Scenario
The Martian
Everyone left. The maths did not.
You were declared dead and the ride home departed accordingly. Nothing here wants to kill you personally — it simply is not air, and will not become air, and the next opportunity to leave is four hundred days away.
What kills you
Arithmetic. Specifically, the calorie kind.
Rules
- 01Count everything twice, then write it down.
- 02One failure at a time is a problem. Two is an ending.
- 03Grow something, even if it fails.
- 04Fix the small thing before it is the big thing.
The kit
5 itemsHalf of every improvised repair in recorded history. Buy more than feels sensible.
Guessing at electrics is how a survivable problem becomes a fire.
Food you grow is worth more than the calories, because it is also something to do tomorrow.
Every repair needs both hands. All of them.
The record is how you catch the mistake you are about to repeat.
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