My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 237

ARES 3 solar day 235

[08:32] Watney: Good morning, everyone. I have recently been following the mobile home modification plan to start with the No. rover, and I encountered some details that I guess you may not have considered. At present, Rover has been serving as a signal relay station from Pathfinder to the spacesuit radio antenna we installed in the habitation module to receive signals. Once I take Rover offline from the habitation module power system, I will start to disassemble it. equipment, we also lose the relay capability. Although Rover can be a temporary replacement, if we want to drive to the cave farm, the rover will definitely be out of sight of the residential area, which means it will not be able to receive the signal from the Pathfinder low-gain antenna. (As for the high-gain antenna, it is natural that it should always be pointed at the receiver, whichever has a stronger signal, the earth or Hermes.)

Suddenly I realized that losing two-thirds of the communication window was definitely not a good thing. Is there any better way?

[08:58] JPL: When we sent the original proposal, we made the assumption that you would only use Rover once a week at most, and that the ponies would hike to and from the cave as they normally would. Or should I say it was. It seems that without Tingting's participation, this hypothesis cannot be established.

[09:28] Watney: I thought about it again while I was waiting for your reply. It’s not impossible; the workload will be a little larger, but in addition to following the cutting method of the original plan, we can also completely dismantle the entire pressure vessel of the rover. To this end, it is also necessary to modify the fixed positions of the electrical lines and tube bundles to ensure their stability when the rover assembly turns or passes through terrain with varying heights, but these are problems I can solve on the spot.

The main complication is that much of the power distribution system on rover 1's chassis must remain in order to drive the wheels and connect to Friendship's internal power supply and mounted solar panels. This means that even if I just want to power the radio equipment in the abandoned No. 1 rover cabin, I will almost have to build a new power supply system from scratch. This will consume a lot of the few electrical repair spare parts I have left, and as long as there is no accident with Pathfinder, there will be a direct communication connection between us, so this level of waste of resources is unnecessary; after all, I can always let you Souchangguadu packed up a bag with everything that could be put on the table, and asked Seymour Lieberger to send it over through the vehicle communication terminal.

understand?

[10:01] JPL: Can the computer and radio of Rover be put in the Friendship module? This way you will always have power available.

[10:27] Watney: I can't read Pony's wiring diagram. Connecting the wrong wires could damage irreplaceable equipment, especially the spare radio set, and that was a risk I wasn't willing to take. This kind of work must be carried out with the help of Dragonfly. I don't think Starlight Glimmer's knowledge of electronics is enough to help in this area.

[10:54] JPL: Well, Mark, we'll deal with that later. Now you can first remove the seats and life-support system equipment except the emergency oxygen tank; that means you have to wear a pony space suit for air circulation when moving in the No. rover cabin. , but there isn’t much else that can be removed without affecting the operation of the radio system.

[11:19] Watney: Got it. Off to the cave now; no need to wait for my reply. By the way, is there any software on the cabin computer that can extract audio from video? While in the cave yesterday, my spacesuit camera recorded k;op’ (face rolling keyboard)

[11:47] JPL: Sorry, we never thought you would use this feature. What happened?

[12:13] Watney: It’s okay. Only Starlight Glimmer reiterated that "we don't discuss something" meant no communication of any kind was allowed.

[12:14] Watney: Correction: Any form of communication other than form-meaning dance.

[12:39] JPL: Looking forward to reading your journal from the day. Starlight, I'm sorry if you think we're being nosy, but this is all for science.

[18:11] Watney: I came back from the cave and just saw the above reply. Today we discovered something new: a body position that ponies call "mid-hooves." To put it simply, it's basically the way a fingerless species expresses the middle finger. As for what exactly happened, you are free to use your imagination.