6 Race against time

Chapter Six RACE AGAINST TIME. The Odin probe appeared on the scanner. Roshni watched anxiously as they hurtled toward it. They might make it in time… but it would be close! The Beagle beeped a little tune as it rocketed along. "That slingshot move sped us up, but I think we might have overdone it," said Ollie. His eyes

第六章与时间赛跑。 奥丁探针出现在扫描仪上。 Roshni焦急地看着他们冲向它。 他们可能会及时赶到，但会很接近！小猎犬号一边飞驰，一边哼着小调。 “弹弓式的动作加快了我们的速度，但我认为我们可能做得过火了，”奥利说。 他的眼睛

were wide. "We're going too fast!" "Beagle, we need to slow down," Roshni warned. The Beagle whined back at her. It clearly didn't want to slow down. It was too excited! "I know you're having fun, but remember the mission!" she said. With a sad-sounding beep, the Beagle turned on the retro-rockets. The velocity counter stopped flashing wildly and started to show actual numbers again. Gradually, their speed dropped until they were hovering at a standstill, right beside the gleaming Odin probe. Ollie glanced at the mission timer. "Fifteen minutes left. Can you fix the probe in that time?"

是宽。“我们开得太快了！”“小猎犬，我们需要放慢速度，”罗什尼警告说。 小猎犬也对她呜咽着。 它显然不想慢下来。 太激动了！“我知道你玩得很开心，但别忘了任务！”她说。 随着一声悲伤的嘟嘟声，小猎犬号启动了复古火箭。 速度计数器停止了疯狂的闪烁，又开始显示实际的数字。 他们的速度逐渐下降，直到停在闪闪发光的奥丁探测器旁边。 奥利瞥了一眼任务计时器。 “还有十五分钟。你能在这段时间内修好探针吗？”

"If I'm fast," Roshni replied. She was already pulling her helmet back on. "Wish me luck!" Ollie grabbed her a tool kit from a compartment overhead. Roshni tucked it under her left arm, holding the antenna in her hand. She kept her right hand free to hold on to the Beagle. She stood in the airlock and closed the inner doors. She was just reaching for the outer door switch when she remembered her safety tether! That was a close one, she thought, as she clipped it in place. "You okay in there?" came Ollie's voice through her helmet speaker.

“如果我跑得快，”罗什尼回答。 她已经把头盔戴上了。 “祝我好运吧！”奥利从头顶的行李架里给她拿了一个工具箱。 Roshni把它夹在左臂下，手里拿着天线。 她把右手腾出来抓住小猎犬号。 她站在气闸里，关上了里面的门。 她正要伸手去拿外面的门开关，突然想起了她的安全绳！这是一个很接近的，她想，她把它夹在地方。 “你还好吗？”奥利的声音从她头盔上的扬声器里传来。

"All ready," she said. "I didn't know we could talk to each other." "Yeah, I think the intercom uses the safety tether as a communications cable," Ollie explained. Knowing that she'd be able to stay in contact with Ollie made Roshni feel more confident. She opened the outer doors. The probe was right there, hanging in space only a few yards away. Maybe this would be easier than she'd dared to hope. Keeping a careful hold on the antenna and the tool kit, she pushed herself away from the Beagle.

“都准备好了，”她说。“我不知道我们可以互相交谈。” “是的，我认为对讲机使用安全绳作为通信电缆，”奥利解释说。 知道自己可以和奥利保持联系，罗什尼感到更有信心了。 她打开外面的门。 探测器就在那里，悬挂在几码外的空间里。 也许这比她敢于想象的要容易。 她小心地抓住天线和工具箱，推开了小猎犬号。

The probe came within reach. Roshni grabbed one of the stronger-looking struts. Once she was sure she was secure, she moved the antenna into place. She could see exactly what had happened. The antenna was held on by a sort of grip, and it was buckled and twisted where a meteor must have struck it. She'd have to replace it. Luckily, the tool kit had a spare. "You always make sure we have what we need, don't you, Beagle?" she said fondly. Ollie was watching her through the window, nervous as a cat in a lightning storm. "Ten minutes," he said. Roshni focused her mind like never before. She took a wrench from the tool kit and undid the bolts holding the grip that had connected the antenna to the probe.

探测器触手可及。 Roshni抓住了一根看起来比较结实的支柱。 一旦她确定她是安全的，她移动天线到位。 她能清楚地看到发生了什么。 天线被一种类似把手的东西抓住，它在一定是被流星击中的地方弯曲扭曲了。 她得换一个。幸运的是，工具箱里有一个备用的。 “你总是确保我们有我们需要的东西，不是吗，小猎犬？”她深情地说。 奥利正透过窗户看着她，紧张得像一只遇到雷雨的猫。 “十分钟，”他说。Roshni前所未有地集中了她的注意力。 她从工具箱里拿出一把扳手，解开了连接天线和探针的手柄上的螺栓。

It was cracked—no wonder the antenna had floated off! Once she'd unscrewed it, the broken grip started to spin away. Roshni caught it and placed it in the tool kit. Don't want to leave any litter behind, she thought. Next, she attached a new grip and bolted it on.

它裂了——难怪天线飘走了！她一拧开它，断了的握把就开始旋转。 罗什尼接住了它，把它放在工具箱里。 不想留下任何垃圾，她想。 接着，她装上一个新的手柄，用螺栓把它固定好。