Chapter 45 Chapter 37 Star

Cosmos is now moving in orbit faster than any natural object in the solar system.Even Mercury, which is closest to the sun, does not exceed ten kilometers per second at perihelion; while Cosmos reached twice this speed on the first day, and it only needs to release a few thousand tons of water, half of the acceleration can be achieved. During the few hours they were in orbit, Venus was the brightest thing in the sky after the sun and the magic star, and its tiny disk was visible to the naked eye, but even the most powerful telescope on the spacecraft still couldn't see Venus. See clearly, it is as mysterious as Europa.

When getting closer to the sun (within Mercury's orbit), Cosmos is not just taking a shortcut, but getting an extra boost from the sun's gravitational field.Due to the balancing act of nature, the sun loses some speed in the process, but the effect cannot be measured until thousands of years later. Captain Smith used the spacecraft's passage through perihelion to rebuild his authority. "By now you know," he said, "the real reason I'm flying over Old Faithful. We'd be overheating by now if I hadn't cleaned out the sludge from the spaceship. In fact, I doubt thermal control Whether the system can handle this heat, because it is already ten times higher than the level of the earth."

Through the black filter, passengers see the terrifying sun that gradually grows larger, and then watch its size gradually return to normal, and continue to shrink until the Cosmos parabolically approaches the orbit of Mars for the last part of its mission All travelers are happy. The "Big Five" have also been able to adapt in their own way to the various unpredictable changes they have encountered.Mikhailovich's compositions were prolific and noisy, and apart from showing up at meals to tell rough stories and to tease some people (Willis in particular), there was hardly anyone to be seen.Greenberg, a self-proclaimed honorary crewman (by consensus), spends most of his time on the bridge.

Mobella viewed all situations with compassion. "Writers," she pointed out, "always say that if they're somewhere undisturbed (without shackles, lighthouses and prisons being their favourites), they can produce a great deal; so I can't complain, Can only complain that my research material was delayed by higher priority information." Even Victor Willis was reclusive now; he was busy with various long-term projects, and he had another reason to stay in the cabin, and it would take him a few more days to get back to the way he was before Prowler. Eva Merlin spends hours every day at the entertainment center looking at her favorite classic business cards.Fortunately, the library and projection facilities of the Cosmos were completed in time before the voyage. Although the collection is not large, it is enough to watch for several lifetimes.

There are almost all famous works of art in the history of film; Merlin knows almost all of them and is willing to share her knowledge with others. Of course, Dr. Fo was very happy to listen to her narration, because she would become so vivid at that time, like a normal ordinary person, not a portrait.He finds that only the world constructed by the camera is the only bridge between her and the real world, which makes him both happy and confused. One of the most wondrous experiences of Dr. Buddha's colorful life was when, somewhere beyond the orbit of Mars, he sat in the shadows behind Merlin and watched the original together.Now he could see her famous profile overlapping with Vivien Leigh's, and now he could compare the profiles of the two of them. Although it was impossible to compare which actress was better, both were so similar. special.

When the lights came back on, he was surprised to find Merlin crying.He took her hand and said softly, "I cried when Bonnie died too." Merlin smiled blankly. "I actually cried for Jayne," she said. "When we were doing the sequel, I learned a lot about her, and she had a very tragic life. And talking about her in this far away space makes me feel like I think of Lowry telling his friend when he brought her back from Ceylon after her nervous breakdown: 'I married a woman from outer space.'” Merlin paused, and shed a few more glistening tears (Dr. Fo couldn't help but wonder if she was acting again).

"There's something even weirder. Her last movie happened to be made a hundred years ago. Do you know what it is?" "Speaking of which, I'm ready to be surprised." "I think Mobella would be surprised if she was actually writing the book she's been threatening to write. Vivien Leigh's last film was Ship of Fools."