The Black Technology Era of Xueba

After a long signal transmission, NASA headquarters finally got a few black and white images transmitted by the only working artificial satellite on Mars, "Discoverer".

The content of the image is very clear. In the first image, Adam had a violent collision with the mountain when it landed. This collision caused damage to the connection of the landing module and caused the resource module to fall off.

In the second image, there is a white light deep in the valley. After technical analysis, this is likely to be the case when the resource module exploded after falling from a height. There is liquid oxygen in the resource cabin, and a violent collision with the ground after falling is likely to cause an explosion.

"It's over!" Jim's face turned white, and his whole body was shaking.

The control room at NASA headquarters was dead silent, and no one spoke.

The video sent by Chiesa is to hope that NASA can mobilize the Discoverer satellite and search for the whereabouts of the resource capsule. Now it seems that the resource capsule should have crashed, and the entire capsule and food have been destroyed.

The landing module has oxygen generation and circulation devices, so there is no need to worry about oxygen. There are some foods that can last for two months if you eat frugally. Within two months, NASA had to find a way to rescue Chiesa and Bradward, but even the rescue in two months was too late.

"Hey, CNN would like to do an exclusive interview with you to find out why we haven't released photos of the Mars landing site."

The staff member apparently has not been informed of the latest situation.

Jim squeezed his temples with his hands and said, "It is forbidden to publish any information to the public."

Subsequently, Jim cheered up and activated the emergency plan.

The emergency plan of NASA's Mars plan is quite cruel. If the resource module falls off, NASA headquarters will change the daily food and drinking water supply plan according to the actual situation of the landing module. If the resource module cannot be found, Chiesa and Bradward will continue to carry out the Mars exploration experiment mission with limited food and limited time, and complete as many experiments as possible before the food runs out.

And what about after the food runs out?

The ending can already be guessed.

This is the worst-case scenario, and the most brutal one.

The Discovery satellite was urgently called to investigate the whereabouts of the resource module, and there was no result after three days.

Three days later, Chiesa and Bradward were also quite tired sitting in the landing capsule, and a sense of despair and powerlessness struck.

They also received information from NASA,

There are detailed requirements for daily recipes and experiments above.

Chiesa knew that this was NASA's emergency plan. After the plan came out, it also meant that NASA had given up on finding the resource capsule, which meant that two people would die here.

Bradward said angrily: "We were just given up by NASA? Just given up?"

Bradward was still young, unmarried and had no children. Before he came to Mars, everyone said he was a hero. Now that the two encountered a crisis on Mars, NASA headquarters chose to give up the rescue and let the two play a final role and use the rest of their lives to conduct some experiments.

Chiesa has experienced life and death on the battlefield, and he knows that it is not that NASA is unable to save, but that it cannot be rescued.

With such a long distance between Earth and Mars, it is too late for even NASA to launch rockets carrying resources.

Chiesa even thought about the most extreme situation. He and Bradward only survived one, so the food can last for four months, and four months is not enough to wait for the US resource spacecraft to arrive here.

"Man, we need to figure out a situation. It's not that NASA is unwilling to come to rescue us, but it's so far away that it's too late. The most recent window for landing on Mars has passed, and now even the most advanced rockets and probes in the United States have landed on Mars. It will take more than seven months, seven months. We have long been…”

Chiesa said: "Let's follow NASA's mission guidelines to complete some missions at the last time. In any case, we are the first humans to land on Mars, and our names will be engraved in human history."

Bradward obviously couldn't accept this reality, he smashed the hatch with force, and said desperately: "No no no! This is not the result I hoped for! No! There must be another way! NASA must have a backup plan! "

"Sober up, man! There's no backup plan!"

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Jiangcheng, Pangu Technology Headquarters.

Xiao Ming continued to pay attention to the situation of the United States landing on Mars. This is the fourth day of landing on Mars.

NASA's official report on the landing news is still the moment of the successful landing four days ago. So far, there has been no more news of landing on Mars, and no photos of the landing site or scientific research have been released.

It doesn't take that long to process photos either.

Xiao Ming guessed that there should be a problem with the US Mars plan.

Sure enough, Super Xiaochu collected information inside NASA through unconventional means-the resource module of the Adam crashed and fell apart from the landing module when it landed, and its whereabouts are currently unknown.

