Sol Five, Nostalgia Became a Tiny Spacecraft

Tang Yue donned the Radiant Armor, opened the hatch to the airlock, and set up the antenna, despite the strong winds.

"Antenna setup complete," Tang Yue reported with a heavy voice.

"Commencing signal scan." Tomcat's voice followed immediately. It was sitting in front of the work desk, all the computer screens in front of it lit up. At that moment, Kunlun Station was Mission Control. The computer systems were the latest HP workstations, especially customized editions for Mars missions. They had powerful processors and were great at handling data.

The loss of connection with the Eagle one minute after its launch was clearly a result of the weather. The radio waves were barely able to break through the interference when the Kunlun Station was situated in a low-pressure zone, but when the sand containing lots of electric charges blanketed the station again, the Eagle's communications succumbed to the environment.