human
The course and figures seem to check both ways. But I don't believe it. That the rock and the freighter should meet in the same place at the same time would be more than a coincidence. It would be a miracle.
gpt
More so than the 'coincidence' of the freighter headed straight for Mars's only industrial area?
human
Yes. More than I can imagine. We have the rock and the freighter, two moving bodies, meeting in space by pure chance. Space is too vast for that sort of thing. It can't happen.
gpt
Mars and the freighter are two moving bodies in space that are going to meet,
human
Yes, but the ship was originally headed on a course to Mars. And Mars is much bigger.
gpt
True, I conceded.
human
But the asteroid is also on an interception course with the freighter. And it is a lot bigger than the freighter.
gpt
I'm not gullible, Mr. Weston. Nor am I a fool. I have enough interest in Mars to want a miracle to happen, aside from a natural desire to see disaster averted. But what about you; what are you after? What are you trying to prove?