Chapter 241 Twists and turns
Inside the Martian crater, Zhang Kai could see the distant storm approaching quickly as soon as he looked up.
It won't be long before the brink of the storm arrives.
"Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!"
At this moment, Zhang Kai, who was alone on this lonely Mars, wished that the sample collection equipment could rotate as fast as a drilling machine.
Looking at the collection progress on the monitor, Zhang Kai was extremely anxious.
time is life.
At this moment, it is truly felt.
I don't know if it's because the storm has been moving, but in space, Qian Zhubin and Li Haiyan, who kept calling Zhang Kai, connected to the Mars lander again.
"Zhang Kai, great, I finally got in touch with you again."
"The ground command center issued the latest order, asking you to return immediately, return immediately."
"Please answer if you receive it."
Seeing that the collection progress bar has reached 90%, Zhang Kai decided to take a gamble.
If he gave up like this now, even if he went back alive, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
Zhang Kai understood very clearly that no matter his age or his body, he was no longer allowed to embark on a trip to Mars again.
"Zhang Kai, please answer if you receive it."
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Li Haiyan yelled over and over again, but there was no response at all.
Seeing that the Mars lander still had a communication connection, Qian Zhubin and Li Haiyan, who could not contact Zhang Kai, had to send some important information to the main computer of the Mars lander in text.
100%
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Soil sampling complete! One last task is finally done.
However, Zhang Kai at this time was not in a happy mood at all.
Because... the wind is blowing.
The dust in the distance was flying like a sandstorm on the blue star.
The difference is that the dust storms in the afterlife are the color of sand in the desert.
But the one in front of him was red.
There is a strange atmosphere everywhere.
Zhang Kai didn't have time to take another look, and if he didn't return to the Mars lander now, he might be blown away by the storm with his small body.
In the other half, in the Blue Star Ground Central Control Command Center, all everyone can do is pray.
Due to the time difference, Blue Star, which is 96 million kilometers away, is doomed to be of little help.
Time passed by one minute and one second, and every second received a message from the Firefly manned spaceship 5 minutes ago.
There is more depression in the central control command center.
According to the normal process, the Mars lander needs to perform a self-inspection on the Mars lander before it takes off.
On this uninhabited Mars, there is only one Mars lander. If there is a problem with the Mars lander, then Zhang Kai will stay on this planet forever.
At the critical moment, Zhang Kai's potential was fully stimulated, and a large amount of adrenaline flowed into every corner of the body through the blood circulation system.
In such a state, although his heartbeat has reached 180 beats per minute, Zhang Kai's mind is indeed extraordinarily clear.
My heart rate was too fast, and I kept thinking about the alarm in my ear.
Zhang Kai, who fastened his seat belt, directly turned off the alarm manually.
Zhang Kai took out the operation manual and glanced at it, and directly gave up the self-check process of the Mars lander.
Time simply does not allow!
The next moment, without any hesitation, Zhang Kai directly pressed the ignition button of the engine.
Next, everything is left to fate.
The moment Zhang Kai pressed the button, light blue flames shot out from the bottom of the Mars lander.
The huge and powerful force pushed the Mars lander away from the bottom support, slowly rising, and the speed became faster and faster.
Before Zhang Kai could be happy for a while, a piercing red alarm sounded inside the Mars lander.
Looking at the display on the monitor, at just a moment ago, the Mars lander was changed by a storm that suddenly became larger.
The Mars lander fell in an arc like a sky monkey.
Fortunately, the balance system of the Mars lander adjusted its attitude in time, allowing the Mars lander to continue to lift off quickly.
It's just... the Mars lander has seriously deviated from its original flight path.
Looking down from space, the huge storm can already be seen with the naked eye.
On the spaceship, Qian Zhubin and Li Haiyan only knew that the Mars lander had already taken off.
However, when the time came, the Mars lander had not yet flown out of the clouds.
"Failed?"
Although deep in my heart I hope that there will be a miracle, the reality is often very cruel.
Inside the spaceship, both Qian Zhubin and Li Haiyan seemed a little silent.
However, in the next second, there was a beep in the spaceship.
"Communication reconnected successfully."
Qian Zhubin and Li Haiyan were only stunned for a moment, and indescribable joy welled up in their hearts.
At this moment, even Qian Zhubin, a big man, burst into tears with excitement.
"The Mars lander deviates from the planned orbit and is recalculating."
Soon the computer calculation results on the spacecraft came out.
Facing the results shown above, both Qian Zhubin and Li Haiyan broke out in a cold sweat.
For the Mars lander that deviated from the predetermined orbit, the fuel was just right enough to send it to the far-earth orbit.
This is again the result of sacrificing the steering and leaving the fuel used by the attitude balance engine to the main engine.
All this is because at the time of design, although 20% of the fuel was reserved, the increase in the weight of the astronauts was ignored.
Yes, the extra dozen catties of meat almost killed Lao Zhang.
I don't know if Lao Zhang will lose weight after he knows the truth.
"Apply to the ground central control command center to manually drive the Huowing manned spaceship, and take the initiative to dock the Mars lander."
"clear."
It is already great luck that the Mars lander can reach the distant earth orbit.
Wanting to actively dock the unpowered Mars lander with the Firefly is simply a dream.
"How does it feel?"
"It feels so good to be back in space."
"You should lose weight."
There was no rebuttal, and even Zhang Kai himself agreed very much.
"Yeah, I really should lose weight."
"The extra dozen catties of meat almost made it impossible for me to see my wife and daughter again."
"I have asked Li Haiyan to apply for the acceleration of the spacecraft to the ground, and manually dock with you."
"Okay, the battery power on the Mars lander is limited, I will keep the radio silent for now."
"Communication ended."
Blue Star quickly responded and asked the astronauts to rescue the Mars lander.
During the period, make decisions on your own according to the actual situation.
Seeing the teacher and a group of staff dancing happily like a group of children, Mo Jingchun also laughed.
It was too depressing before, and the depressing people couldn't breathe.
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As the docking hatch opened, Zhang Kai pushed a cylinder into the spacecraft first.
What is contained in this cylinder is the soil from Mars.
When we met again, Zhang Kai, who had taken off his spacesuit, hugged his two teammates fiercely.
"Your boy's fate is really great!"
Qian Zhubin punched Zhang Kai and said with a big laugh.
"Let's report to the ground first."
