Space Rescue [antikvár]

ORDERS FROM ABOi'IUommander Brad Singleton had been expecting the news sooner or later, but now that it had come he felt stunned.Discovery was one of the oldest shuttles in the US fleet. Back in the 1990s, she had worked hard, carrying parts from Earth to space to build the first space stations.For the last few years, though, she had stayed in space, based on US station Freedom. Her duties included servicing and retrieving satellites, and, from time to time, delivering supplies to the Moon.Now, in the year 2002, this pioneer shuttle was to be taken out of service to become a spare-parts store for younger shuttles. Scrap metal. It seemed a sad end.But Brad Singleton had a job to do. He called his crew to a prelaunch, briefing. "The lunar mine at Rook Mountain is short of supplies. There are also a couple of mining engineers to be dropped off. Jeanne, you will pilot the shuttle, and you, Chuck, will be in charge ofthe lunar transfer vehicle as usual. Now, we all know the routine. Let's go!"It was a smooth take-off from the space station, followed by a perfect entry into Moon orbit. Nothing much happened in between, although from time to time on the journey out the shuttle's radar picked up the steady traffic of mineral containers that were regularly launched into Earth orbit from the Moon.Once the LTV (lunar transfer vehicle) had made a successful landing, Brad Singleton jettisoned the shuttle's now empty main tank, ready to return to Earth orbit and free(/om The LTV is approaching Rool< IVIountain base and has to slow down using its retro rocket.Help guide it into land by tracking Super Q across the grid to the landing pad. Follow the course suggested by a continuation ofthe following sequence of numbers:114, 111, 108, The numbers represent speed in feet per second and the LTV must be doing no more than 3 feet per second upon touchdown.Set Super Q to Mode 8C; you now have 45 seconds worth of fuel in which to make the landing.