On the fifth day (19), we will lock our fate in our throats

Tang Yue didn't speak.

He leaned on the body of the Martian stray dog, used a cable to pass through the handrails and stairs on the rover, and tied himself firmly to it, Tang Yue was already unsteady, as early as two hours ago, his legs were so cold and numb that he lost consciousness, now he only felt that he was pestle on two wooden stakes, his knees could not bend, and the instructions sent by his brain could not be transmitted to the leg muscles.

This reminded Tang Yue that he was on the earth, and he and Lao Wang were left in the Great Xing'an Mountains for training in pairs, the ice and snow were cold, and the temperature was as low as minus 30 degrees. This wilderness survival training is an ancestral repertoire that everyone has to participate in, and the astronaut center has a heart-wrenching voice: "If you fall in a wild no-man's land, I don't want you to become wolf dung!" - Although the return capsule of the Mars mission was actually splashed at sea.

Lao Wang is a professional astronaut and a mission expert, and Tang Yue is a half-, he is a payload expert, the king of sao takes care of Tang Yue very much, the snow covers the mountain at three o'clock in the morning, the two people are crowded in a thin tent, and the external communication is cut off, and the snow outside the tent is thigh-deep Qi, Tang Yue's hands and feet are numb, and Lao Wang rubs his hands and feet until dawn.

At that time, Lao Wang told him, he said Tang Yue, I can see that you kid is a ruthless person.

Tang Yue asked me where was the ruthlessness? I cut vegetables and cut my fingers, and I had to go to the hospital for three days.

Lao Wang patted him on the shoulder.

During overload training, you scolded the director in the centrifuge for the eight generations of ancestors of his family, right?

The Mars rover supported Tang Yue, and Tang Yue supported the antenna, this communication antenna was a rather large and heavy thing, taller than Tang Yue himself.

God knows how he survived, what Lao Wang said may be right, deep down, Tang Yue is an extremely stubborn person, sometimes he will be a man like a mad dog, he will bite something tightly and will not let go, he will not let go if you kill him. Just like when I participated in the overload training in the Jiuquan Center, the centrifuge accelerated all the way, and the other load experts pressed the siren when the overload reached 6 G. ”

He just it all the way to 8 G's.

Tang Yue glanced at his watch, the time was a quarter past three in the afternoon, and the wind showed no signs of abating.

He listened to Mai Dong apologize to them in the channel.

The docking failed, the lander derailed, it stands to reason that they have reached a dead end, and even the old cat gave up, but Tang Yue didn't think so, and an inexplicable fierceness and ruthlessness poured out from the bottom of his heart. He is a man like a mad dog, he will bite something hard and not let go, Beethoven said that he would choke the throat of fate, but Beethoven is a fart, he will bite the throat of fate viciously!

He's a mad dog, and he's going to lock his fate in his throat! He didn't let go of killing him.

"Mr. Cat, Mr. Tang Yue, you must live well......"

"Shut up." Tang Yue said coldly.

Mai Dong was stunned.

The old cat was also stunned.

"Mr. Tang Yue, I'...... I ......" Mai Dong didn't know what he said wrong, which made Tang Yue unhappy.

"Shut up." Tang Yue said, "From now on, don't speak, don't say anything!" I don't want to listen to the last words, now is not the time to leave the last words, I'm not dead yet, if you die, I don't want to lose face? ”

"I'm not dead, I'm not going to let you die, fucking the cruel universe." Tang Yue squeezed out a little bit of strength out of nowhere, and shouted, "Old cat! ”

"I'm here."

"Specifics? What is the relative position and velocity of the two? Tang Yue asked, "Tell me the specific situation." ”

The old cat groaned for a long time.

The cursor on the screen flashes regularly, and the computer gives the expected trajectory.

"The Joint Space Station and the lander are still in coplanar orbits, but the difference in orbital altitude between the two is too large, the altitude of the space station is 403.5 kilometers, and the altitude of the Eagle spacecraft is 322.1 kilometers, a difference of 81.4 kilometers, and the straight-line distance between the two has been extended to 157.5 kilometers." The old cat replied.

Eighty-one kilometers eighty-one kilometers eighty-one kilometers eighty-one kilometers, Tang Yue closed his eyes and silently recited this number in his heart, there are still eighty-one kilometers left!

"The worst thing is that the altitude of the Eagle spacecraft is still decreasing, and its current orbital perigee is as low as 113 kilometers, and the lander will graze the Martian atmosphere at the perigee, further consuming energy, and it is expected that after a cycle of orbit, the altitude of the lander will be reduced to 284.0 kilometers, and the altitude difference between the two will increase to 119.5 kilometers."

"According to this trend, after six laps, the lander will completely crash into the atmosphere."

"How much propellant does the Eagle ship have?" Tang Yue asked.

"Twenty percent left." The old cat replied, "Such a little propellant can't complete the orbit change, at most it can only be used to control the attitude." ”

Twenty percent twenty percent twenty percent twenty percent, Tang Yue's eyes were tightly closed, and there was still twenty percent of the propellant left.

"In this case, the docking is hopeless." The old cat sighed, "Tang Yue...... I can understand your feelings, and I regret it, but we have run out of ammunition and food, and we have run out of fuel, and we are indeed out of options. ”

"Shut up."

"Mr. Tang Yue, don't ...... anymore," Mai Dong said timidly.

"Shut up." Tang Yue said viciously, "Girl, we are saving your life, do you understand?" It's your own life, not someone else's! Shut up! If you don't understand, please shut up! If you don't want to live anymore, then I'll think for you! ”

Tang Yue leaned on the rover, his eyes were closed, his body and limbs were cold, but his brain suddenly became clear, and the parameters reported by the old cat rolled repeatedly in his brain, they combined and split each other, and the orbits of the space station and the lander converged in front of Tang Yue's eyes.

There is still life...... There must be a last chance of life! It's hidden in the numbers! Physics and mathematics are indeed the iron laws that are welded to death, but he Tang Yue is a miracle in a billion!

Tang Yue opened his eyes, the wind and sand around him gradually faded away, and he saw the broken space station in the darkness, as well as the Eagle spaceship rolling out of control in the distance.

At that moment, something penetrated his brain.

"Old cat, we still have a chance."

"What?" The old cat was stunned, "What did you say?" ”

"Lao Wang said before that I was a ruthless person who was wise and foolish, and the more critical it was, the faster my brain turned, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it." Tang Yue stood on the sand, the wind around him gradually fell silent, he seemed to be in the universe, and spoke to the void, "Old cat, we still have a chance." ”

"What chance?"

The old cat was taken aback.

"The mountains will not come to Muhammad." Tang Yue whispered, "But Muhammad can go to the mountains!" ”