Day 273 (5) Does God roll the dice?
"Huh? Going to crash? β
The old cat's expression was heavy and he nodded slowly.
Tang Yue sat on the chair on the side, grabbing his hair, without saying a word, already falling into autism.
Mai Dong was stunned, "How long is there?" How long will it take for a comet to collide? β
"Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 has crossed the orbit of Jupiter and is about 2 AU from Mars." The old cat replied, "At its current rate, it will take forty-seven days to get here." β
"If you hit ...... The consequences will be very serious, right? β
"It is equivalent to the simultaneous explosion of 5.2 trillion nuclear bombs, which is more than 10 times more powerful than the asteroid that extinct the dinosaurs 65 million years ago." The old cat whispered, "It will tear off half of the Martian turf." β
Mai Dong held his breath.
She looked a little dazed, and the girl didn't know how to deal with the situation, she had never been trained in what to do when a comet hit.
"Will Kunlun Station survive?"
The old cat shook his head, "I don't know, if you're lucky, you may be able to, but if you're unlucky, you'll die miserably." β
"That'...... What about the United Space Station? β
The old cat didn't speak this time, it was silent for two minutes, and shook its head.
Mai Dong understood, what the old cat meant was that the Kunlun station still had the possibility of escaping, but the space station was ten dead.
The Joint Space Station is too fragile, it has no mobility, no defense, and no survivability, and there is no possibility of surviving in the face of such a terrible catastrophe.
If Comet Laomao-1 collides with the surface of Mars, it will produce trillions of tons of debris in low-Earth orbit, and one of these debris hitting the space station would be devastating.
The Joint Space Station will lose its attitude, its modules will break and lose pressure, the spacecraft will leak fuel, and the trusses and solar panels will break.
That is to say...... I still have forty-seven days? β
Mai Dong floated in front of the camera, wearing blue overalls, rolled up sleeves, and a peaked cap on her head, which was her usual attire, with the zipper of the collar pulled high, revealing only half of her white neck.
The old cat and Tang Yue didn't make a sound, which was a tacit acquiescence.
Mai Dong lowered his head and looked at Ah Q floating beside him.
"Then I'll have to hurry."
"Hurry?" Tang Yue and the old cat glanced at each other, and then looked at Mai Dong together.
"yes, don't we have a lot of work to do?" Mai Dong nodded, "Since there are only forty-seven days left, then I should try to hurry up and complete the task at hand...... The history of philosophy is not finished, the history of science is not finished, and there are the first and second industrial revolutions. β
Tang Yue and the old cat were a little surprised, the first thing this girl thought of on the verge of life and death turned out to be this, before everything was over, try to leave more human heritage in this universe.
"No...... No, no, no, it's definitely not like that, it definitely shouldn't be like this. The old cat got up and paced around the hall of Kunlun Station anxiously, "I said that the interaction between celestial bodies in the solar system is very complex, and any small disturbance can cause completely different consequences, this is a chaotic system, and the computer can't accurately predict it, and it's too early to say that there is no way to live!" β
Tang Yue raised his head, "Is there still a way to live?" β
"I don't know if there's a way out." "But there's still uncertainty!" Is that hellish comet certain to hit Mars the moment it enters the boundaries of the solar system? Of course not, its orbit is the result of the combined action of thousands of conditions, and mechanical fatalism was thrown into the garbage heap hundreds of years ago...... Do you think God rolls the dice? Do you think it will roll a diceοΌ β
The old cat looked at Tang Yue, and then at Mai Dong on the screen.
Tang Yue and Mai Dong were stunned.
"I think it's going to roll." The old cat said.
"Why?"
"Because if it doesn't roll the dice." The old cat pointed to his head, "I can't be born." β
"Since it rolls the dice, it can't always roll a point, as long as it keeps rolling, there will always be a six!" The old cat then shouted, "Life is born in uncertainty, and life will also be born from uncertainty." β
Kunlun Station is silent.
Mai Dong smiled slightly, "Mr. Cat." β
"Wait, wait, you just used it when you pointed to God, why don't you use he?" Tang Yue frowned in surprise, he would always pay attention to some inexplicable places, "Is it because you discriminate against the gods in religion?" β
"Of course not, 'he' is your human God." Old Cat explains, "It is the God of our cats. β
"Listen...... Tang Yue, and Miss Mai Dong. The old cat stood in front of the inner hatch of the airlock chamber, turned around, and glanced around, the cat's eyes burst out with a terrifying light, "As long as I have a breath, I will keep you safe." β
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A vigorous self-rescue operation kicked off.
Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 is 47 days away from hitting Mars, or 1,128 hours.
Tang Yue and the others were like little ants before the cataclysm, looking for a small place to take refuge in the disaster that destroyed the world.
For the time being, the old cat could not predict where the comet would collide, but it carefully calculated the power of the impact, compared the impact limit of the Kunlun station, and finally concluded that the Tomcat-Tang-Mai No. 1 comet would completely destroy everything within a radius of 1,000 kilometers with the impact point as the center, and the high temperature and pressure could even melt the desert into glass.
The strong shock wave will spread to a distance of 2,500 kilometers, beyond which the shock wave will weaken significantly.
As long as Kunlun stands outside this area, at least the infrastructure will not be destroyed.
It is impossible to completely avoid the shock wave, which will inevitably cause a global super-earthquake.
Fortunately, the Kunlun station was designed with seismic performance in mind, and it is a sturdy frame dome structure that is inherently earthquake-resistant.
As for the cladding materials and wall skins, Lao Mao and Tang Yue no longer dare to hope for extravagance, it is already a blessing to be able to survive under this kind of world-destroying natural disaster, as long as the skeleton does not collapse, the roof can be torn and repaired with plastic film and tape.
Whether Kunlun Station will be destroyed or not can only depend on luck.
After all, Kunlun Station can't be carried away in his pocket.
If you can run, the monk can't run the temple.
In this wasteland, without this temple, the monk will not live long.
The total surface area of Mars is 1.441Γ10β§8 square kilometers, or 144.1 million square kilometers.
The total area of the entire Northern Hemisphere is about 72 million square kilometers, and the impact of Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai 1 could completely destroy an area of 19.625 million square kilometers.
In other words, it will be destroyed in 27 percent of the total area of the Northern Hemisphere.
All that remains is the possibility of surviving the Kunlun station.
As long as it is not involved in this 19.62 million square kilometers area that was directly destroyed, Kunlun Station may be able to resist other secondary disasters with its own strength.
In addition, how to keep the joint space station, the two of them and a cat are also racking their brains to find a way.
Under the current circumstances, Tang Yue and Mai Dong no longer have the luxury of surviving the difficulties unharmed, and if they can keep one by one, if they can keep Kunlun Station, they will protect Kunlun Station, and if they can protect the space station, they will protect the space station.
One can survive one by one.
At least we can't let this comet wipe out the last of humanity's lone seedlings.