The best and worst destination
Chapter 3
While we are celebrating our success through the transmission, something appears in the atmosphere; the white, silver, metal robot subtly flies across the space as fast as a cheetah.
“What was that?” I asked.
“Did you saw that too?” He asked
“Yep, but what was it?” I replied.
“It was like a submarine with water tanks, but instead of having the water tanks, it has the engine power”, My partner said.
“It’s had some kind of Ascent and Descent stage too”, I added.
“It also has legs for landing”, He added more.
The spacecraft called Luna 15; was a robotic space mission of the Soviet Luna programme.
“Hey!” I said while running towards that mysterious transportation.
“Why are you following it?” Neil asked loudly.
“Don’t you wonder what it is?” I replied.
Neil followed me, running towards the robot. The robot immediately picked up the Lunar’s material and flew up above my head. It shines up the bright radiance against our eyes.
I squeeze my eyes, almost shut against the bright light. I suddenly remember what Mr. Charles Duke told me…
“There will be a spaceship from the Soviet completing this mission too”, said the capsule communicator.
“What should I do if it come sir?” I asked.
“You don’t need to do anything; that spacecraft is not to return back to Earth”, he answered.
“How can you know that?” I asked him again with a curious tone.
“Because Soviet won’t let any astronauts risk their life for completing the mission, so it will be the robot and it doesn’t have the ability to control the spaceship. And at last, it would explode even before returning back to Earth” He replied to me.
I open my eyes again, it was gone. I looked around. Right. Left. Down. Up. It was outside the Lunar’s orbit – quite far away. When I look at it, it was above our heads, but far away, the robot starts to shake, the flame begins to burn the spacecraft. Shockingly, it explodes in front of my eyes—the scarp of the explosion flow around that area in the space.
I immediately remind Neil about the conversation between Mr. Charles Duke and me so that he won’t be confused about what just happened.