The Gift of Ceres

Mission time: T+ 2 yrs 158 days 08 hrs

Sunki held her gloved hand over the monitor for a moment, then pulled it away. The screen read two point six degrees, a tenth of a degree colder than the last time she’d checked, ten minutes before. And if she wanted enough power to maintain the navigation computer, the temperature would go a lot lower in the escape pod. If only the solar panels still worked, she’d have all the heat she…