A Very, Very Tiny Pair of Pliers

Mars Base Alpha, Section D, Control Center August 28, 2062 at 8:18 AM (Greenwich Mean Time)

It had taken Henry an hour to walk Ginny and Louis through a series of reboots and system checks, but the escape pod still would not power up. The dashboard on the pod had been removed, and various wires were pulled and tested with a multimeter to ensure that that voltage was not the issue.

“What types of experiments are running on this thing?” asked Henry as he examined the schematics of the escape pod.

“Standard stuff, this time,” replied Kristie. “Some gravity measurement experiments, a couple of chemistry boxes testing various reactions under zero g. Plus whatever experiments Louie and Ginny took up there but haven’t ...

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