Impact by Brandon Q. Morris

Author:Brandon Q. Morris [Morris, Brandon Q.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hard-SF.com
Published: 2020-10-24T22:00:00+00:00

Three hours later they had maneuvered the ship as close to the asteroid as seemed advisable. They had unanimously decided against landing on its surface. First, they didn’t know its subsurface structure, and second, attempting a landing might put the ship in danger of being damaged—or worse.

They decided to keep at a safe distance of about half a kilometer. The only risk now was if Santa suddenly started accelerating, but it had been moving at a uniformly increasing rate for as long as they had been actively watching it.

No, nothing was going to happen, Boris decided. “How much oxygen do you have?” he asked.

“Eight hours. That should be enough,” Jenna said.

“Are you nuts? That asteroid’s got a 30-kilometer diameter, so we’re going to have to cover a lot of distance. We should take along an extra tank for you.”

“But you can’t survive any longer than that in a vacuum, either.”

He scratched his chin. She was right, of course—his rejuvenation tank would have to stay on the ship. But that wasn’t the point. The point was... It didn’t matter. “That’s true. We’ll have to be back here in eight hours, then.”

“Are you nervous?”

“Yes. Can you tell?”

“A little.” Jenna smiled and put her hand on his shoulder. It burned where she touched him, even though she was wearing insulated gloves. Still, he didn’t want her to take her hand away.

“You two ready?” Anna asked.

The other half of the crew would follow their expedition via the monitors in the command center.

“Good luck,” Geralt said. “I’m a little jealous.”

“We’re on our way,” Jenna said.

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