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1<!DOCTYPE html>2<html>3<head>4<meta charset="UTF-8">5<title>Reader Page</title>6<style>7  body { margin: 0; padding: 0; background: transparent; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; }8  #render-target {9    width: 1080px;10    height: 2400px;11    position: relative;12    overflow: hidden;13    background: #000;14    color: #f2f2f2;15  }16  .card {17    width: 980px;18    margin: 40px auto;19    padding: 40px 42px;20    background: #0d0d0d;21    border: 1px solid #333;22    border-radius: 6px;23    box-sizing: border-box;24    font-size: 34px;25    line-height: 1.6;26    letter-spacing: 0.2px;27  }28  .card.top { height: 1460px; overflow: hidden; }29  .card.bottom { height: 820px; overflow: hidden; }30  .para { margin: 22px 0; }31</style>32</head>33<body>34<div id="render-target">35  <div class="card top">36    <p class="para">2 crew were on their way home.</p>37 38    <p class="para">The most important piece of the advance supplies, of course, was the MAV. The “Mars Ascent Vehicle.” That was how we would get back to Hermes after surface operations were complete. The MAV was soft‑landed (as opposed to the balloon bounce‑fest the other supplies had). Of course, it was in constant communication with Houston, and if there were any problems with it, we would pass by Mars and go back to Earth without ever landing.</p>39 40    <p class="para">The MAV is pretty cool. Turns out, through a neat set of chemical reactions with the Martian atmosphere, for every kilogram of hydrogen you bring to Mars, you can make 13 kilograms of fuel. It’s a slow process, though. It takes 24 months to fill the tank. That’s why they sent it long before we got here.</p>41 42    <p class="para">You can imagine how disappointed I was when I discovered the MAV was gone.</p>43 44    <p class="para">It was a ridiculous sequence of events that led to me almost dying. Then an even more ridiculous sequence that led to me surviving.</p>45 46    <p class="para">The mission is designed to handle sandstorm gusts up to 150 km/hr. So Houston got understandably nervous when we got whacked with 175 km/hr winds. We all got in our suits and huddled in the middle of the Hab, just in case it lost pressure. But the Hab wasn’t the problem.</p>47 48    <p class="para">The MAV is a spaceship. It has a lot of delicate parts. It can put up with storms to a certain extent but it can’t just get sandblasted forever. After an hour and a half of sustained wind, NASA gave the order to abort. Nobody wanted to stop a month‑long mission after only six days but if the MAV took any more punishment we’d all get stranded down here.</p>49 50    <p class="para">We had to go out in the storm to get from the Hab to the MAV. That was going to be risky, but what choice did we have?</p>51 52    <p class="para">Everyone made it but me.</p>53 54    <p class="para">Our main communications dish, which relayed signals from the Hab to Hermes, acted like a parachute, getting torn from its foundation and carried with the torrent. Along the way, it crashed through the reception antenna array. Then one of those long thin antennae slammed in to me end first.</p>55 56    <p class="para">It tore through my suit like a bullet through butter and I felt the worst pain of my life as it ripped open my side. I vaguely remember suddenly having the wind knocked out of me (pulled out of me, really) and my ears popping painfully as the pressure of my suit escaped.</p>57 58    <p class="para">The last thing I remember was seeing Johanssen hopelessly reaching out toward me.</p>59  </div>60 61  <div class="card bottom">62    <p class="para