Exo: a Novel (Jumper)
“I hate it when they argue with me while I’m wearing the prebreathe mask. This time it was Cory and Dad.
“Why?”
“Radiation,” said Cory.
I took a deep breath, lifted the mask away from my mouth and said, “Are you kidding?” I put the mask back on and purged it before inhaling again. Took it off. “I’m staying equatorial and below the inner Van Allen belt. No real difference!” I put the mask back on.
Dad said, “If you stick to under two hundred klicks, the orbit will take less time—therefore less ra...diation.”
I lifted the mask again. “Two hundred three miles, three hundred twenty-seven kilometers. If it was good enough for Yuri, it’s good enough for me.” Mask on, deep breaths. “And the difference in orbital period is less than five minutes!”
Dad wasn’t giving up. “He didn’t have a circular orbit. His perigee was only one hundred five miles—one hundred sixty-nine kilometers!”
I just shook my head.
Dad glared. “I hate arguing with you when you’re wearing that mask!”MoreLess
“Why?”
“Radiation,” said Cory.
I took a deep breath, lifted the mask away from my mouth and said, “Are you kidding?” I put the mask back on and purged it before inhaling again. Took it off. “I’m staying equatorial and below the inner Van Allen belt. No real difference!” I put the mask back on.
Dad said, “If you stick to under two hundred klicks, the orbit will take less time—therefore less ra...diation.”
I lifted the mask again. “Two hundred three miles, three hundred twenty-seven kilometers. If it was good enough for Yuri, it’s good enough for me.” Mask on, deep breaths. “And the difference in orbital period is less than five minutes!”
Dad wasn’t giving up. “He didn’t have a circular orbit. His perigee was only one hundred five miles—one hundred sixty-nine kilometers!”
I just shook my head.
Dad glared. “I hate arguing with you when you’re wearing that mask!”MoreLess
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