Ultimate Adventure Novel: Mars by David Borgenicht

Author:David Borgenicht [Borgenicht, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781452109763
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2011-04-29T07:00:00+00:00

Nuclear generators have waste heat they need to get rid of to keep working. With the dust covering the radiators, the heat is trapped and causing the system to overheat.

“Can’t someone just climb up there and clean off the radiators?” you ask.

“No, it’s way too dangerous for anyone to go near the nuke. It’s really hot, not to mention radioactive!” Julie says.

“If we can’t clean them, what can we do?” you ask.

“We’re going to have to activate the emergency shutdown system in a few minutes,” Commander Wen says.

Wow. If the nuke is shut down, the majority of the power for the settlement will be shut off with it.

“Then what?” you wonder.

“Well, we have to get the dust off the solar panels outside, so they can start working again. And we have no choice but to operate with minimal power for a while, which will make life hard for all of us. We’ll have to see if we can restart the nuke again, which will save the mission. But it’s

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