Teddy leaned back on his chair, looked at him and said: "You are not the only one who needs to call the satellite. Our Ares 4 supply mission is about to begin, and we should pay more attention to Skiappa Rayleigh Crater."
When Vincent saw this, he took a step back and said, "Okay, we have 12 satellites flying in the sky, so we can definitely spare a few hours."
p>"It's not a calling issue." Seeing that Vincent was a little confused, Teddy simply decided to make it clearer, "We are a public domain organization, and we must be transparent on this matter."
"Okay."
"The moment we pointed the satellite at the habitat module, I had already broadcast the photo of Mark Watney's body to the world."
"You're worried about PR?"
"Of course I'm worried about PR. As long as we have dead astronauts on the front page of the Washington Post, Congress won't even give them a paperclip If we reimburse him, why should he ask for it?"
"He can't disappear. I mean, he won't...degrade." Vincent said: "You know, he. It will always be there."
"Meteorologists estimate that it will be covered by sand in just one year under normal weather conditions."
"But we can't wait a year. Ah, we still have work to do."
"Ares 5 won't be launched for five years, we have plenty of time," Teddy said.
"If you think about it, the sympathy for Watney's family now has the world on our side, and Ares 6 can help him return to his roots."
Vincent Said: "Now we don't say that this is the purpose of the mission, but we must make it clear that this is part of the mission. If we describe it this way, we will get more support from the parliament, but we won't know for sure in another year."
1:30 am.
Satellite Communications Center.
Minnie Parker received a satellite application from Vincent Capol.
When she checked the satellite images of the 18th and 54th solar days, she was immediately stunned.
Because in addition to the traces of vehicle activity, there is also a new building.
An hour later.
Not only Vincent, but also Teddy came after hearing the news.
There is also Anne Montrose, who is also the leader of NASA.
"How sure are you?"
"100%."
"You are talking nonsense." Annie cursed.
Everyone looked at the extra buildings and the moving Mars rover on the satellite images with disbelief on their faces.
Neither Teddy nor Annie believe that Mark is still alive, let alone that someone can build many new houses on Mars.
After all, this is unimaginable and unreasonable.
But Vincent asked Minnie to adjustSatellite images from different time periods were produced to prove his argument with facts.
Finally, he pointed to a picture of the five-star red flag waving in the wind and said: "It seems that these houses were built by Chinese people."
"Damn, they want to What are you doing?" Teddy said very unhappily.
"You should think more about how we want to say this now." Anne looked at Teddy, changed into a press conference tone and said: "Dear American people, still remember the one we The astronaut who died and had a special funeral?"
She looked at everyone and said: "The result is that he is still alive, we threw him on Mars, and now he is alone and helpless. , but we live next to the Chinese. This is all our fault, sincerely, the American Airlines.”
After saying that, she looked at Teddy sharply and said, “I mean, you. Do you realize big trouble is coming?"
"How do we deal with the public?" Teddy asked.
"Legally, we have 24 hours to release these photos." Anne said.
Teddy followed: "We are issuing a statement, and we don't want people to figure it out on their own."
"Okay." Annie nodded.
"If my calculation is correct, he should have starved to death before we rescued him." Teddy said expressionlessly.
“You can’t imagine what he went through there. I mean, he was 50 million miles away from home. He thought he was alone. He thought we had given up. How?" Vincent said.
"Actually, he is not alone." Minnie, who had been silent, reminded in a low voice: "There is a Chinese living cabin next to him."
"Yes, I almost forgot, it's them again." Teddy gritted his teeth and said: "Don't make a statement yet, I have to talk to the China National Space Administration on the phone."
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On Mars.
Mark, who had just taken a shower, was listening to the gothic hip-hop disco left by Commander Louis. By the way, he complained in the diary: "I will definitely die if I listen to one more disco like this." ."
As he spoke, he changed the topic and said: "Fortunately, I still have a reason not to leave the world like this. I must live before eating the food cooked by Rosen. Go down."
At this time, someone knocked on the door.
When Mark quickly changed his clothes and went out, he saw Rosen carrying two insulated lunch boxes.
"These songs of yours are really terrible." Rosen couldn't help but frown when he heard the disco sound.
"But this is all I have." Mark shrugged helplessly.
"Fortunately, I still have some songs there, and I will send them to you later." Rosen said with a smile.
This meal was very good.
Mark got drunk again because of Lao Baigan, and then he praised Rosen’s cooking skills gushingly, especiallyEspecially the plate of beef stew with potatoes.
At the end, he complained again: NASA has completely forgotten about him. Fortunately, he is not alone and has met new friends here.
Later, when Mark was lying on the bed preparing to rest, the music in the cabin had changed from the original gothic hip-hop disco to: "Good luck, good luck, good luck brings Joy and love..."
To be honest, Rosen was also crushed when he heard that the USB flash drive he handed to Mark was full of such songs.
He didn’t expect that the car songs he bought online would be so... inspiring! It's... endlessly memorable!
The only good thing is that Mark seems to like this kind of song, and even sang along with it in a nonsensical way.
"Mark, I wish you good luck." Rosen said and left.
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Let’s not talk about whether Mark is lucky or not, Teddy is definitely not very lucky.
Especially when he had a phone call with the top management of China National Space Administration, and when he accused the other party but was denied, he became even more angry.
"People can't be so shameless, at least they shouldn't be." Teddy slapped the table, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Damn it, we must speed up the process of all work, otherwise we will wait until we are ready Well, there may be no place for us on Mars."
When he faced the reporters who came after hearing the news, he felt more and more headache and wanted to curse.
"Have you tried any methods to contact Mark Watney?"
"We are working hard." Teddy replied weakly.
"Does he have enough supplies to survive?"
"We will investigate clearly."
"I heard that there are Chinese built near the habitation module House, has China successfully landed on Mars?"
"Then you have to ask the China National Space Administration," Teddy said through gritted teeth.
"What impact will this have on your bureau? Are you prepared to take the blame and resign?"
"No."
Note: Because of the orbit, The closest distance between Earth and Mars is 55 million kilometers, and the furthest distance is 400 million kilometers.