Chapter 01.4
“Brandon, how’s our electrical power supply holding up?” Tom asked, after about three hours of flight. “Battery power is reading eighty-one percent,” Brandon replied. “Then let’s get those solar panels deployed. When you’re ready, fire the bolt for release,” Tom ordered. Any time you are working with exploding bolts, the best rule to remember is: the fewer the better. For …
Chapter 01.3
Now coasting towards Mars, the crew has a bit of work to do. The Hab is positioned in, what most would call, an ‘unusual configuration’. When the stack of components was being assembled in the Vertical Assembly Building, the Hab was placed upside down from the way it will rest on the Martian surface. The launch couches (in which the …