My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 94

ARES 3 solar day 95

[08:16] Watney: Good morning, Earth! Mark Watney here, but I'm not going to talk for long today. It has been thirty solar days since I last visited the Cave Farm in person to inspect the situation, so today I will take two guests with me on Rover to visit. But don't worry yet. Another of my guests will stay to talk to you and answer your questions about them. My beautiful assistant Tingting is the second best in English speaking and typing here. Unfortunately, the great wizard who traveled with me to find the Pathfinder, Starlight Unknown, was the one with the best English among them. We just put her on the inflatable support from the medical kit yesterday; and because of the broken leg, her range of motion is also limited to the living cabin. Our medical supplies seemed a bit too long for her, but they were still manageable. We had gone through a lot of trouble putting her in a spacesuit for that group photo three days ago, especially for her, so we weren't going to do that again just to chat.

I really hope you can help me figure out a way to fix the radio system in my residential area. Let’s first talk about the actual situation of the current communication system. The radio module inside the Hab is actually still intact. As you probably know, the antenna dish was torn off the antenna tower on Sol 6 and flew away with the driving motor. I still have twenty-seven antenna fragments of various sizes left here, all picked up from the antenna array. The cable from the array to the antenna tower broke about thirty centimeters from the antenna tower, while the cable from the antenna tower to the habitation module remained intact. The beacon system is working perfectly fine, as is the rover's radio communications.

In addition, the alien spacecraft is equipped with two sets of communication systems. The mechanics of one of them don't quite work in our universe, and I don't want to explain it until you can receive pictures of it. Considered sensitive content. The other set is an old-fashioned analog signal voice radio, and the five preset frequencies are all near the commercial FM radio frequency band. I have tried to connect the antenna of the alien spacecraft to the habitation module system before, but it did not work properly.

In order to connect the alien spacecraft to the power supply system of the residential area, I have used two spare size 7 cables and three voltage adapters. This is enough to power the ship's airlock, remaining lighting, and a small amount of heating equipment. In addition, I also connected a No. 3 cable to the MAV's fuel generator to drive it to bottle carbon dioxide for plant cultivation and other purposes. There are also four No. 2 cables, a solar array multi-device adapter, a No. 8 cable to power a salvaged airlock used within the cave, and some heaters. Other electronic equipment repair resources are currently unavailable.

That's all I can think of. If you want to know more information, just ask my beautiful Chongchong assistant. Come back around one o'clock in the afternoon! --mark

[08:34] JPL: Thanks, Mark. For reference, in the future you can try to repeat the modification process of the previous Pathfinder on rover No. , so that your modified rover No. can be used for long-distance EVA.

We noticed that you did not mention the base frame of the antenna array in the item list. We suspect that the antenna dish may have been completely shattered when it broke off, rendering it completely unrepairable. Also, you didn't mention the MDV radio situation. Of course we also know that the MDV was damaged in the storm on Sol 6. Did you know that MDV's radio system was damaged? If there is any damage, can you take photos to record the specific situation?

Based on the inferences made from previous image analysis, our first reaction was to dismantle the radio system of Rover 1 and install it in some inflatable tent connected to the habitation module; after all, you have already started to remove parts from Rover 1 used. As for the antenna cable, it can be accessed directly through the diaphragm sleeve valve and sealed using the spare antenna gasket included in the rover repair kit. The specific procedure may involve depressurizing the Hab, but we are testing whether this step can be omitted without risking another Hab breakage. There will be more details on this tomorrow.

But no matter what, I guess Mark won't see this message before this afternoon. Is Dragonfly here? pls respond.

[08:54] Watney: Hello everyone on Earth! I am a dragonfly. I type very slowly, so please be patient. I've prepared some responses this morning so that if you ask a question, I can just Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V over. (Why Ctrl-V instead of Ctrl-P? If C refers to copy, why does V correspond to paste?)

[09:06] JPL: Hello, Dragonfly. I am Venkat. My friends told me Mark drove off around :. We know Mark is always up to mischief, so we had to make sure that wasn't the case this time. How does it feel for you to live with Mark?

[09:22] Watney: Mark is great. He is patient and friendly. He has many funny TV shows. What is a "prank"? Is it a game? What are the rules?

[09:35] JPL: A prank is a joke. You're trying to scare or confuse someone. It could be unkind, but Mark was never that kind of person.