Xiao Ming said: "The Americans are in trouble."

"God!" Xu Limin also said regretfully: "The Americans should choose a more cautious way to land on Mars. They are eager to seek success and land on Mars. There are inherent risks, and they choose to take the risk now."

United States, Washington, NASA headquarters.

The situation of Mars can no longer be concealed. Four days after landing, there is still no picture of Mars, which can no longer be said.

Jim held a press conference at NASA headquarters to explain the actual situation of the Adam, and hope that everyone can prepare in advance.

The reporters do not yet know the actual situation of Adam, and they are full of expectations that NASA will release live photos or videos of Adam's successful landing on Mars.

All the reporters are in a state of excitement.

"Should be about to publish the photo!"

"After so many days, I look forward to it every day, hoping to see the hero's figure."

"What would it be like for humans to stand on Mars? It must be desolate."

The cameras are on the podium, and everyone is waiting for this exciting moment.

Jim and NASA executives took the podium.

At this point, the reporters felt that the atmosphere was not quite right. Because landing on Mars is an exciting thing, why are Jim and other high-level faces so ugly, as if they are in a funeral.

The scene of the Adam appeared on the big screen behind the podium, which Chiesa took with the camera on the Adam.

Adam sits in a valley in the Eden region of Mars at an inclination of about 15 degrees, surrounded by high mountains, and the weather in the distance is orange and desolate.

The reporters at the scene still cheered. They didn't see the problem in the photo. They cheered for the first photo of Adam sitting on Mars.

But experts in the space industry on the scene saw something different.

The Adam was slanted, which did not conform to the set position.

In the part behind the Adam, the titanium alloy shell is somewhat dented, which is only produced after the impact.

Jim said to the microphone with a solemn expression: "Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the press, good morning everyone."

Quiet.

Jim: "Adam arrived on Mars four days ago and landed in a canyon area called the Garden of Eden. As you can see."

The scene cheered.

Jim: "But it is unfortunate to tell you that during the landing process of Adam, due to the influence of the Martian storm, it deviates from the scheduled landing site. This position is far from the set landing site, which is the plain of the Insight Mars rover. The area is about 300 kilometers.”

The cheers stopped, and the crowd fell silent.

"It's not the worst-case scenario, you can watch the big screen," Jim said.

The picture on the big screen is enlarged, and the depression behind the Adam is enlarged.

Jim said: "According to the data collected by the Discovery satellite, Adam encountered some problems during the landing process. It collided with the mountain. This impact caused the resource module to fall off and may have crashed."

Jim: "Fortunately, our lander function did not suffer any damage, and the astronauts survived. Unfortunately, the Adam's resource module could not be found. At present, the landing module can supply our astronauts with enough oxygen, but only less than Food for two months."

Jim looked at the quiet reporters in the audience and said very sadly: "There are only two months of food, and it takes six to seven months to send relief supplies from Earth to Mars. We don't have enough time to rescue them. Mars can't either. Sow any food...they will only last for two months at most."

"I'm very sorry to tell you the news. NASA, with the consent of Chiesa and Bradward, has decided to adopt an emergency plan. That is our Plan B. In the last two months, the two astronauts will use the The only food and the time left, to complete a series of Mars experiments, and finally they will sleep on Mars..."

Speaking of this, Jim was still very sad. He took a deep breath and said, "They are heroes, may God bless them."

The reporters in the audience were in a frenzy, and they discussed heatedly. They would never have thought that the landing on Mars would end in this way.

"Mission failed?"

"We can't go even if the astronauts don't come back?"

"It's too late. Whether it's going back and forth, it's too late. If it takes three months to go back and forth at the same time, it's too late, and depending on the Adam's situation, it shouldn't be able to take off."

For the next two months, the reporters will watch as two astronauts die on Mars due to lack of food. The cruelest thing is that in the two months before their death, they will still do whatever it takes to complete some Mars exploration and experiments. Task.

Jim on the stage regretted it very much. If he had agreed to Pangu Technology's request and brought Pangu Technology's small miniatures to Mars, he might have allowed the two astronauts to make videos with their family members, but now they can only leave messages and calls.