Survivors on Mars

Chapter 4 Day 1 (4) Enough Oxygen for Fifteen Years

Tang Yue had to move out the supplies he had packed and reopen all the packed boxes. No matter whether the Earth was permanently lost or temporarily lost, he had to survive on this desolate planet first.

Survive alone.This is also the training that Tang Yue received: when you are in a desperate situation and lose contact, insist on surviving and wait for help!

"Check the oxygen and fresh water first," the old cat instructed, "then take inventory of food, medicine, electricity, fuel, energy, redundant spare parts..."

"Mr. Tang Yue! Mr. Tang Yue!" Mai Dong shouted anxiously in the channel, "Can I...can I land? To your side?"

Tang Yue glanced at the old cat.

The old cat slowly fell silent.

Tang Yue and Lao Mao both knew this.Maidong couldn't land.

Currently, the only lander stands on the sand outside Kunlun Station. Tang Yue calls this lander the "Eagle" spacecraft.

The "Eagle" spacecraft is the only vehicle in Tang Yue's hands that is capable of escaping the gravity of Mars, entering orbit and docking with the joint space station.

If nothing goes wrong, after completing all the work, Tang Yue will take this lander to leave Kunlun Station and head to the United Space Station, and then return to Earth on the Orion II spacecraft.

But this thing is disposable. It is divided into two parts: the ascent stage and the descent stage. Only the ascent stage - the upper half of the lander - will actually leave Mars, while the lower half will remain on the surface of Mars.

The ascent stage of the lander is responsible for sending Tang Yue to the joint space station. This is its only function and mission. After the mission is completed, it will be abandoned and will not be able to re-enter the atmosphere. In other words, Tang Yue has the ability to enter the joint space station again, but once he goes up, he will never be able to come down again.

There is not even a lander on Maidong's space station. The next lander was supposed to be brought by the Orion spacecraft two years later, but now that the Earth has disappeared, the next expedition team to Mars will never be able to set off.

 There is an Orion 2 spacecraft on the space station, but Orion is just a space shuttle, responsible for traveling back and forth between the Earth and Mars. It will immediately disintegrate and burn into slag upon entering the atmosphere.

"I understand."The girl's expression gradually dimmed.She could only stay on the space station.

Fate played a cruel joke on them. They were clearly the last two people in the world. Fortunately they escaped the catastrophe, but they were unable to cross the short distance of 400 kilometers.

On the scale of the universe measured in light years and astronomical units, compared with the 55 million kilometers between the Earth and Mars, the insignificant 400 kilometers is really negligible. It is as thin as the layer of glass on a computer monitor, as if Tang Yue could touch the other person by poking through the glass.

If someone drew a map of the solar system, Tang Yue and Mai Dong would be so close together on the map that they couldn't even fill up a single pixel.

But for a man who is 1.7 meters tall, 400 kilometers is still too far, so far that they may never see each other in their entire lives.

A difference of a millimeter is a huge chasm.

"Girl, don't be discouraged, let's think of a solution." The old cat comforted her, "There's a saying, 'As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. As long as people are safe and sound, we will definitely find a way... There is always a way out."