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That
is
the
most
probable
thing
,
if
we
are
to
find
life
there
at
all
.
Think
of
the
difference
in
conditions
!
Life
must
fit
itself
to
a
day
as
long
as
fourteen
earthly
days
,
a
cloudless
sun-blaze
of
fourteen
days
,
and
then
a
night
of
equal
length
,
growing
ever
colder
and
colder
under
these
cold
,
sharp
stars
.
In
that
night
there
must
be
cold
,
the
ultimate
cold
,
absolute
zero
,
273
°
C.
below
the
earthly
freezing
point
.
Whatever
life
there
is
must
hibernate
through
that
,
and
rise
again
each
day
.
"
He
mused
.
"
One
can
imagine
something
worm-like
,
"
he
said
,
"
taking
its
air
solid
as
an
earth-worm
swallows
earth
,
or
thick-skinned
monsters
--
"
"
By
the
bye
,
"
I
said
,
"
why
did
n't
we
bring
a
gun
?
"
He
did
not
answer
that
question
.
"
No
,
"
he
concluded
,
"
we
just
have
to
go
.
We
shall
see
when
we
get
there
.
"
I
remembered
something
.
"
Of
course
,
there
's
my
minerals
,
anyhow
,
"
I
said
;
"
whatever
the
conditions
may
be
.
"
Presently
he
told
me
he
wished
to
alter
our
course
a
little
by
letting
the
earth
tug
at
us
for
a
moment
.
He
was
going
to
open
one
earthward
blind
for
thirty
seconds
.
He
warned
me
that
it
would
make
my
head
swim
,
and
advised
me
to
extend
my
hands
against
the
glass
to
break
my
fall
.
I
did
as
he
directed
,
and
thrust
my
feet
against
the
bales
of
food
cases
and
air
cylinders
to
prevent
their
falling
upon
me
.
Then
with
a
click
the
window
flew
open
.
I
fell
clumsily
upon
hands
and
face
,
and
saw
for
a
moment
between
my
black
extended
fingers
our
mother
earth
--
a
planet
in
a
downward
sky
.
We
were
still
very
near
--
Cavor
told
me
the
distance
was
perhaps
eight
hundred
miles
and
the
huge
terrestrial
disc
filled
all
heaven
.
But
already
it
was
plain
to
see
that
the
world
was
a
globe
.
The
land
below
us
was
in
twilight
and
vague
,
but
westward
the
vast
grey
stretches
of
the
Atlantic
shone
like
molten
silver
under
the
receding
day
.
I
think
I
recognised
the
cloud-dimmed
coast-lines
of
France
and
Spain
and
the
south
of
England
,
and
then
,
with
a
click
,
the
shutter
closed
again
,
and
I
found
myself
in
a
state
of
extraordinary
confusion
sliding
slowly
over
the
smooth
glass
.
When
at
last
things
settled
themselves
in
my
mind
again
,
it
seemed
quite
beyond
question
that
the
moon
was
"
down
"
and
under
my
feet
,
and
that
the
earth
was
somewhere
away
on
the
level
of
the
horizon
--
the
earth
that
had
been
"
down
"
to
me
and
my
kindred
since
the
beginning
of
things
.
So
slight
were
the
exertions
required
of
us
,
so
easy
did
the
practical
annihilation
of
our
weight
make
all
we
had
to
do
,
that
the
necessity
for
taking
refreshment
did
not
occur
to
us
for
nearly
six
hours
(
by
Cavor
's
chronometer
)
after
our
start
.
I
was
amazed
at
that
lapse
of
time
.
Even
then
I
was
satisfied
with
very
little
.
Cavor
examined
the
apparatus
for
absorbing
carbonic
acid
and
water
,
and
pronounced
it
to
be
in
satisfactory
order
,
our
consumption
of
oxygen
having
been
extraordinarily
slight
And
our
talk
being
exhausted
for
the
time
,
and
there
being
nothing
further
for
us
to
do
,
we
gave
way
to
a
curious
drowsiness
that
had
come
upon
us
,
and
spreading
our
blankets
on
the
bottom
of
the
sphere
in
such
a
manner
as
to
shut
out
most
of
the
moonlight
,
wished
each
other
good-night
,
and
almost
immediately
fell
asleep
.
