One of the rovers is caught on something. Commander Hunt spent hours reprimanding Lee only to realize the rovers were designed to run on AI for the majority of the mission, and it was the AI that had gotten the Rover caught in an icicle. The Rover caught is the one that was responsible for taking data on our first potential dig site. After everything that had gone wrong the Rover had been instructed to begin its sweep mission of the surface, a mission that was meant to last until the rovers died years after we returned home.
So far the rover has been only caught for a few hours and its attempts to break free were done on a low battery. The hope is that after it charges from the sun it will be able to break free and continue. If not, NASA has instructed us to make freeing it a priority.
Commander Hunt is frustrated. The Chinese team is set to touch down any day now. We don't even know where they intend on landing. His plan was to have the third drill set up by then, but this mission to save the rover was throwing a wrench in that.
He is considering leaving tonight to head to the third drill location with Lee and Horvat, leaving Miller with me. If the rover has not freed itself by the time NASA delivers the order, he will then leave Horvat at the new drill zone three camp while he and Lee retrieve the drone. Since the first drill site was shaken by the ice quakes the rover has traveled a significant distance, so the rescue would take a total of six days including all the breaks for the solar Humvee to charge.
Personally, I do not like the idea of leaving anyone alone on this mission, however this order was not up for debate. I was just happy I'd be accompanying Miller.
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