My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 220

ARES 3 solar day 218

Recipient: Ares 3 Residential Area Team Member (email address withheld)

From: Jennifer Lawrence ([email protected])

Topic: Sirius tandem rover modification draft

mark,

Below are the detailed renovation plans we have developed so far. Please note that if new needs arise in the future or more accurate sources of information are obtained, the relevant implementation regulations may be revised as appropriate.

Please read the full text and reply to comments, correction suggestions, etc. Use outline numbers to index specific ranges of content within a document.

Jennifer Lawrence

Astronauts and thermal management systems

Johnson Space Center

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

Engineering Department

Astronaut and Thermal Management Systems Group

Sirius mission

Ares 3 Rover and Pony Spaceship Friendship Renovation Plan Master Plan

Version number 4.16a

outline

1. Inventory and work material inventory assessment

2. Preparation work for the No. rover chassis

A. Recycling the interior components of Rover No. 1

B. Remove the cabin and superstructure of Rover No. 1

C. Recycling chassis parts of Rover 1

3. Preparations for weight loss on the Friendship

A. Disassemble and remove the alien engine

B. Constructing the mid-hull bracket

4. Friendship slimming down

A. Replace the nose landing gear wheel

B. Detach the tail of the spacecraft

C. Recycling parts of the Friendship wreckage

D. Install the spacecraft-rover environment system interface

5. Lifting the Friendship

A. Rover chassis preparation

B. Preparation of the hull bottom of the Friendship

C. Moving Friendship

D. Adjust the placement position of Friendship on the rover chassis

E. Fixing the Friendship to the chassis of the vehicle

F. Connect the environment system interface

6. Renovation work of Friendship after fixation

A. Transplantation of residential area electricity storage system components

B. Fixed solar panels

C. Install the No.1 rover computer

D. Replace the cabin lighting system of Friendship

E. Remove all non-essential system equipment

F. Recovery engine control system

G. (Optional) Recommended load shedding measures

7. Renovation work of rover No.

A. Second generation improved design of saddle bags

B. Auxiliary power storage expansion equipment

C. Construction of roof pathfinder bracket structure

D. Lifting Pathfinder

E. Construction of solar panel storage structure

F. Construction of Friendship engine and alien battery fixed structure

8. Test procedures

A. Sirius V - Equipment power consumption test

B. Sirius 6 – Life Support System Testing

C. Sirius 7 - Operational Rehearsal

9. Sirius – It’s hard to live without Schiaparelli

Appendix: Checklist of goods required for Sirius 8 and Phoenix 2 operations

From: Mark Watney (email address withheld)

Topic: Re: Sirius Tandem Rover Retrofit Draft

First of all, let me correct you: it was a mobile home.

Next let’s talk about the questions:

2A: I had to wear a pressure suit for all operations, and the amount of materials that needed to be moved back and forth meant that I could only do it by myself. Under such conditions, the allotted time of only four hours is somewhat idealistic. Moreover, we have to complete 2B in the same EVA, which is really too demanding. Well, since I still have about two hundred solar days to complete these tasks according to the current situation, can the estimated time written in the plan be simply ignored? Anyway, you won’t deduct my salary because I work overtime, right? No way, right?

2C: It’s impossible for me to dismantle the various bits and pieces we cut directly from the main body in a step-by-step manner. I do still have a lot of carbon dioxide filters in my inventory, but the EVA duration is limited. If we need any hardware materials, we will go directly to the debris dump to find them. Auto repair shops on Earth have been built like this for hundreds of years, and now they can be built on Mars as well.

3A: I know the only information you have is the photos I took, but your long talk boils down to just one sentence: "Step one: remove the engine; step two: don't drop it." It's so obvious that there's no need to guess. For a long time.

3B: How many stones are needed? ? ? Ouch, my poor back is suffering too much.

4B: It’s still a long story, and it’s also one sentence: “Step one: cut off 40% of the rear hull of the spacecraft; step two: this time it can be dropped.”

