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| February 11, 2030 | |||||||||||||
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| We cautiously returned to Sif Mons and saw that the lava slightly burned our shuttle, but the shuttle was otherwise unharmed by Sif Mons, which had stopped producing lava. �That was close,� I sighed, relieved by the hardening lava. My crewmate flailed his head absentmindedly, as if to nod in agreement. Just as I was going to ask what was wrong with the joints in his neck, I saw that he was taking rock samples with a drill. �Why didn�t I hear the drill rumbling?� I muttered to myself, trotting over to help him. �I brought more excavation supplies,� I said to my crewmate. �Good,� he answered. �I need those special gloves. It is semi-liquid and very hot. Better wear those to handle it.� Fires had broken out over some parts of our ship, so we used fire extinguisher we had discovered while we searched for food. �Geez, who knew that the packaging crew was so bad at packaging? If we ever go on another space trip, we will need to make sure that the food is secure,� I complained. The ship was very cool and relaxing, because we left air conditioning (thankfully) before we left. As we entered, we smelled a strong odor of burning rubber, but we decided not to investigate. However, once we entered the ship, we knew what the odor of burning rubber was. �Oh, no. The rubber lining of our shuttle is still smoldering from Sif Mons�s recent eruption,� my crewmate moaned. We had to repair the damage, or our ship would not make it back to Earth without Venus�s toxic atmosphere incinerating. We searched the shuttle desperately for space repair supplies. �Surely, we packed them!� I exclaimed. �Look, I�ve found some supplies, finally!� my crewmate screamed. I heaved a sigh of relief. We used fire extinguisher to put out the flame before we repaired the protective rubber. As we repaired the rubber, we saw a very strange sight. �Is that a meteor?� my crewmate stuttered nervously. �Something that looks like a meteor is heading near our landing site.� Even though it was not going to hit us, the disruption might cause another eruption by the nearby volcano, Sif Mons. �That thing might cause severe damage to our ship that could cause us to be stuck on this awful planet forever!� I whimpered unhappily. My crewmate was truly horrified at the terrible thought. At once, we began to pack up our things. Next, the meteor struck. Our ship rattled. �At least it didn�t severely damage our ship,� my crewmate commented optimistically. Our rover�s radar picked up a slight rumbling inside Sif Mons. We still needed to explore more of this relatively large planet, so we boarded our shuttle and took off. Back to the original site |
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