My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

Mindy Parker studied the satellite image surrounding the habitat module's solar array. Even after the Pathfinder communication link was established and the alien spacecraft radio Morse code system was used as a backup, Watney would still change the stone block not far from the north side of the residential facility from time to time. Stacked information content. It seems that today's situation is no exception; Watney and another person - maybe Berry or Dragonfly (most likely Dragonfly) - went out to clean the solar panels, and then they moved again The location of the pile of rocks.

Now the content of the pile of rocks is: Suns Day 181-Chicago White Sox Chicken. The Cubs will stick together and be over .500 before the All-Star break. Tingting belongs to the Snake Garden.

In short, Mark is bored out of his mind, and Mindy can relate. Her unofficial job now is to keep an eye on Watney all day long, but there isn't much movement on the surface of Mars worth paying attention to. Usually, two aliens would run about ten kilometers one way every day to take care of the crops in the underground garden of Area E. Mark would also go there probably once a week to check on the situation, usually driving the No. 2 rover. There have been some traces of EVA activity around the MDV that has been converted into a flight simulator recently, as well as around the alien spacecraft that is currently mainly used as a hay storage warehouse. In addition, Mark will go out and clean the solar array every four to five days or so, depending on the intensity of dust storm activity. This was the most she could observe from the satellite.

Demand for satellite images of residential areas has increased in recent weeks as the bandwidth of Pathfinder's temporary data communication links continues to decrease, making it impossible to transmit important text conversations and images at the same time. However, the traditional wisdom that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury and it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality has unfortunately come true; everyone seems to have forgotten that before the launch of Pathfinder, Watney would be extremely excited even if he could only see a few pixels wide on satellite photos. During those days, Mindy tried her best, but received only negative reviews.

However, she still has the highest priority to control all the aircraft in the orbit of Mars, so she does her best to make the best use of everything. She scanned everything within a thirty-kilometer radius of the residential area, paying attention to any changes that might affect Watney and his four-legged friends. So far, she has found a vein of permafrost exposed outside the surface, and (just speculation) a chloride mineral deposit, but it requires their EVA to conduct an on-site investigation to finally determine whether it is sodium chloride.

"Hi Mindy."

Deborah Kent wandered next to Mindy's workstation at some point. This "Don't Keep Calling Me Debbie" lady is a member of the team of the Munin Project, responsible for tracking space debris in the Earth's orbit. "Hi Deborah," Mindy responded.

"So, what's going on with the Elrond project?" Deborah asked.

"What project?"

"Okay, stop pretending, everyone is discussing this matter now." Deborah said, "The department heads held a meeting specifically for this today, but no one knows what this project is going to do. "

"Wait a minute, I didn't understand, so why would I know?" Mindy seemed a little confused.

"You are pretending to be serious." Deborah looked disdainful. "Everyone knows that you have started hanging out with the big guys during this time. Kapol comes to visit at least every week. You even talked to Director Sanders once, so you should know some inside information."

"I really don't know about this." Mindy firmly denied it. "I only learned about this project called Elrond when I heard you talk about it just now."

"Hey, I know you can't say anything according to law." Deborah smiled smugly, "But you can at least give me a hint. Don't worry, this is a secret between us girls and no one else will know. "The other fourteen colleagues in the office and the satellite guidance supervisor sitting in the office with the door open behind her didn't know what they would think after hearing this.

Mindy rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay, you are awesome." She said, "Next we need to capture an asteroid, equip it with an ion propulsion engine, and then launch it to Saturn. Then we can suck up the rings of Saturn and throw them to It’s gone into the sun. By the way, the name of this aircraft is Baggins[1].”

Deborah pouted. "It's not fun if you do this."

"What, don't you like it? Then please let me go. I have no idea what the project you want to discuss is."

"Well, if you insist on this, then I don't have to ask anymore."

Deborah finally walked away, and Mindy once again immersed herself in her painstaking study of the neighborhood.

Unexpectedly, just a few minutes later, a notification popped up on her email client, and Dr. Kapol sent an email:

Topic: The Elrond Project - For Personal Viewing Only

Please recommend the best overland route from the Ares 3 settlement to the Schiaparelli Basin, with priority given to ensuring that the terrain has as little undulations as possible and that the Ares rover encounters as few obstacles as possible when towed. This task is the highest priority and must be completed before ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

This matter must never be communicated to anyone. No questions are allowed; all questions are unanswered.

Mindy sighed and wrote her reply:

It is already 4:12 pm. If I want to finish this job on time, I have to stay up all night. Don't forget to pay me overtime when the time comes.

Then she dug out the latest version of the Arabian Terrace map and began looking for a flat road leading to Schiaparelli.

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 182

ARES 3 solar day 181

[13:36] JPL: Starlight, this is Venkat Kapol again. You asked before if there were any other materials besides ceramics that could be used to seal caves. Why aren't you going to use metal?

[13:57] Watney: Well... maybe it's because we never thought about it? I'll have to ask Twilight about that. If I had to guess right now, I think it might be because metal conducts heat.

[14:19] JPL: Maybe try aluminum. Light weight, strong plasticity, and good elasticity. Although it is also very conductive and chemically active (you have cleaned all the perchlorate around the cave before, right?), just add a thin layer on the outside like you would glaze porcelain. Aluminum oxide can alleviate both problems. But will there be any impact on magic?

[14:43] Watney: I don’t know. The Transmutation Spell is indeed a very troublesome high-energy spell, but as long as you have the ability to successfully cast it, the energy and energy required to transform the spell into different substances is not actually much different. The real difficulty lies in keeping the target in its changed state, but I can do it as long as I have enough energy.

[14:46] Watney: I would also add that our experts still maintain that changing any aspect of the cave could cause danger. The geologists on our staff suggested that as long as the current pressure and current temperature were maintained, the entire system should remain stable.

[15:07] JPL: Starlight, we have experts here who disagree with this. How good are your geologists?

[15:30] Watney: Wait a minute, I have to deal with the translation...

[15:42] 沃特尼：抑郁美娜·雏菊·派[2]，小马国岩石学院1007届博石学位毕业生，获得熔岩资优生荣誉[3]。她的博石论文研究了魔法对变质岩与水晶矿藏的影响。

[16:03] JPL: Do you mean geology, second-class gifted student, PhD?

[16:26] Watney: The first one is probably right. But definitely not the second and third. "Doctor of Rocks" is a literal translation of a compound word in our language that means "Doctor of Rocks."

[16:49] JPL: Starlight, I don’t mean to insult you, your species, or your experts, but there’s no way I’m going to tell my chief geologist that her theory is being criticized by a guy with a “Physical Degree.” "Xiao Ma dismissed it.

[17:12] Watney: What if I told you that Piper Rock is also good at flying kites?

[17:53] Watney: Come on, that doesn’t seem to help.

[Note:]

1. Baggins: refers to the Lord of the Rings and represents bad luck.

2. Depressiona Daisy Pie: The original name of lime is Maudileena Daisy Pie. Here Starlight mistakenly translated Maudileena as Depressiona.

3. Molten Lava Honors: It means Magna Cum Laude (second-class gifted students). It was written as Magma Cum Laude and was literally translated by Starlight.