Die on Mars

"Eh? Are you going to hit us?"

The old cat had a heavy expression and nodded slowly.

Tang Yue sat on a chair to the side, holding his hair and saying nothing. He had fallen into autistic isolation.

Maidong was stunned, "How long will it take? How long will it take before the comet hits us?"

"Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 has crossed the orbit of Jupiter and is about 2 astronomical units from Mars." Old Cat replied, "At its current speed, it will take forty-seven days to get here."

"If we hit it...the consequences would be very serious, right?"

"It's equivalent to 5200 billion nuclear bombs exploding at the same time. It's more than ten times more powerful than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago." Old Cat said in a deep voice, "It will tear off half of Mars. "

Maidong held his breath.

She looked a little confused. The girl didn't know how to deal with the situation. She had never been trained on what to do when a comet hit.

"Will Kunlun Station survive?"

The old cat shook his head, "I don't know. If you are lucky, maybe you can, but if you are not lucky, you will die miserably."

"What about... the United Space Station?"

The old cat didn't speak this time. He was silent for two minutes and shook his head.

Maidong understood that what the old cat meant was that there was still a possibility of escaping the Kunlun station, but the space station was dead.

The United Space Station is too fragile. It has no mobility, no defense, and no sufficient survivability. In the face of such a terrible world-destroying natural disaster, there is no possibility of survival.

Once Comet Laomao 1 collides with the surface of Mars, it will produce trillions of tons of debris in low-Earth orbit. If a piece of these debris hits the space station, it will have devastating consequences.

The Joint Space Station will lose its attitude, its modules will rupture and lose pressure, the spacecraft will leak fuel, and its trusses and solar panels will break.

"That means...I still have forty-seven days?"

Maidong floats in front of the camera, wearing blue work clothes with rolled up sleeves and a peaked cap on her head. This is her usual outfit. The zipper of the collar is pulled high, only half of her fair neck is exposed. According to reports, The girl herself said that in order to facilitate cleaning and save water, she often wore no clothes under her work clothes.

Lao Mao and Tang Yue remained silent, acquiescing.

Maidong lowered his head and stared at Ah Q floating beside him.

"Then I have to hurry up."

"Hurry up?" Tang Yue and Lao Mao looked at each other, then looked at Ophiopogon japonicus together.

"Yes, don't we still have a lot of work to finish?" Maidong nodded, "Since there are only forty-seven days left, I should try my best to seize the time and complete the task at hand... History of Philosophy We haven’t finished it yet, and we haven’t finished the history of science either, and there are still the first and second industrial revolutions, so we can finish them as much as we can.”

Tang Yue and Lao Mao were both a little surprised. The girl's first thought when she was on the verge of life and death was this: to leave as much human heritage to the universe as possible before everything ends.

"No... no no no no, it's definitely not like this, and it definitely shouldn't be like this." Old Cat stood up and paced around the hall of Kunlun Station anxiously, "I said that the mutual influence between celestial bodies in the solar system It is very complex, and any small disturbance can cause completely different consequences. This is a chaotic system that computers cannot predict accurately. It is too early to say that there is no way out now!"

Tang Yue raised his head, "Is there any way to survive?"

"I don't know if there is a way out." Old Cat said, "But there is still uncertainty! Is that damn comet sure to hit Mars the moment it enters the boundary of the solar system? Of course not, its orbit is The result of thousands of conditions working together, mechanical fatalism was consigned to the trash heap hundreds of years ago... Do you think God rolls a dice? Do you think it will roll a dice?"

The old cat looked at Tang Yue and then at Ophiopogon japonicus on the screen.

Tang Yue and Maidong were both stunned.

"I think it can throw," said the old cat.

"Why?"

"Because if it didn't roll the dice." The old cat pointed to his head, "I wouldn't have been born."

"Since it can throw dice, it can't always hit one. As long as it keeps rolling, there will always be a six!" The old cat then said loudly, "Life is born in uncertainty. , then vitality will be born from uncertainty.”

Kunlun Station is very quiet.

Maidong smiled slightly, "Mr. Cat."

"Wait a minute, you just used it when referring to God, why not he?" Tang Yue frowned and was surprised. He always paid attention to some inexplicable things, "Is it because you discriminate against gods in religion?"

"Of course not, 'he' is the God of you humans." The old cat explained, "It is the God of our cats."

"Listen...Tang Yue, and Miss Maidong." The old cat stopped in front of the inner cabin door of the airlock, turned around, and glanced around. A frightening light burst out from the cat's eyes, "As long as I If you have one more breath, I will keep you safe.”

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A vigorous self-rescue operation kicked off.

Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 will hit Mars in forty-seven days, or one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight hours.

Tang Yue and the others are like little ants before a catastrophe, looking for a small place to take refuge in the disaster that destroys the world.

For the time being, Old Cat cannot predict where the comet will hit. It has carefully calculated the power of the impact and compared the impact limit that Kunlun Station can withstand. Finally, it concluded that Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai No. 1 will be completely destroyed with the impact point as the center of the circle. , everything within a radius of a thousand kilometers, the high temperature and pressure can even melt the desert into glass.

The strong shock wave will spread to 2,500 kilometers away. After this distance, the shock wave will weaken significantly.

As long as Kunlun stands outside this area, it can at least ensure that the basic structure is not destroyed.

It is impossible to completely avoid the shock wave. The impact will inevitably cause a global super earthquake.

Fortunately, Kunlun Station's seismic performance was considered at the beginning of its design. It is a solid frame dome structure and inherently has good seismic resistance.

As for the cladding materials and wall coverings, Lao Mao and Tang Yue no longer dare to hope too much. It is lucky to survive such a world-destroying natural disaster. As long as the skeleton does not collapse and the roof is torn, it will be fine. Can be patched up with plastic film and tape.

Whether Kunlun Station will be destroyed can only depend on luck.

After all, Kunlun Station cannot be carried away in your pocket.

A monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple.

In this wasteland, without this temple, the monk will not live long.

The total surface area of ​​Mars is 1.441×10∧8 square kilometers, which is 144.1 million square kilometers.

The total area of ​​the entire Northern Hemisphere is approximately 72 million square kilometers, and the impact of Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 can completely destroy an area of ​​19,625,000 square kilometers.

In other words, its destruction range accounts for 27% of the total area of ​​the northern hemisphere.

All that remains is the likelihood that Kunlun Station will survive.

As long as it is not involved in the 19.62 million square kilometers area that was directly destroyed, Kunlun Station may be able to withstand other secondary disasters with its own strength.

In addition, two people and one cat are also racking their brains to think of ways to protect the joint space station.

Under the current circumstances, Tang Yue and Maidong no longer expect to survive the crisis unharmed. If they can save each other, they will save the Kunlun Station. If they can save the Kunlun Station, they will save the Kunlun Station. If they can save the space station, they will save the space station.

Only one can survive.

At least we can't let this damn comet wipe out the last remaining human seedling.