4D: You missed an important step. We are currently using the cool and dry environment in the accommodation section of the Friendship to store hay to prevent the food from being affected by the cold and dehydrated environment outside. The steps you envision inevitably require depressurizing the spacecraft cabin, which means first moving all the supplies stored in the cabin to the bridge, and then sealing all the vents between the remaining two airtight compartments. . At that point the weight change caused by our operation will be slightly more than half a ton. Will this have any impact?

5A: After reading this paragraph, what I thought was: "It seems that the first quick repair service center on Mars is about to open." Dear, does your flying saucer need to be vacuumed and cleaned during maintenance?

5B: At this point, the bottom of the Friendship's hull should have been mostly covered by the pile of rocks below supporting its weight. This will cause many difficulties in subsequent work such as straightening the fixed bracket and testing metal material defects. Any suggestions?

5C: It’s a long story again, let’s sum it up: “Step one: let the unicorn lift it up; step two: ask her to be careful not to fall.”

6A: Thank you for understanding that we really need to maintain power supply as much as possible on the spacecraft and not letting us remove the old batteries from the spacecraft early.

6B: "Step : Let the unicorn lift you up; Step : Tie the solar panel; Step : Remind her not to drop you."

6E and 6F: We have already prepared these in advance. Now the only things left on the spacecraft are the environmental control system, a flight control/landing gear steering system, circuit breakers and fuses, and communication systems. But now we are still discussing whether to move the microwave oven in the habitation module because there is really no room for it in the rover.

These are my main comments. However, my words cannot represent the feelings of the remaining few when they learned that their spaceship was about to be torn into pieces.

mark

Sender: Cherry Berry (email address hidden)

Topic: Re: Sirius Tandem Rover Retrofit Draft

What are you going to do to my spaceship? ? ? (No, I understand what you're trying to do, but it's still sad. This ship is pretty cool.)

By the way, tell Mark that Whinnybago is a bad name. Do you like the fact that we call the rover "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogs

Berry

Sender: Tingting (email address hidden)

Topic: Re: Sirius Tandem Rover Retrofit Draft

I won’t go through the complete list one by one, but will just make a few comments.

Our last test of the main engines was at lowest thrust - we didn't want to overload the landing gear brakes or risk an uncontrolled liftoff. More detailed testing will be needed to determine whether their performance is worth the effort of transporting them to the Ares 4 MAV. We will complete all of this before starting construction of the structures related to storing the engine on the rover.

If we had enough extra food, I could make better saddlebags without having to cut up the hab canvas. There may be uses for those materials for other things, and I can't make any more Hab Sealing Resin.

I think the nose landing gear may be too long and the spacecraft will not be able to lay flat on Rover 1. We can adjust the length, but it will take some time.

The main engine control system is quite simple. If I understand correctly, the plan is to install the engine on the first stage of the MAV and drive the thrust directly to the maximum. This can be done with that simple switch. Mobile thrusters will be relatively complex, after all, each component consists of four thrusters.

I'll let you know if I think of anything else.

dragonfly

Sender: Starlight Glimmer (email address withheld)

Topic: Re: Sirius Tandem Rover Retrofit Draft

I'm not happy to see myself listed in the "equipment" column. I'm not a saw, or a drill, or a crane, or pliers, or any other tool. I'm a human being, and I'd love to see you use something like this in your instructions: "Ask the unicorn if he wants to."

To put things into perspective, each step in the process that requires a lot of magic would fill an entire solar day. Although our current magic supply is not as tight as it was when we first arrived on Mars, it is still an environment with basically no magic energy. Mana depletion is extremely painful, and I plan to avoid this situation as much as possible.

A little more consideration when thinking about it will go a long way in the future.

starry

Side note: That guy Mark is still complaining about his back pain? Is he serious? Most of the work like moving rocks and digging holes was done by me in the end! No matter what, my poor horn should be the one to suffer!

Sender: Fireball (email address withheld)

Topic: Re: Sirius Tandem Rover Retrofit Draft

Don't listen to Cherry Berry's nonsense. Pony also has a city called "Whinnycity", and there's nothing wrong with the "Whinnybago".

What is "bago"?

Fireball