Double Cross (2012)
“The platform buggy, which was running off the stored electricity from the dome’s solar panels, held a computer with a GPS. The GPS tracked our position by satellite and gave us our coordinates on the surface of the planet at all times. Not only that, but as a space pilot, Dad had managed to get to Mars after crossing 50 million miles of space from Earth—like hitting the head of a pin with a bullet from a thousand miles away. So I figured between him and Rawling, a brilliant scientist, we’d get ...to the crater, no problem.
“I’m guessing it will take us 14 hours,” Rawling said, addressing me. He stood beside Dad at the steering wheel. I sat in my wheelchair to the side, watching through the clear, hard plastic of the platform buggy’s dome. “It’s about 200 miles. This buggy can do 25 miles an hour, but we’ll want to go slower since it’s night. Your dad and I will take turns driving.”
I nodded at his time estimate. Since gravity on Mars is much different than gravity on Earth, a year on Mars is much longer than on Earth: Mars takes 687 days to circle the sun.MoreLess
“I’m guessing it will take us 14 hours,” Rawling said, addressing me. He stood beside Dad at the steering wheel. I sat in my wheelchair to the side, watching through the clear, hard plastic of the platform buggy’s dome. “It’s about 200 miles. This buggy can do 25 miles an hour, but we’ll want to go slower since it’s night. Your dad and I will take turns driving.”
I nodded at his time estimate. Since gravity on Mars is much different than gravity on Earth, a year on Mars is much longer than on Earth: Mars takes 687 days to circle the sun.MoreLess
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