The reporters didn't agree, they needed to know more from Jim.

CNN: "Mr. Jim, I want to know how the astronauts are doing, are they still in good health?"

Jim: "Yes, they're still healthy. ”

"If the Adam initiates the return procedure and we initiate the rescue procedure, will it be too late to dock on the road?"

Jim: "That's at least three months, it's too late." What's more, the Adam is currently damaged and unable to initiate the return process. ”

BBC: "Does this mean that the human exploration program on Mars has completely failed, and is there any other way we can help them, such as helping the astronauts find the resource module or sending a rescue team?" ”

Even though he had already answered once, Jim patiently replied again: "We have used the Discovery satellite to search the entire landing site, and we have not found any trace of the resource module. The landing site is located on the platform of the canyon, with a bottomless canyon in front and a high mountain in the back, even if the resource module is in the depths of the canyon, it is impossible to get the resource module by relying on the two astronauts, and the satellite images basically prove that the resource module crashed under the conditions of liquid oxygen and had a serious explosion. Two astronauts also searched the landing site on foot and did not find any useful clues. ”

"Whether or not to send a rescue team to Mars is still being studied, but it is certain that even if we do, it will be six or seven months before we arrive on Mars, which is far more than the lifeline that two astronauts can bear. ”

Fox News: "Was the accident within the expected range? The mission to Mars was originally a few years later, but it was brought forward because of the landing of Pangu Technology on the moon, is the accident related to the early time?"

Jim: "Any attempt at deep space exploration is risky, and it doesn't matter if we plan to get ahead of schedule. The advance of the plan is not the reason for Pangu Technology, but the arrival of the Martian window. ”

The Mizhou Times: "Is it ethical to have two astronauts continue to work until they die? ”

Jim: "It's a mutual decision between NASA and the astronauts, and it's their will. ”

Many reporters raised their hands to ask questions, but Jim was so uncomfortable that he didn't answer any more questions and walked away from the press conference quickly.

The reporters released the latest releases, and the whole world was shocked.

"Adam made a mistake in landing, the resource module fell off, and the astronauts counted down to two months. ”

"Failed Mars landing, unable to rescue. ”

"Martian heroes waiting for death. ”

There are also some unscrupulous media, in order to attract attention and clicks, specifically interviewing the families of the two astronauts.

They also brought nothing but grief and pain to the astronauts' families.

Xia Guo's netizens are still more rational and objective.

"Both are heroes, and I sincerely hope that they will be safe. ”

"It's too far away, and it's too late to leave with food. ”

"Looking back, our moon landing was really successful, there was not a single point of error, and the astronauts were able to return home safely and smoothly, that is our success. ”

Mars, Eden region, Adam landing module.

Chiesa and Bradward didn't know that Jim had actually said at the press conference that the remaining two months of work were the result of discussions between the two and NASA.

The two thought that this was NASA's Plan B and that there was no need to discuss.

If it needs to be discussed, then Bradward will strongly demand that NASA rescue and immediately launch a new vehicle to carry material to Mars.

The food is expected to be two months, what if a miracle happens?

Just when Chiesa had given up his desire to survive and was ready to carry out the work assigned to him by NASA.

A text message from NASA also came, which read:

"Federico Chiesa, Thomas Bradward, the world can remember your outstanding contributions to the history of human deep space exploration, and from now on we will regularly broadcast letters and video and audio messages written by your family members for you, and you will also be allowed to leave messages to your family members at any time. I hope that the next two months will be smooth for you in your work on Mars, and may God bless you and good luck. ”

After seeing the message, Bradward was furious, and he said, "Why don't you send someone to save us, why? Even if there is only a little hope, they can try." ”

Chiesa had calmed down, and he laughed and said: "It's useless, do you know how much a high-thrust rocket costs? No less than 15 billion meters, do you know how much the Adam costs? No less than 10 billion meters." Plus the cost of everything such as launch preparation is not less than 30 billion meters. I now doubt that NASA has a spare Mars lander. ”

"I'm not going to give up! My mom is still waiting for me to come home!" Bradward kept firing messages from the center console asking NASA to send a rescue team, but the message was never heard back from after it was launched into deep space.

