The year is 2023. All the preparations
for the mission life on Mars have been completed.
Humanity chose Mars as the
first settlement outside the planet Earth
Crew members from different countries each one an expert in their
own field were trained for the mission
for two years. The journey would take
only 92 Earth days as journey date was
scheduled for the period when planet
Earth and Mars will be at closest distance to each other.
Rocket launch day approached.
The crew was ready
The first astronauts to set foot on Mars were
accompanied by dogs robots and a monkey.
Living on another planet would no longer be a dream.
The crew put on their space helmets
walking towards the spaceship.
Ten nine eight seven six five four three
two one ignition, blast off...
The shuttle started to take off with a loud noise.
As it rose,
space shuttle fired away flames and smoke from its nozzles
long hundreds of meters.
The shuttle dropped the main fuel tank
before leaving the atmosphere,
started its Mars journey with engines using
liquid methane. The goal of the Life on
Mars mission was to create a
self-sufficient colony there.
After the construction of the first habitats on Mars,
farming was going to be done in
closed greenhouses where the artificial
atmosphere was created.
This first journey was a vital prerequisite for all
these plans to be achieved.
After a three-month journey they made a
successful landing on Mars.
Exploration vehicle and robots were off board to
begin the initial measurements.
The incoming data showed that the outside was safe.
Actually outside was very hot
but spacesuits could withstand extreme
temperatures from negative 150 Celsius
to a 120 degrees Celsius
or negative 249 degrees Fahrenheit to
250 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the first stage monkey and dogs set
their paws on Mars. That was one small
step for an animal but one giant leap
for animal kingdom.
The moment they set their paws on the planet
they started flying in the air.
The gravity of Mars was much lower compared
to the Earth. A man weighing up to a
hundred kilograms on the Earth was only
38 kilograms on Mars. The monkey was also
among those who were discovering the
pleasure of flying. he was moving in the air
by tumbling in low density air.
No abnormality was observed in the pulse
and brainwaves of animals.
It was the spaceship crews turn now.
They were prepared to go out and they turned their
autonomous cameras on in order to
immortalize this moment. Following words
were spoken from the lips of the Captain
when he was stepping down to Mars "Hello
my new home". While the Captain was
preparing to plant the flag his
assistant set up a live streaming camera
and began shooting. Captain turned off
his gravity device and jumped up to try
Mars's gravity
The Captain jumped up in the air and
went up and up and up but he never
descended. The monkey and a dog ascended
up in the air with the Captain and then
the shuttle began to float slowly in
front of their very eyes. The rest of the
crew below were in the midst of warmer
and could not understand what was
happening not until they lifted their
heads and looked up...
A gigantic spaceship was pulling them like a magnet
with a white light that neutralizes the gravity.
Meanwhile on the Earth the International
Space Agency's phone started ringing.
The astronomer on duty answered the phone.
Hello my name is Diana I want to talk to
someone who is authorized. I will give
very important information. The voice in
the other end of the phone said I'm
listening to you, the astronomer replied.
Our world is in danger. According to my
calculations in three weeks
an asteroid larger than the moon will
hit our Earth. Larger than the moon?
That is not possible. It is impossible for
space agencies to miss an asteroid this big!
You know the giant solar explosion
which occurred last week? Yes it was the
biggest explosion of the last 20 years.
Because of this explosion orbit of the B-1088
has changed. Did you know that?
No, I did not know that. Well now you do.
The astronomer entered the new
coordinates of B-1088 that Diane sent.
He could not believe what he saw in the
main telescope screen. Indeed the
asteroid was there. Calculated its route
on computer. He delivered this important
information to the head of the ISA and
started working on the exact crash time
and the probability calculations.
The situation was even more severe.
The asteroid was likely to crash the world
in only two weeks
with a 73 percent probability.
Captain, the monkey and the dog were pulled into
the spaceship. Two extremely tall aliens
in human form were standing in front of them.
The one in the front said something
in an alien language. The Captain did not
understand a word he said. He extended
his hand to get his pen in his pocket.
At that time, aliens pointed the weapons in
their hands to the Captain. They probably
thought that the pen was a gun.
He took the pen in slow motion and drew the Sun
first, then Mercury Venus and the Earth
with their orbits respectively.
By pointing the Earth with his finger
He said I am from Earth. The alien hesitated
and said so you are from the Earth
he said in English and turned to the dog
and the monkey while squeezing his fist
(but that was probably their way to ask
questions). Which one of you is the leader?
They looked at each other in confusion
and naturally could not answer.
I'm the Captain but how did you learn
English the Captain asked in astonishment.
The alien answered slowly:
Thanks to the radio waves. We are
studying all the radio waves sent from
the Earth and speaking all your languages.
