An attempt at the seventh flight on HT39 of the manned spacecraft was successful, and the astronaut managed to land on this planet. Initially, they planned to send three astronauts, but then they reduced the volume of the internal location of the spacecraft module for habitation for the sake of a more powerful engine and larger food supplies.
But it was this launch that was successful, although it was an interim project, involving an increase in the entire ship on a different principle of operation.
– Nikolai, we can hear and see you! – reported from a video call session from Earth.
– I can hear you perfectly well, too, the life support module has deployed automatically, and everything is working.
In the next few months, Nikolai became popular in all Internet resources, his interviews were broadcast, entire communities were created, and talk shows about him were discussed, where experts in various fields of science constantly spoke.
The topic was popular everywhere, and earnings from advertising such sites grew significantly, almost everyone was talking about a person on HT39.
T-shirts were produced, a clothing line was made, a movie was made, all this gave income to various companies for a huge amount.
But one day, Nikolai received a message on the monitor that the next module was delayed in sending, because they found errors in calculations when developing a new type of engine, and the old one had long been abandoned.
Nikolai sat down on a chair that was very comfortable in the life module and started flipping through the paper books that he had brought with him from home, but things were very sad.
He was popular on Earth, he was the idol of the young, but here, being one parsecs away from Earth, he could not go back and no further help could be expected.
He became the most popular and richest blogger on Earth. His dream of youth came true. A special bank account was opened for him to collect interest on broadcasts and souvenir sales, but he could not use it to save his position.