[09:42] HERMES: It’s just your wishful thinking! ——Martinez

[09:49] Watney: Oh! I see! We also have a lot of pranksters out there! But Mark never did that to us. But Spitfire made a good joke on him a few days ago.

[09:50] JPL: Hermes, you will have the opportunity to interact with our visitors later. Please leave us with the conversation for now.

[09:58] HERMES: Got it. But Martinez was not wrong either. You were not there that day, and he changed the name tags on our clothes while our uniforms were being sent to the laundry room for cleaning. So we all had to report to the simulation cabin wearing other people's uniforms, and Mark was there with a camera filming our ugliness. ——Lewis

[10:02] JPL: Dragonfly, which alien are you? We've only been able to see you from satellite images before. These are the code names we have developed based on your characteristics:

Tall boy - the only one among the four-legged group who walks on two legs

Orange leads – always ahead

White box mover - almost always has a big box with him

WHITE HEN - usually close to the "white mover" or someone else

Orange swaying - whereabouts are uncertain

[10:19] Watney: Okay! I can Ctrl-V now!

our team

Cherry Berry—our leader. pilot. Land horse/pony (not sure which word to use). The best space pilot we have out there. Worked very hard. I love eating cherries!

Starlight, changing light looming (I don’t know what word to use) - science and magic. Not a pilot. unicorn. Always delving into something and never giving up until it's done; at the same time, completely unable to notice anything else. Helped build that engine that got us here. She now has a broken leg.

Fireball - Pilot, Extravehicular Activities Director. dragon. Grumpy old man. Eat shiny rocks.

Dragonfly - that's me! I used to be a pilot, now I'm an engineer. Mark calls me Bugs Horse - which is wrong, but we don't know what to use instead. I'm responsible for repairing whatever is repairable on our ship. A warrior who was my ruler before he went to space.

Spitfire - pilot, doctor. Pegasus. He was once the leader of the top Pegasus flying team and held a high position in the Pony Guard. This is her first time in space.

What follows is what I wrote now: I think the tall boy refers to the fireball. The orange leader is Raspberry. The white box mover is Starlight. The white companion/hen is flying fire. I looked up the meaning of "partner/hen" (hen), and I really can't call her that! I think I should be hanging around in orange. What is "random"?

[10:33] JPL: Thank you for preparing this material in advance. For starlight names, try words like twinkle, glimmer, or shimmer. You just mentioned the concepts of "unicorn", "Pegasus" and "dragon". Did Mark tell you that these are mythical creatures that we have here - not real ones? Also, judging from the group photos we took, you definitely don’t count as horses. It would be more appropriate to use the title "pony".

[10:35] JPL: Wait...why did you just mention the word "magic"?

[10:51] Watney: Still a wave of Ctrl-V!

Type of horse/pony

Land Horse/Pony - No horns, no wings. Land ponies are very strong and good at caring for plants and animals. They grow crops. Their magic is concentrated primarily on their hooves.

Pegasus - has wings but no horns. Pegasus flies in the sky and is responsible for forming various weather phenomena. Their magic is mainly concentrated in their wings.

Bat Horse/Pony - Has bat-like wings and no horns. Very rare. Active at night. Not much is known about them.

Unicorn - has horns but no wings. Unicorns use their horns to cast magic. They have difficult jobs.

Full-horned beast - possesses both horns and wings. It is the most powerful pony. There are only five of them in the world, and they rule the entire Equestria. Starlight's boss at our place is an all-horned beast.

Bug Horse/Pony - Not a real pony. We too possess both horns and wings, but only our rulers can rival the all-horned beasts. We used to hide and steal ponies' love for a living; but those bad days are long gone and things are very different now. Our ruler is the first in space!

Other non-horse/pony intelligent creatures: dragons, griffins, seahorses, yaks, buffaloes, cows, minotaurs, and tons of other creatures that I can't find a suitable name for in your dictionary, and Mark can't name. .

Typing part: Then my friends should be ponies. Go... Yeah! There is a new question, continue Ctrl-V!

What is magic?

Mark told me you guys don't have magic and don't understand what it is. Magic is like a gravitational field or an electric field, which is something that moves other objects. Magic is everywhere in our world, but here it is produced only by living things. Magic exists in space where we are; but it doesn't exist here, which is why we crashed. Most of our ship's systems rely on magic to function. Now the magic only happens when we come together, replenishing our batteries by about 4% a day.

