Pursue the Past: Samair in Argos: book 1
“Mairi asked. “You’ve been rather tight-lipped about the whole thing.”
Tamara nodded in apology. “Yeah, I have been. Well, the best thing would be an ice ball, so that we can use it to feed the reactor. The other minerals are certainly necessary, but fuel is the most critical.”
“Okay, so we look for water.” Mairi was nodding. “How hard can that be?”
Tamara chuckled. “Very, with the sensors on this clunker. But, all is not lost!” she s...aid grandiosely.
Mairi was shaking her head. “What?”
Tamara pointed. “That. It’s a very nice sized carbonaceous chondrite.”
The other woman’s eyes glazed over. “A what?” she asked tiredly.
“It’s a big rock made of some organic chemicals, but more importantly, water.” She maneuvered the shuttle around so that they could capture it with the tractor. “Usually we can find up to about twenty two percent of its chemical matrix is water. Ooh, good. It’s a beauty. A good two hundred and sixty-four metric tons. That will work out nicely.” The shuttle flipped around, end over end, until the aft section was only a few dozen meters from the rock. “Activating tractor,”MoreLess
Tamara nodded in apology. “Yeah, I have been. Well, the best thing would be an ice ball, so that we can use it to feed the reactor. The other minerals are certainly necessary, but fuel is the most critical.”
“Okay, so we look for water.” Mairi was nodding. “How hard can that be?”
Tamara chuckled. “Very, with the sensors on this clunker. But, all is not lost!” she s...aid grandiosely.
Mairi was shaking her head. “What?”
Tamara pointed. “That. It’s a very nice sized carbonaceous chondrite.”
The other woman’s eyes glazed over. “A what?” she asked tiredly.
“It’s a big rock made of some organic chemicals, but more importantly, water.” She maneuvered the shuttle around so that they could capture it with the tractor. “Usually we can find up to about twenty two percent of its chemical matrix is water. Ooh, good. It’s a beauty. A good two hundred and sixty-four metric tons. That will work out nicely.” The shuttle flipped around, end over end, until the aft section was only a few dozen meters from the rock. “Activating tractor,”MoreLess
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