for you two to go to Mars?"

Wang Pingan and Angeli followed the prestige together and found that it was a foreigner in a suit and leather shoes.

The collar of his suit bears the collar patch of his company: the all-seeing eye.

It's from Maga Company.

Angeli replied politely: "This is my first time to Mars."

"Really, you two are...partners?" The stranger looked back and forth at the silver star on Wang Ping'an and Angeli's chest.

Wang Pingan: "Yes. Who are you?"

"Oh, I was negligent, here is my business card."

The blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner handed over his business card respectfully, but this gesture was very similar to that of a Japanese.

"Senior Business Representative Ma Wen" is written in Chinese on the business card.

Wang Pingan remembered that his friend in the military police said that the term "senior business representative" is very vague. It may be an unknown person running business, or it may be a senior employee who directs a whole team.

Wang Pingan handed the business card to Angeli casually, then kept on guard and asked, "Do you have anything to do with us?"

"No, just chatting. That lady seems to be very interested in Mars. Are the two of you going to the ground for a three-month vacation, or are you on a business trip?"

Wang Pingan: "No comment."

"I'm very hurt by your vigilance. One of my responsibilities is to establish a good relationship with the Space Force and make more friends in the Space Force. If you two are on vacation, it seems that you are not natives of Mars. Right? I'd be happy to invite you to our company's Mars Resort..."

At this time, the spacecraft announced: "Passengers, we will arrive at Olympus Station soon. Please take your luggage and get ready to disembark. Contact the crew of No. 15. I wish you a pleasant journey..."

Wang Pingan stood up and opened the suitcase, took out the small suitcase for business and handed it to Angeli.

The foreigner named Ma Wen still didn’t give up: “If there is anything I need, just call the number on the business card, whether it’s a residence, a car or an aircraft for ground travel, I can provide it.”

Wang Pingan did not answer.

At this time, the spacecraft approached the Olympus Station-this is a giant ground station built on the top of Mount Olympus.

Its position is so high that it is about to break through the atmosphere of Mars, so the spacecraft that wants to land here does not need too complicated atmosphere entry equipment.

However, landing at Olympus Station is also a technical task. Although the atmosphere here is very thin, the air pressure is only about 40 Pa, but the wind speed is very high.

Moreover, dry ice was mixed in the strong wind, and small pieces of dry ice kept hitting the porthole next to Angeli, making crackling noises.

Angeli stood up amidst the shaking of the spacecraft, and said, "I immediately had an intuitive impression of the harsh environment of Mars."

Before Wang Pingan could answer, the senior business representative of Maga Company agreed: "Yes, even though I have been on Mars for more than ten years, I still can't fully get used to this red devil."

Wang Pingan: "Doesn't Mars mean God of War in English?"

"This is my metaphor. I wish you two all the best on the surface of Mars." The senior business representative of Maga Company raised his hand to the level of his eyebrows, tapped his temple with his index finger and middle finger, and then raised it immediately.

Wang Pingan often sees old American soldiers playing handsome like this in old movies.

For some reason, he had a very bad impression of Marvin.

At this time, the spacecraft shook for a while, and then completely stopped shaking like a pendulum. It seemed that it was caught by the fixed claws of the Olympus station.

Then there is a smooth translation, and the flight attendant also appears in the cabin to help passengers check their luggage and so on.

When she came in front of Wang Ping'an and the two, she couldn't help but take another look at An Geli.

At this time, the bell for opening the door rang, and Wang Pingan waited silently for the person in front to leave first, but the person turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Wang Pingan: "Comrades from the Space Force are preferred."

"Thank you." Wang Pingan nodded and led Angeli out of her position.

Marvin's voice came from behind: "It's really touching. In our country, soldiers will use rifles to fight for their own priority rights."

Wang Pingan ignored him, and went directly through the airlock and into the connection passage.

Half of the connection channel is glass, and dry ice crystals hit the glass one after another, making a salsa sound.

Angeli: "Is this the sound like the waves you mentioned?"

"No, it's just the daily strong winds, the storm hasn't come yet."

The two walked onto the pier while talking, and walked along the long passage.

Wang Pingan continued to act as a tour guide: "Going forward, you can reach the transfer station, we can take the train to the surface of Mars, and it will take an hour, because Mount Olympus is too big.

"When we're halfway through the journey, you'll be able to see the Great Bluff."

"Big Cliff?" Angeli asked suspiciously.

"Yes, there is an eight-kilometer-high cliff around Mount Olympus. Before reaching the cliff, the train will turn a very large and gentle bend, become parallel to the cliff, and then descend diagonally from the cliff all the way to the surface.

"Half our time is spent descending from cliffs to the surface."

Wang Pingan said.

Angeli made an admiring voice: "Oh~"

(End of this chapter)