Just when Bradward fell into madness, Chiesa suddenly said: "We know the level of NASA, but we don't know the level of Xia Guoren, maybe ...... Maybe Xia Guoren, maybe Pangu Technology will have a way. ”

Chiesa's statement is not unreasonable, because before landing on Mars, he had seen media reports that Pangu Technology had completely conquered controlled nuclear fusion technology and was preparing to apply it to the civilian field and the engine field of future deep space probes.

Bradhua also remembered one thing, he said: "Pangu Technology has established an ecological base on the moon, and there should also be a quantum communication base station, we can ask them for help!"

As soon as he said and did, Bradward sent a distress signal to the moon.

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Washington, NASA Headquarters.

Just when Jim was in despair and facing the frenzied criticism and accusations from the media and the public, Toms, the chief technician of NASA's power technology division, excitedly approached Jim with a few pages of report.

"Adam is still saved!" said Toms, in a hoarse voice, who had stayed up all night.

The news was like a shot in the arm, and Jim was activated at once, and he quickly sat up and said, "What did you say? Adam still has it? Did the Discovery find the resource module?"

"No! there's more and more conclusive evidence that the resource module crashed in the Abyssal Zone, and I'm talking about the other way. ”

The report was handed to Jim, and Toms said, "I got the latest issue of Pangu Technology's Deep Blue through a friend in Xia Guo's academic community. ”

"Deep Blue?"

According to the technical principle, the technology can be applied to the engines of rockets and probes, and the thrust generated by the high-intensity plasma burst is far greater than the thrust generated by the current chemical energy. ”

"If we were to install this engine on rockets and probes according to the data given by Deep Blue, the weight of the materials we would carry would be several times the weight of what we are now, and if we still used Adam's weight, we would be able to get to Mars in as little as 30 days," Toms said. ”

Thomas said: "I'm just using the smallest data provided by Pangu Technology, maybe it will be faster than that. ”

Jim grabbed at the straw in one fell swoop.

He is the commander-in-chief of this Mars program, and he also suggested landing on Mars in advance, and he needs to be responsible for this failure.

This defeat almost decides Jim's future fate, and a meeting is taking place in the Wujiao building to prepare for Jim's dismissal.

Even if you don't talk about Jim's own future, the failure of the Mars program this time has also discounted the face of the people of the United States, not to mention that there are still two lives on it, these two people are the best astronauts in the United States, and it will take several years and tens of billions of meters to train a person.

"What's your plan?" asked Jim.

"We want to cooperate with Pangu Technology, we have spare spacecraft and rockets, and we just need to change the power system to a fusion plasma thrust system. After my detailed calculations, if Pangu Technology's technology is true, then the modification will take a month, the journey will take a month, and after two months, our rescue equipment and supplies will be able to arrive in the Eden area of Mars. ”

Thomas looked at Jim with sincere eyes and said, "I really hope we can give it a try, I don't want to see the two of them slowly waiting for death on Mars!"

Jim thought for a moment and said, "You should know that we just rejected Pangu Technology's request to carry microsatellites, and now that we propose cooperation, they may not agree." ”

Thomas was very anxious, "We can't hesitate any longer, cooperation can be discussed, and now we can agree to any conditions put forward by Pangu Technology!

Jim nodded, "Report to the federal ZF in the name of NASA, we need to cooperate with Pangu Technology." ”

At the same time, Pangu Technology Headquarters also received a distress message from Mars.

On the distress news, Bradahua said: "Dear Mr. Xiao Ming, we are talking to you in a very critical situation, I know that you are a kind and great person, and I know that the original intention of Pangu Technology Group was established to help human science and technology progress...... Today we are asking you for help on the Mars Adam, hoping that you will find a way to help us get out of danger...... You once said that human exploration of deep space should have no borders...... We know that Pangu Technology must have future technologies and methods...... We hope you can lend a hand. ”

Qian Yi handed Xiao Ming a distress letter from Mars, and then said sadly: "We only talk about science and human nature, I can imagine the desperate looks of the two on Mars, 55 million kilometers away from the earth, unfortunately, they don't know, Pangu Technology currently has no technology to save them, if NASA can agree to take our satellite to Mars, then we can also help make the two astronauts and their families have a timely and delayed video call." ”

Xu Limin, who was on the side, looked at the distress letter and said, "Who said that Pangu Technology doesn't have this technology?"