Venkat Kapoor személy
Idézetek
MINDY READ the Morse code aloud. “ROLLED. FIXING NOW.”
“What? That’s it?” Venkat said over the phone.
“That’s all he said,” she reported, cradling the phone as she typed out an e-mail to the list of interested parties.
“Just three words? Nothing about his physical health? His equipment? His supplies?”
“You got me,” she said. “He left a detailed status report. I just decided to lie for no reason.”
“Funny,” Venkat said. “Be a smart-ass to a guy seven levels above you at your company. See how that works out.”
“Oh no,” Mindy said. “I might lose my job as an interplanetary voyeur? I guess I’d have to use my master’s degree for something else.”
“I remember when you were shy.”
“I’m space paparazzi now. The attitude comes with the job.”
CHAPTER 24
– Why would he do that?
– Have you met Mark Whatney?
– Csodálatos – mondta Teddy – Tehát még hat ember életét tesszük kockára.
– Bezony – bólintott Venkat – Biztonságosabb lenne, ha az Ares 4 legénysége a Hermesen maradna […] de úgy fel kéne adniuk a küldetést, és inkább megkockáztatják a halált.
– Mert asztronauták – mondta Teddy.
– Mert asztronauták – erősítette meg Venkat.
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“Any concerns or reservations?” Venkat asked.
“Yeah. I’m concerned about what I ate last night. I think it had an eyeball in it.”
“I’m sure there wasn’t an eyeball.”
“The engineers here made it for me special,” Mitch said.
“There may have been an eyeball,” Venkat said. “They hate you.”
“Why?”
“’Cause you’re a dick, Mitch,” Venkat said. “A total dick. To everyone.”
“Fair enough. So long as the probe gets to Hermes, they can burn me in effigy for all I care.”
“Jesus, what a complicated process,” Venkat said.
“Try updating a Linux server sometime,” Jack said.
After a moment of silence, Tim said, “You know he was telling a joke, right? That was supposed to be funny.”
“Oh,” said Venkat. “I’m a physics guy, not a computer guy.”
“He’s not funny to computer guys, either.”
“You’re a very unpleasant man, Tim,” Jack said.
– Venk, a területet letarolta egy 175 km/h-s homokvihar. Elég pocsék állapotban lehet.
– Ezért kellenek a képek – érvelt Venkat. – Csak néhány fotó a helyszínről. Sokat megtudhatnánk.
– Miről? Nem küldhetünk embereket a Marsra anélkül, hogy minden tökéletesen működne.
– Nem kell mindennek tökéletesnek lennie – vágott vissza gyorsan Venkat. – Ha valami elromlott, küldünk helyette másikat.
– És hogy állapítjuk meg képek alapján, hogy mi romlott el?
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