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

The content of the image is clear, the first picture, Adam had a violent collision with the mountain during landing, and this collision caused damage to the landing module connection, causing the resource module to fall off.

In the second picture, there is a white light in the depths of the valley. After technical analysis, this is most likely what happened when the resource module exploded after falling from a height. There is liquid oxygen in the resource compartment, and a violent collision with the ground after a fall is very likely to cause an explosion.

"It's over!" Jim's face turned white, his whole body trembling.

There was a dead silence in the control room at NASA headquarters, and no one spoke.

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

The landing capsule has oxygen generation and circulation devices, so you don't have to worry about oxygen. There are some foods that can last for two months with frugality. Within two months, NASA had to find a way to rescue Chiesa and Bradward, but even two months were too late.

"Head, CNN wants to interview you and find out why we haven't released photos of the Mars landing site yet. ”

The staff member apparently has not yet been updated on the situation.

Jim pinched his temple with his hand and said, "No information is allowed to be released to the public." ”

Jim then picked himself up and activated his emergency plan.

NASA's contingency plan for the Mars program is quite cruel, and if the resource module falls off, NASA headquarters will change the daily food and 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, completing as many experiments as possible before the food runs out.

What about when the food runs out?

Everyone can already guess the ending.

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

The Finder satellite was called in to scout for the whereabouts of the resource module, and after three days there was no result.

Three days later, Chiesa and Bradward were also sitting in the landing capsule quite exhausted, despair and powerlessness set in.

They also received a message from NASA with detailed requirements for daily recipes and experiments.

Chiesa knew that this was NASA's contingency plan, and that the plan would also mean that NASA had given up on finding the resource module, meaning that two people would die here.

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

Bradward is still very young, unmarried and has no children. Before he came to Mars, everyone said that he was a hero, and now that the two are in crisis on Mars, NASA headquarters chooses to give up the rescue and let the two play their final role and use the rest of their lives to conduct some experiments.

Chiesa had experienced life and death on the battlefield, and he knew that it was not NASA that could not be saved, but that it could not be saved.

There is such a long distance between Earth and Mars that even NASA will not be able to launch a rocket carrying resources now.

Chiesa even thought about the most extreme scenario, he and Bradward only had one person alive, so the food could last for four months, and four months was not enough to wait for the resource spaceship of the United States to arrive here.

"Man, to figure out a situation, it's not that NASA doesn't want to come to our rescue, it's that 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 will land on Mars in more than seven months, seven months. We've ...... long ago."

"Let's follow NASA's mission guidelines and finish some missions at the last minute, anyway, we're the first humans to land on Mars, and our names will be etched in human history," Chiesa said. ”

Bradward obviously couldn't accept this reality, he slammed the hatch hard, and said in despair: "No, no, no! This is not the result I wanted! No! There must be another way! NASA must have a backup plan!"

"Sober up, man! there's no backup!"

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Jiangcheng, Pangu Technology Headquarters.

Xiao Ming continues to pay attention to the landing of the United States on Mars, which 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, and so far, there has been no more news of the landing on Mars, let alone any photos of the landing site or scientific research.

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

Xiao Ming guessed that there should be something wrong with the Mars plan of the United States.

Sure enough, Super Xiaochu collected information from NASA through unconventional means - Adam's resource module crashed and fell apart from the landing module when it landed, and is currently missing.

Xiao Ming said: "The people of the United States are in trouble. ”

"God!" Xu Limin also said with great regret: "The people of the United States should choose a more cautious way to land on Mars, and there will be risks in rushing to land on Mars, and they have to take the current risk if they choose to take the risk." ”

NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

The situation on Mars can no longer be hidden, and four days after landing, no images of Mars have been released.

Jim held a press conference at NASA headquarters to explain the actual situation of Adam, and hoped that everyone could be prepared in advance.

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

All the journalists were in a state of excitement.

"I guess I'm going to release the photos!"

"It's been so many days, and I'm looking forward to it every day, hoping to see the hero. ”

"What would it be like for humans to stand on Mars, it must be desolate. ”

The camera is 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 a successful landing on Mars is an exciting thing, why Jim and the other high-ranking people are so ugly, like they are doing a funeral.

On the large screen behind the podium, the scene of the Adam was shown, which Chiesa filmed with a camera against the Adam.

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

There was still a burst of cheers from the reporters at the scene, who did not see the problem in the photo, and they cheered for the first photo of Adam on Mars.

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

The Adam is located at an angle, which does not fit the set sitting.

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

Jim looked solemn and said into the microphone: "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, journalists. ”

Be quiet.

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

The audience cheered.

Jim: "But I'm sorry to tell you that during the landing, Adam was affected by the Martian storm and deviated from the scheduled landing site, which is about 300 kilometers away from the plain area where the InSight rover was set to land. ”

The cheers ceased, and the crowd fell silent.

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

The picture on the big screen is magnified, and the recess behind the Adam is magnified.

"According to the data collected by the Discovery satellite, Adam had some problems during the landing, and it collided with a mountain peak, which caused the resource module to fall off and may have crashed," Jim said. ”

Jim: "Thankfully, our landing module didn't suffer any damage, and the astronauts survived, but unfortunately Adam's resource module couldn't be found. The current landing module is able to supply our astronauts with enough oxygen, but they only have less than two months of food. ”

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, so we don't have enough time to rescue them." Mars also can't sow any food...... They were only able to hold out for two months at most. ”

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

Jim's mood was still very sad at this, he took a deep breath and said, "They are heroes, may God bless them." ”

The reporters in the audience immediately exploded, and they talked fiercely, they would never have imagined that the landing on Mars would end in this way.

"Mission failed?"

"If the astronauts can't come back, we can't go?"

"It's too late, it's too late to go back and forth. If it takes three months to go back and forth at the same time, it will be too late, and depending on the situation of the Adam, it should not be able to take off. ”

Over the next two months, reporters will watch two astronauts die on Mars due to lack of food, and the most brutal thing is that in the two months before their deaths, they will still do whatever it takes to complete some Mars exploration and experiment missions.

Jim on the stage regretted that if he had agreed to Pangu Technology's request to bring Pangu Technology's small miniature to Mars together, he might have been able to let the two astronauts and their families have a video, but now they can only leave messages and calls.