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Dead on Mars Dead on Mars Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Sol Two Hundred and Seventy, A Single Person's Sunset

Translator: CKtalon  Editor: CKtalon

“The Eagle?” Tomcat removed the earpiece, unsure what Tang Yue was getting at.

“The Eagle's Ascent Vehicle. The little guy we launched up there. Isn't it still connected to the United Space Station?”

Tomcat waved its claw. It obviously knew that the Eagle's Ascent Vehicle was still connected to the United Space Station. Back then, both of them had gone to great effort and danger before successfully sending the Eagle into the embrace of the space station. Looking back, Tomcat felt that it must have been mad to agree to such a risky operation.

However, the Eagle's Ascent Vehicle couldn't be used as a vessel to enter the atmosphere again. It was one-use, having completed its mission after it entered orbit.

Now, the Eagle was just a large piece of space trash. Logically speaking, it was to be abandoned, but the reason Mai Dong hadn't abandoned it was because with Earth gone, man-made space trash became rare and precious.

“The Eagle no longer has the ability to enter the atmosphere,” Tomcat said. “It's worthless and the propellant has been completely expended. You want that lass to descend on a condemned spacecraft?”

“Based on regular flight standards, the Eagle is already condemned. However, it has some redundancy in its design. There's definitely some room to be squeezed from that redundancy… right?” Tang Yue's pupils dilated as he suppressed his voice. Tomcat was alarmed to hear that. Tang Yue was using a gambler's thought process. He wanted to infinitely approach the spacecraft's design limits, betting that it could survive.

This was akin to having a city on the brink of destruction, while you had the last Boeing 737 plane for escaping. However, Boeing had already informed you that the plane had reached the end of its lifespan.

At this moment, you'd have to bet that the plane's designers had left sufficient safety redundancies. Even though the plane was rated for an MTBF of 10,000 hours, you would take the bet that 10,001 hours would be fine.

Tomcat and Tang Yue had made such a bet the last time, and thankfully, they had won the bet.

“Apart from the Eagle, we don't have anything else that has the ability to enter the atmosphere. The space station's and Orion's structures don't permit it because they will definitely disintegrate and burn,” Tang Yue said. “However, the Eagle's design allows it to enter the atmosphere. It has a lifting body design with its blunt nose, not some fragile lattice structure. Therefore, even if the space station can't withstand the resistance and overload, it will be able to withstand it!”

Tomcat fell silent in thought.

Tang Yue's idea was very bold and crazy, but he was right. In terms of structure, the Eagle was indeed sturdier than the space station. The space station had no hopes of entering the atmosphere, but the Eagle stood a chance.

“If we come up with a way to stabilize the lander into an atmospheric entry position, the heat insulation layer on its surface might be able to help Mai Dong survive the heat.” Tang Yue spoke very quickly without any thought. Clearly, he had been thinking about this problem for some time.

The heat-insulating material was an advantage unique to the lander. The Eagle's belly was covered with a layer of black heat-resistant tiles. During the atmospheric entry, it could have this face the ground as it withstood the heat produced by adiabatic compression.

The lander's heat-resistant tiles were the only hope to resist the heat.

“The Eagle's heat-resistant tiles have been exposed to the heat during its first landing,” Tomcat reminded him.

“Those people on Earth love to leave at least double the amount of redundancy.” Tang Yue raised two fingers. “Do you remember Cryptic Yang? He told me that the heat-resistant tiles on the lander can allow for the Eagle to do it three times.”

“Cryptic Yang?” Tomcat obviously remembered the man. His heroics of attempting to mix Sparkling Oldenlandia Water with Swedish herring canned food was still fresh on its mind. “Wasn't he involved in compressed biscuits at the nutrition center? What has he got to do with the heat-resistant tiles?”

“His girlfriend's brother's mentor's eldest nephew's seventh maternal granduncle was a department head at NASA.”

“But we have no idea about the situation regarding the heat-resistant tiles on the Eagle. If there's any damage to it, it will just replicate the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster,” Tomcat said. “It needs careful inspection.”

“But at the very least, we have hope.”

“It's too early to call it hope.” Tomcat wore a serious expression. “Even if the Eagle can withstand the heat, it's unable to decelerate by itself. When it enters the atmosphere, it will be in free fall. Putting someone in a metal can and throwing them from four hundred kilometers will kill anyone unless they are the Hulk.”

Tang Yue nodded with a frown.

He had tried his best to find viable means to descend, but they couldn't be built on wishful thinking. Tang Yue and Tomcat were betting, betting on Mai Dong's life. Considering the sanctity of life, they couldn't make any mistakes. As long as a single mistake happened during the atmospheric entry, the lady would be vaporized.

The major obstacles that Tomcat talked about were the strength of the structure, the high-temperature resistance, and the deceleration. The Earth could only solve the first two problems, but the last problem was an unsolvable stumbling block. Just to have the complete lander safely land, engineers on Earth had to design several deceleration solutions. The JPL eggheads spent six months eating ramen and racking their brains before they came up with an unassailable plan.

