Die on Mars

The ventilation system started to operate, and the exhaust fan pulled out the diffuse smoke from the core cabin. The air in the cabin gradually became clearer. After the system computer restarted, it immediately took over the crystal cabin.

Maidong is still unclear about the damage to the United Space Station. It seems that this is the second time an accident has occurred on the space station, but compared with this time, the impact of the Eagle spacecraft more than half a year ago was simply scratching the itch.

Orion and Eagle are not at the same level at all. The Eagle spacecraft is only the upper half of the lander, with low mass and slow speed. But Orion is a giant spacecraft about the same size as the Mars Space Station. The consequence of it hitting it was that it almost destroyed the entire space station. , the Crystal capsule escaped with its strong cabin, but apart from the Crystal capsule, there was basically nothing left of the United Space Station.

Maidong put on the cabin clothes and turned off the alarms one by one - the system computer was probably also confused. When he woke up, his limbs were intact and he became paralyzed.

Most of the functions of the space station have been declared obsolete. Due to the damage to the instrument panel, Maidong can only use a laptop to access the wireless network of the core module and use the laptop to control the computer.

"How is the OGS system?" Tang Yue asked.

There is no doubt that OGS is the most critical component of the life support system. If there is a problem with OGS, the situation will become very difficult.

Maidong shook his head.

"No, OGS is gone."

The OGS central cabinet is located in the Harmony service module. Now Maidong doesn’t know what is going on in the other cabins. After the space station accident, all the hatches have been locked, but Maidong vaguely remembers that when the impact occurred, she had witnessed the Harmony service module being The spacecraft was destroyed by debris.

No matter what happened to the Harmony cabin, at least the system computer couldn't contact it.

Without the OGS cabinet, the air circulation and fresh water circulation in the space station will be problematic. Ophiopogon can only turn on the backup emergency oxygen system in the crystal cabin. This system is similar to the one on the Kunlun Station and uses chlorate thermal decomposition to generate Oxygen uses lithium hydroxide to absorb carbon dioxide, but the volume is much larger than that on the Kunlun Station. It is a cylinder as big as a bottle of water.

Simply put, this is an oversized oxygen candle.

There is a set of this thing in the emergency box of each cabin. After being activated, the oxygen produced is enough for six people to breathe for 72 hours. Rough calculations, if it only supports the survival of one person, then it can work for 432 hours. Hour.

That is eighteen days.

"What about the communication system? Can the communication system be restored? Can a data transmission link be established with Kunlun Station?" Tang Yue asked.

"I'm trying..." Maidong leaned against the bulkhead and tried to restart the main communication system of the space station. "It doesn't seem to be working. The antenna is damaged."

The laptop screen says "ERROR" over and over again.

Another bad news. The communication mechanism between the space station and Kunlun Station cannot be restored to normal, so they can only rely on this fragile emergency communication link to transmit data. The call quality of the emergency communication system is extremely poor and the signal is quite unstable.

"Fresh water...how much water do you have left?"

"Well...and..." Maidong replied, "Three liters."

The joint space station's fresh water reserves have been completely lost. Now there are only three liters of fresh water left in Maidong's hands, which he found in the water bags of two sets of space suits.

Tang Yue sat down on the chair.

Three liters?

What can you do with three liters of fresh water?

Although Maidong escaped the impact of Orion 2, she is far from out of danger, and the current state of the space station cannot be said to be reassuring.

Lao Mao was analyzing the status of the space station. Kunlun Station contacted the space station system computer through the emergency communication link. The latter transmitted the data, and Lao Mao used this to restore the damage to the space station step by step.

The situation is worse than it imagined.

The damaged modules of the Joint Space Station accounted for 63% of the total, which means that most of the space stations were scrapped. Regardless of the inflatable cabins installed and docked later, four of the original six cabin sections of the space station have lost contact. Among them, the Silence and Harmony capsules were mechanically disconnected from the space station and have disappeared into the vast space.

The Discovery and Hope experimental modules ruptured and lost pressure, and the latter was cut in half, leaving only half of it.

Only the core module of the Crystal and the node module of the Hub in the center of the space station are still strong.

The main truss was cut off, the super boom was gone, and the eight solar panels were gone. Only four of the eight solar panels on the other side could still be connected.

"The crystal cabin has two battery packs." Old Mao frowned and pointed at the chart on the screen. "Fortunately, both battery packs are still normal. The main battery has 40% remaining power, and the secondary battery has 40% remaining power. Sixty percent, it can power the computer, but only four of the solar panels can still be used... But the trouble is that the space station has fallen into a severe spin, and its attitude is completely out of control. In this case, it cannot be effectively charged. It’s also impossible to stabilize the contact signal.”

The attitude of the United Space Station is getting out of control. It is wrapped in a large amount of debris and rotates rapidly. Maidong has to lean against the bulkhead when working to alleviate the impact of the centripetal force of rotation.

But this situation certainly cannot last long. No one can live in a space that is rotating all the time.

"It must be changed!" Tang Yue said.

"The problem is that the space station has no power system." Old Cat pondered, "Orion is no longer there, and the space station itself has no engine."

In a weightless environment, if there is no external force to change your state of motion, then you can't do anything, and there is nowhere to use your strength. You will keep spinning and rolling like this, rolling farther and farther, rolling rounder and rounder, for the rest of your life. Go till the end of time.

"Can we generate momentum by releasing the cabin section in reverse?" Tang Yue thought of a way.

Abandoning the scrapped cabin in the opposite direction of rotation will produce a reaction force on the space station itself - the force is reciprocal. This is a law set by the great Sir Alex, and the entire universe must abide by it.

At this juncture, Tang Yue could only pray for the Lord's blessing.

The old cat thought for a moment and calculated in his mind, "No, the torque is too weak, and it is far from being able to offset the angular velocity."

"Then... let's try to get Maidong out of the cabin? Is it possible to push it manually?" Tang Yue jumped over the wall anxiously, "Is there any jet-type space walking backpack?"

The old cat continued to shake his head.

"impossible."

Tang Yue looked anxiously, his eyes darting around, hoping to find some life-saving inspiration. He wanted to find some way to save the space station, but he only had these poor things in his hands, and it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

"We need a power source." Old Cat stared at the monitor, "An engine."

"Engine... engine, engine, engine... that, that, that, that... is that thing still there?" Tang Yue suddenly slapped his forehead, speaking so fast that he stuttered, and his teeth almost bit his tongue.

"what you mean?"

"That thing!"

"What is that thing?" asked the old cat.

"That thing! That thing!"

"name?"

"Hell, I can't remember its name right now." Tang Yue said, "That incredible engine with a thrust of seven kilograms!"