The Cold Table

Sci-Fi Difficulty: Very Hard 35 min

The Cold Table

A Mars base stopped answering Earth. Sixty hours later a relief ship lands. Inside, the base is dark, freezing, and has no air. Six half-eaten meals sit frozen on the table. Every space suit is gone from the rack. Nobody is there. The hull has no hole. The airlock works fine. In sixty hours the crew never sent one word. Where did they go, and why?

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