Now, Tang Yue only had half the lander on hand. Furthermore, it was a shell without any propellant. To try landing with an empty shell? That was treating the laws of physics and engineering with the greatest contempt.

Since time immemorial, all that viewed the laws of physics and engineering with contempt had resulted in a bloody outcome.

Anyone who attempted to go against Newton eventually got hit by Lord Isaac in the face.

Tang Yue set up a few tables with white paper. On them were written: “Lord Newton,” “Lord Konstantin Tsiolkovsky,” “Lord Wernher von Braun,” as well as “Lord Sergei Korolev.” Then, he began kowtowing on the desktop.

“Lords, please show your powers to your followers. If you don't make your presence felt, humanity will be doomed.”

“The final problem is navigation. If we were to let Miss Mai Dong descend, we need her to land accurately near Kunlun Station,” Tomcat said. “We do not have any rescue teams or helicopters on Mars. If the lander landed hundreds of kilometers away, no one could rescue her in time.”

“Hey, Mr. Cat, what are you guys being all secretive about?” Mai Dong appeared onscreen.

“Nothing. Nothing.” Tomcat wore its earpiece and said, “I'm only persuading Tang Yue not to hide under his blankets every night watching Japanese language flicks. Otherwise, it might lead to kidney deficiency… It's not like his body is okay to begin with…”

Tang Yue sat by the side, holding up his head as he stuck out his tongue.

With the resources on the space station slowly depleting, Mai Dong's predicament was exposed once again. If she continued staying there, her physical condition might only worsen.

To be frank, even if Mai Dong was brought down, the duo wouldn't be able to live long. Kunlun Station was equally limited in resources, but at the very least, being together allowed them to help each other. Tang Yue wasn't really scheming anything. He was in no mood to scheme in an environment where he had little to eat or drink. It was just that being in a dire situation, he would enjoy having another person accompany him so they could share in the warmth.

Every time he sat at Kunlun Station's entrance to watch the sunset, Tang Yue would muse about how nice it would be if he had someone with him.

That way, he could say to the other person: “Look, doesn't the sun look like an egg yolk?”

“Directly using the Eagle's Ascent Vehicle is impossible.” Tomcat walked over and pressed down on his shoulders. “But it's not completely hopeless.”

Tang Yue was stunned.

“You have a solution?”

“No.” Tomcat shook its head. “This matter needs time and we can't be rash about it. I need to make careful calculations. The Eagle can at the very least help us resist the heat problem. That's already one big step. The other steps will need planning.”

