October 4th 2009
The chapter starts off relating to the introduction, an interview with Susan Calvin, who appears to be the narrator of the story. She begins tells the reporter of the Mercury Mining Expeditions of 2015, which is where the next plot takes place. Mike Donovan and Greg Powell are running the facilities, and have just sent out thier robot, “Speedy” to go get Selenium. I personally have no clue what selenium is or why they needed it, the book does not explain too well. Speedy then doesn’t return, so the two must leave the facility by mounting 2 old robots stored away from earlier expeditions, to retrieve Speedy. I am a little annoyed how the plot jumps so quickly, I just hope that it does not do this so very often.
They soon rescue Speed and bring him back to the facility after a long, confusing journey into the Mercury Desert. Again, I am a little confused, there are quite a lot of scientific terms and words used, and I really haven’t gotten into space study in science class yet. Their rescue mission had some very thrilling moments, and even funny ones.
This chapter was not very long, compared to chapter one. I am left with a few questions. Who are Mike Donovan and Greg Powell? Will they play a role further on in the book? I hope so. I don’t really like a constant change in characters.
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