Chapter 49 49. Relativity
Morgan's behavior is admirable, and in that desperate, hopeless moment, when the last of his energy is exhausted, he resigns himself to his fate.It wasn't until several minutes later that it occurred to him that as soon as the brake was released—after another three hours, he would be able to sleep peacefully in bed.No one would blame him for the failure of the expedition, for he had done everything humanly possible.
For a moment he gazed furiously at the elusive square in the shadow of the Spider.Various plans flashed through my mind like a whirlwind, but each of those plans became more irrational than the last.If, for example, his trusty "tape measure" was still with him...but it wouldn't be of much use anyway, since he couldn't possibly throw it on the orbital tower anyway.Another example: If the victims had a cosmic seal, any one of them could have thrown a rope at him—however, all the cosmic seals were burned along with the transport plane.
Of course, if this wasn't real life but a TV show, a hero of any kind—even better if it was a heroine—could be arranged to step out of the airlock gracefully and throw Morgan at him. Down a rope, then, using the fifteen seconds of continued consciousness after entering the vacuum to save the rest of the people.The fact that Morgan even contemplated even this possibility for a moment is enough to show the extent of his despair.
Probably less than a minute had elapsed between the time Spider admitted that he had been vanquished in a decisive battle against gravity, until Morgan finally succumbed to the idea that he could no longer do anything.Warren Kingsley then asked him a question—one that seemed absurd enough to be infuriating in the circumstances:
"Please repeat the distance, Fan! Please be precise: how far are you from the space orbital tower?"
"What's the difference between near and far? Let's say it's a light-year." Morgan was obviously angry,
There was silence on the other side of the earth for a short period of time, and then Kingsley said in the tone he would treat a child or a seriously ill old man:
"There is a big difference between distance and distance! It seems that you said it was twenty meters?"
"Yes, it's almost that number." Morgan's lingering anger was still there, but he finally calmed down.
What happened next was inconceivable, yet unmistakable: Warren breathed a sigh of relief, and there was even a note of joy in his voice:
"I've been thinking for years that you really seem to be the chief engineer on this design! Well, let's think it's exactly twenty meters..."
Morgan's passionate cry from the bottom of his heart interrupted Kingsley's half-spoken words:
"I'm simply a fool; please tell Saisuyi, I will be able to connect with him in...in fifteen minutes."
"Fourteen and a half minutes, if you measure the distance accurately. Besides, nothing in the world can stop you. Kingsley's words were both explicit and implicit.
The point is debatable, though; in Morgan's opinion, Kingsley would do well not to make such an assertion.Sometimes, the docking mechanism will still fail.What's more, no one has verified such a system at all.
The momentary blur of memory did not particularly embarrass Morgan.In the final analysis, a person can forget everything in a state of extreme tension. He will forget his phone number, and sometimes even his birthday. What's more, the factors that play a decisive role in the current situation have not It was so insignificant.So it's entirely possible that it was ignored for a while.
In short, this is entirely a relative question.He tried his best and couldn't reach the space orbital tower, but,.
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