Chapter end

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Chapter 249 – : Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 248 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 247 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 246 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 245 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 244 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 243 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 242 – Sol Three Hundred and Forty
Chapter 241
Chapter 240
Chapter 239 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 238 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 237 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 236 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 235 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 234 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 233 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 232 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 231 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 230 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 229 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 228 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 227 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 226 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 225 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 224 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 223 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 222 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 221 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 220 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 219 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 218 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty
Chapter 217
Chapter 216 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 215 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 214 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 213 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 212 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 211 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 210 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 209 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 208 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 207 – sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 206 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 205 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 204 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 203 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 202 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 201 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 200 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 199 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 198 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 197 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 196 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Four, How to Enter the Two
Chapter 195 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Four, Desert, Loneliness, Shit
Chapter 194 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 193 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 192 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Two, Law of Tomcat's Flag
Chapter 191 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 190 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 189 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 188 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 187 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 186 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 185 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 184 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 183 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 182 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 181 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 180 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 179 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 178 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 177
Chapter 176
Chapter 175 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 174 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty–Four, Buttocks and Thermal
Chapter 173 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 172 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 171 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 170 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 169 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 168 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 167 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 166 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 165 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 164 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 163 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 162 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 161 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 160 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 159 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 158 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 157
Chapter 156
Chapter 155
Chapter 154
Chapter 153
Chapter 152 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 151 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Seven, Bio
Chapter 150 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 149 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 148 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 147 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 146 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 145 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 144 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 143 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 142 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 141 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 140 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 139 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 138 – : Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 137 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 136 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 135 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 134 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 133 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 132 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 131 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Three, Long
Chapter 130 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 129 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 128 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Two, New
Chapter 127 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 126 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 125 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 124 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 123
Chapter 122
Chapter 121
Chapter 120
Chapter 119
Chapter 118
Chapter 117
Chapter 116
Chapter 115
Chapter 114
Chapter 113
Chapter 112
Chapter 111
Chapter 110
Chapter 109
Chapter 108
Chapter 107
Chapter 106
Chapter 105
Chapter 104
Chapter 103
Chapter 102
Chapter 101
Chapter 100
Chapter 99
Chapter 98
Chapter 97
Chapter 96
Chapter 95
Chapter 94
Chapter 93
Chapter 92
Chapter 91
Chapter 90
Chapter 89
Chapter 88
Chapter 87
Chapter 86
Chapter 85
Chapter 84
Chapter 83
Chapter 82
Chapter 81
Chapter 80
Chapter 79
Chapter 78
Chapter 77
Chapter 76
Chapter 75
Chapter 74 – Sol Hundred, Shit
Chapter 73 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 72 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 71 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 70 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 69 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 68 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 67: Sol Ninety-Eight, A Man Without Water Is Not a Man at All
Chapter 66: Sol Ninety-Eight, Scurvy, and Kidney Failure
Chapter 65: Sol Ninety-Eight, The Space Station's Miss Farmer
Chapter 64: Sol Ninety-Eight, The Mathematical Explanation Between Gradual Enlightenment and Instant Enlightenment
Chapter 63: Sol Ninety-Eight, Disappearance of the Orion I
Chapter 62: Epilogue
Chapter 61: Sol Five, Grab onto That Shackle
Chapter 60: Sol Five, Five Seconds That Can Give Birth to Ten Thousand Stars
Chapter 59: Sol Five, Seventy-Meter-Long Surgical Knife
Chapter 58: Sol Five, The Arm
Chapter 57: Sol Five, The Solitary Shout
Chapter 56: Sol Five, Fly Towards the Sun
Chapter 55: Sol Five, The Mountain Will Not Come to Muhammad
Chapter 54: Sol Five, Biting Fate by the Throat
Chapter 53: Sol Five, Good People Live Long
Chapter 52: Sol Five, Eternal Increase in Entropy
Chapter 51: Sol Five, We Crashed
Chapter 50: Sol Five, The Probability of Success from Betting One's Life
Chapter 49: Sol Five, Desperado
Chapter 48: Sol Five, I'm Watching from Hundreds of Millions of Kilometers Away
Chapter 47: Sol Five, Lonely Radio Wave
Chapter 46: Sol Five, Third Life in the Whole Universe
Chapter 45: Sol Five, Either Make or Break
Chapter 44: Sol Five, I've Been Caught by the Nazis
Chapter 43: Sol Five, Nostalgia Became a Tiny Spacecraft
Chapter 42: Sol Five, Lil' Eagle's Race
Chapter 41: Sol Five, Eagle, Away You Go!
Chapter 40: Sol Five, Mars United Space Station
Chapter 39: Sol Five, the Greatest Being-Toward-Death
Chapter 38: Sol Five, The Meaning of a Million Tang Yue's
Chapter 37: Sol Five, Snail in a Race
Chapter 36: Sol Five, The Universe's Final Broadcasting Station
Chapter 35: Sol Four, Man is Unable to Defeat the Universe
Chapter 34: Sol Four, Cold Physics and Mathematics
Chapter 33: Sol Four, Parents Need Alone Time When Guiding Children With Their Studies
Chapter 32: Sol Four, SpongeBob Lives Under the Sea
Chapter 31: Sol Four, Two Solutions to Repair a TV
Chapter 30: Sol Four, Antenna Father and Antenna Son
Chapter 29: Sol Four, A Person Equaling a Billion People
Chapter 28: Sol Four, Himalayas on the Plains
Chapter 27: Sol Four, Becoming a Mummy on Mars
Chapter 26: Sol Four, Would I Lose All My Reputation?
Chapter 25: Sol Four, Disappearance of Tomcat
Chapter 24: Sol Four, Forging Across the Hundred Meters
Chapter 23: Sol Four, Force 14 Wind on Mars
Chapter 22: Sol Four, 21st Century Famine
Chapter 21: Sol Four, Taking off the EVA Suit, Buttocks Go First
Chapter 20: Sol Four, I'm Starving
Chapter 19: Sol Three, Tomcat is a Good Dictionary
Chapter 18: Sol Three, A Cremation Awaits a Moment's Joy of Ripping Wires
Chapter 17: Sol Three, 13,416 Articles
Chapter 16: Sol Three, Kunlun Station's Enslaved Worker
Chapter 15: Sol Two, The Eagle That Lets Its Hair Down
Chapter 14: Sol Two, How an Earth Can Be Blasted Apart
Chapter 13: Sol Two, Grand Art of Dirty Clothes Changing
Chapter 12: Sol Two, The Naked Man on the Desolate Plains
Chapter 11: Sol One, Rectum Comparable to a Howitzer
Chapter 10: Sol One, Mars Wanderer
Chapter 9: Sol One, Kunlun Station is a Turtle Shell
Chapter 8: Sol One, Robots Do Not Need Sleep
Chapter 7: Sol One, You are Inhumane
Chapter 6: Sol One, Can Last Another Five Sols
Chapter 5: Sol One, Crazy Canned Food
Chapter 4: Sol One, Enough Oxygen for Fifteen Years
Chapter 3: Sol One, Live On
Chapter 2: Sol One, Last Human in the Universe
Chapter 1: Sol One, Earth Has Exploded
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