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"Hi everyone," said Kathy Warner with her usual serious look as she faced the four million viewers on the other side of the camera, "thank you for watching. Tonight's episode of 'Watney & Co.' : The latest developments in recent events in Area E. What is Mark Watney’s current status? Why are alien visitors so fascinated by a mud volcano?”

"The first guest we have tonight is Dr. Venkat Kapol, the Mars Project Director from NASA. He will be here with us to discuss today's breaking news from the surface of Mars. As usual, thank you Kapol Dr. Ball is on our show today.”

"Nice to work with, Kathy," Venkat responded.

"Viewers are probably aware that Watney's Morse code message to NASA recently added a new line," Casey said, "'Solar 42 burn, healing.' According to Mark Watney on Surviving Mars background, what does this sentence mean?”

"First of all," Venkat said, "I have to say that we are all grateful and relieved that he is alive. Mark Watney has shown amazing resilience in the face of various unexpected events that may have occurred. We Think of every day he spent as a victory in the struggle for survival against extreme circumstances.”

"But there's mention of burns," Casey said. "Does that mean he was involved in the prominent volcanic eruption that occurred in Area E two days ago?"

"Kathy, please allow me to correct you," Venkat said. "We are not sure whether it was actually a volcanic eruption. We did see a brief plume of smoke, and the accident caused Mark and the outside world to The Star Friends were forced to evacuate. However, only a small amount of heat released was observed from the satellite's infrared detector. Spectral analysis of the smoke also showed that the main components were chlorine and oxygen. There was no sulfide, no ash, no methane or Things like carbon monoxide—and those are common gases in volcanic plumes."

"But there are obviously signs of some kind of eruption near Area E." Casey chased after him.

"We're still working on the exact events that occurred," Venkat responded. "The new message Mark wrote gives us some clues: Whatever happened ultimately resulted in him getting burned. So heat was involved, In other words, it may be some unknown type of eruption, it may be a steam eruption, it may be an equipment fire, or it may be some unique natural phenomenon of Mars that we have not discovered. After all, what we know about this planet There’s still not a lot of knowledge.”

"Does this injury mean that Watney is thwarted in his attempt to survive until the supply mission arrives?" Casey asked.

"The fact that Mark was able to come up with that new message on his own was really encouraging to us," Venkat said. "The aliens were indeed helping him collect rocks, but he was still doing manual labor outdoors. .This largely means that his injuries were neither life-threatening nor disabling and that he would make a full recovery quickly."

"Speaking of aliens," Casey continued, "we noticed that there were only two aliens in the photo with Watney today. According to the images captured, the other two were carrying a large piece of It is speculated that the debris from their spacecraft may be heading towards Area E."

"Yes, it is true." Venkat said, "We are sure that one of the people going to Area E is the 'tall boy' in the title, but we are not sure whether the other one is the 'orange leader' or the 'orange dangling'. For example, we can see in today's photo that no matter which two people go to Area E, one of them always stays with Watney. Based on the behavioral characteristics in the picture, we are very sure that the third person who went to Area E is the one who is with Watney. The two aliens should be the 'white companions'. And the 'white box movers' don't seem to have left the residential area today."

While the two guests were discussing, an infographic was projected on the large screen behind them, listing the names of aliens.

NASA temporary alien code name

TALL BOY - Wears a white spacesuit, walks on two legs, and has a longer body projection than Watney

ORANGE LEADER - wears an orange spacesuit and always walks in front when traveling for long periods of time

ORANGE RANDOM - elusive

WHITE BOXY - Wearing a white space suit, always moving or standing next to something similar to a box

WHITE HEN - usually accompanied by another person, usually a white box mover

"Do you think the white mover had the same injuries as Mark?" Kathy asked.

"Insufficient data," Venkat shrugged. "It may be related, or it may not be. But we did photograph the group of aliens moving the 'Orange Wanderer' from the rover back to the residential area on Sol 40. So it's possible that it was moved in that way. We didn't observe Mark being moved, but it was probably handled in the same way."

"There have been some recent rumors," Casey said, "that the erratic driving behavior of the rover during the Sol 40 evacuation event in Area E was caused by an alien being controlling the rover. Do you have any questions about this? What do you think?"

"I don't think so." Venkat said, "It is indeed possible, but it is unlikely. Watney is always the last one to get on the bus and the first one to get off before Sol 40, which shows that he always gets off the bus. It's the driver. We have observed aliens operating the airbrake themselves, but they did not operate the rover before Sol 40. And we have no direct evidence that they drove the rover. So we are sure that regardless of him No matter what injury he sustained, Watney drove the car back to the base by himself.”

"So the erratic driving behavior could have been caused by his injuries?" Casey asked. "Or maybe he was frightened by the eruption?"

Venkat shrugged again. "We're just scratching the surface at this point," he said, "but imagine what it would have been like. For Watney to be burned, either his space suit had suffered a serious malfunction, or some kind of high-heat material had caused the suit to burn. There is a leak. The space suit itself is fireproof and has a precise temperature control system to prevent extreme ambient temperatures from affecting the user. So if we determine that the space suit is damaged, it will definitely be accompanied by decompression and insufficient oxygen. Yet somehow, even in this extreme situation, Mark was able to return to the rover and activate the emergency mode of the airbrake before losing consciousness. This behavior is almost beyond the capabilities of ordinary people."

"So we have the context of what happened. He was inside the rover, trying to regain consciousness from the rapid decompression and re-pressurization. Maybe he was unconscious for at least a short time, and also because of something. The cause was burns. Under the circumstances, it’s not surprising that his driving behavior was unusual. It would be considered abnormal if everything was business as usual.”

"The next question is today's finale," Casey reminded, "Why are Watney and the aliens so interested in Area E?"

"Presumably they thought there was something inside that was crucial for survival," Venkat said. "One conjecture in our research is that their spacecraft also left some items of residual value far away from the main wreckage area, and They thought or had thought that these items might be useful, but when they found them, they suddenly exploded in front of them. However, until we get more relevant information, all speculations are just speculation for the time being."

"Last question," Casey said, "is there any update on the plan to rescue Mark Watney and the aliens?"

"As for aliens," Venkat smiled at this time, "you have to ask their Mars mission director, no matter what they are and where they come from. And we are still working on the final rescue plan. details, but in the meantime we will also be preparing for a series of resupply missions. SpaceX has modified two Red Falcon launch vehicles in preparation for Ares 4 pre-supply missions, and we expect those thrusters to be ready in about five months. These, plus the Delta launch vehicle we appropriated from the Hawkeye mission, should be enough to launch three different vehicles to deliver a year's worth of food supplies to the six people on Mars, as well as two replacement sets. Habitat communication system used."

"Is this supply for all six?" Casey asked.

"That's right," Venkat replied. "We know that the aliens have eaten at least some of Watney's supplies. Based on the first message he sent us, we concluded that he set aside all the supplies for them. Vegetarian meals and nothing else. So our current assumption is that those five aliens are all vegetarian and can safely eat the plant protein food packs in the Ares 3 supply. Most of what we will send in the future Food will also fall into this category."

"Do they have ketchup?" Kathy asked.

“We’re definitely sending a bunch of them over,” Venkat said, “and a lot of hot sauce as well.”

"Dr. Kapol, thank you for joining today's show."

"my pleasure."

Casey turned her attention to the camera lens again. "In the following program, you will see: a volcano scientist explains to us the possible causes of the cryovolcano in Area E; a biologist makes a new guess about the potential secrets under the alien space suit... The exciting content will come later continue."