Derants may be aware of these creatures
Commander Solor. Apparently they're here
because of the asteroid.
said the other alien. Who are Derants?
The Captain asked and added, What asteroid?
What are you going to do to us?
Derants live in the second largest moon
of the planet six that's Saturn's Rhea.
We live in Titan; the biggest moon of Saturn.
There's a long war between us.
Why are you fighting?
The Captain hesitantly asked. Because of
the Mars crystals. Derants do not like sharing.
Now we must return to Titan immediately.
We will decide what to do to you later.
When the time comes you will find out
what the asteroid is. He turned to his
assistant and ordered: Drop their ship
back to Mars. As they headed towards
Saturn the leader of the Titanians told
the Captain that the Mars crystals were
the main power source of their ships,
so it was vital, that there were many
different alien races living in their
city in Titan, and that the Derants attack
their city constantly. Three days after
they left Mars they arrived in Titan.
Thanks to the movement energy provided
by crystals with high dilithium,
their ship could reach an incredible speed.
When their spaceship approached the city
it was clear that something was going wrong.
Derant ships were flying around the city
and firing at the buildings.
Titanians were firing back to defend their city.
Commander Solor have been thinking of a
way to repel the Derants but he could
not find one. The Captain asked: Why do
you not use the levitation beam toward them.
Gravity Wave Phaser is useless
toward so many enemy ships, replied
the Titanian Commander.
After making calculations the Captain
said, if you redirect 36 percent of
energy of the crystals to the phaser you
can expand the radius of influence
hundreds of times with a high-frequency
electromagnetic field. You can even blow up
their spaceships' power supplies.
Commander asked his
assistant, can you do it?
The assistant quickly circled his hands
on his chest. It was easily inferred from
the excitement of Commander Solor that this gesture meant affirmative.
How much can we rely on these calculations,
asked the Commander.
I have two books for the
theory of gravity and electromagnetic
field but I will see its implementation
for the first time, the Captain replied.
By gesture of Commander Solor the ship
ascended above the city and they
activated the power-boosted Gravity Wave Phaser.
The Captain's idea worked and
all Derant ships were forced to land.
Leader of the Derants and pilots
involved in the attack were arrested.
The new leader of the Derants had to sign
a peace agreement with the Titanians.
After a long time peace came to Titan.
Commander Solor thanked the Captain for
his help and added, humans are very good
at manufacturing weapons just like Derants
even if the orbit of the
asteroid was not changed the destiny of
the Earth would be the same as that of
the dead planet Mars because of the
weapons you manufacture.
The Captain asked in amazement
will the Earth be hit by an asteroid?
Meanwhile on the Earth the leaders of
the developed countries were discussing
how to save the planet in long meetings.
There was only one week to the impact of
the asteroid and even the strongest
nuclear weapons in their hands were weak
against the size of the asteroid.
Moreover their range was not enough.
I wish we had combined our resources to
develop the technology that would
protect the world from external threats
rather than producing weapons that would
destroy each other, said one of the leaders.
This late regret was not reducing
the desperation that they were in.
Countries have begun implementing
changes which would allow missiles to
get out of the atmosphere.
Lots of missiles were fired in a row but
those that hit the asteroid had no more
effect than flies that hit window glass.
Stop firing missiles immediately!
Everyone was surprised by this anonymous
radio call made by entering the
frequency of the coordination center of
the International Space Agency.
Please introduce yourself replied the officer .
I am Captain of BYZ-07, the shuttle
sent for Life on Mars mission.
That will sound awkward but I am calling you
from an alien spaceship.
You have to stop sending missiles to the
asteroid urgently so that we can help.
If you point the Hubble telescope toward
the coordinates that I will give you
you can see us. The message was forwarded to
the leaders of all countries.
The ship sent gravitational waves to the asteroid
approaching the Earth. The speed of the
asteroid was gradually decreasing.
Even if it hit at a very low speed, it would
be enough for the destruction of life on Earth.
Full capacity of the crystals was
used and their energy drained as a small
planet was about to stop. Just as the
Earth rotated around itself the asteroid
began to turn around the Earth just like
the Moon. Now the Earth had two satellites;
the Moon and the Maroon as named later.
The Maroon was twice as far
away from the Earth than the Moon and
completed its orbit in 60 days which was
named as 1 maroonth. When it was full Maroon
half of the world was covered with dark
red light. When the eclipse of the Sun
was caused by the Maroon, most of the
world remained in complete darkness for
almost a whole day. Temperatures were
dropping dramatically and schools were
closed that day. Luckily this natural
phenomenon occurred only once every two years.
According to your opinion
what other changes caused the Maroon
(the new red moon of the world) to the Earth?
Go on have a think about it and send us your comments!
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