I keep thinking about the wildly different standards of cold that humans and eridians have. Like:
Grace: You know, I think it would be nice to experience winter
Eridian science team: Of course. Around 20*C/68*F winter temperatures, question?
(They've been keeping it at 25*C/77*F)
Grace:
Grace: That's, like, a mild spring day.
Eridian science team: Understood. What is winter temperature on Earth, question?
Grace: Well, depends where you go. Where I grew up, the coldest winters were, uh, around freezing? Just a bit above or below it, usually. But I grew up in a pretty warm climate. California is famous for mild winters. In fact humans ᶜᵃⁿ ˢᵘʳᵛⁱᵛᵉ ᵗᵉᵐᵖᵉʳᵃᵗᵘʳᵉˢ ᵒᶠ…
Eridian science team:
Eridian science team: What the fuck, question?
Grace: Oh, well, Earth has a much, much colder climate than here! We already knew this. What's winter like here?
Eridian science team: 360*C/680*F is the coldest it gets here. We have to create freezing temperatures in a lab.
you know, an interesting tangent on this is that since space craft generally have to be heated for habitability, which takes quite a bit of energy then Rocky's presence on and the ambient temperatures of his spaces throughout the Hail Mary would likely have been quite a source of heat. this likely would have reduced the Hail Mary's energy consumption.