Magic has many uses. Earth ponies/ponies use magic to speed up the growth of plants and to care for animals. Pegasus and Bughorse use magic to fly. Unicorns cast magic to move objects and can also change the properties of objects through the use of spells.

Much of our world runs on magic. Spaceships run on magic, TVs run on magic, game consoles run half on electricity and half on magic. Our spaceship is the first to rely entirely on magic to operate. It does not use chemical energy thrusters at all after it takes off.

Mark said you won't believe it. He took many photos of the use of magic. He's going to show you these pictures so you'll know we're not lying. I do lie sometimes, but not this time.

Typing: What questions do you have next?

[12:06] JPL: Mark is right. Did he ever tell you that there is no such thing as magic on earth? How does your spaceship operate?

[12:42] Watney: I can't Ctrl-V these. I think we should wait until we send you the translated spacecraft instructions. Let me try to answer it first.

Yeah, Mark told us you don't have magic here. You are wrong. If you have life force, you have magic. The more living beings there are, the stronger the magic. We don't know why you can't use magic.

We don't know how to say the name of our ship in English. Its name comes from an ancient pony language. Starlight's translation spell has no effect on this type of writing. We use huge chemical rockets to launch it from the ground. They will fall off. Magical batteries will then power the main engines that propel us into orbit, from planet to planet. We can use magic to talk, allowing the ground to see our ship on a wall, and allowing us to communicate with each other without light speed delay. Much faster than now.

Our flight was to test a new magic engine that was much faster than a normal engine. Flash moves short distances many, many, many times in a very short period of time. Then there was an accident. We made a mistake when we built the new engine. It jumps from our world to yours. After we got here, the batteries exploded, except for the two batteries "used only when something bad happened" and the batteries "used for the small rockets that steer the spacecraft." We can't go home. We also can't stop ourselves from crashing on Mars. The new engine failed when we crashed.

Berry wants to try to use our spacecraft, MDV, and MAV base to build a new spacecraft that can leave Mars. We can use the rocks in the cave to build new engines. There are also new batteries - they. But I don’t know if we can get off the ground with them. The new engine was terrible on the ground.

[12:55] JPL: Can you tell us how much thrust - the push effect - your engines and propellers can produce? (A thruster is a small rocket engine that can turn a spacecraft.) Also, can you tell us how much mass your spacecraft has? If we can, we can figure out whether your ship can fly again.

[13:07] Watney: Mark is back. Damn it, I was going to wait until I had solid proof before I told you about magic. It took me a long time to really believe it myself, and I saw it with my own eyes. I don't want you to think I've gone crazy. In addition, there is a large hole in the bottom of the rear airtight compartment of the Pony Spaceship. The ship was already structurally unstable. I don't understand why they continue to explore this option.

[13:20] JPL: Please thank Tingting for our patience in communicating with us. All of us here are looking forward to our next conversation with him. As far as the current situation is concerned, we choose to believe in Clark's third law [1]. Just because we can't understand it doesn't mean it won't work. If Tingting and their ship still have engines that are usable or can be repaired, we can also consider using this option as an alternative plan. Have you ever taken a picture of that hole?

[13:32] Watney: Sure. I also took photos of the cave and the condition of the crops inside today. Those plants are so beautiful. The crystals in the cave are no less impressive. I can't wait to send you these pictures. In addition, Dragonfly is still standing next to me, but she is a little angry now. Note that the title is she. With the exception of Fireball, all my guests are female.

[13:43] JPL: This is something we're still trying to figure out. By the way, add an item to the to-do list: convert the characteristic specific impulse parameters of all remaining available engines of the alien spacecraft into data in Newtons, and estimate the current weight of the spacecraft as accurately as possible. It is also necessary to estimate the amount of hydrazine fuel remaining in the MDV, as well as available water resources or other sources of hydrogen available to the MAV. We can send the data to the aerospace dynamics department and have them calculate the flight possibilities of any combination of components you have on hand. In addition, Tingting, allow me to apologize to you.

[13:55] Watney: I do it when I’m full and have nothing to do. Now I have to go eat.

[14:07] JPL: Bon appetit. (Bon appétit.) The rest of the day will be spent transmitting emails. Mark, you have quite a few fans on earth. JPL call completed.

[14:19] Watney: Really? Can I join? What is the code for the secret decoding ring? Watney finished the call.

[Note:]

1. Clarke’s Third Law: Any highly advanced technology looks like magic at first glance. (Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. )