Isaac asimov short story for students

Short story by Isaac Asimov

"Marooned off Vesta" is a science fictionshort story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was the third story he wrote, and the first to be published.^[1] Written in July 1938 when Asimov was 18, it was rejected by Astounding Science Fiction in August, then accepted in October by Amazing Stories, appearing in the March 1939 issue.

Asimov first included it in his 1968 story collection Asimov's Mysteries, and subsequently in the 1973 collection The Best of Isaac Asimov.

Plot summary

"Marooned off Vesta" tells the story of three men who survive the wreck of the spaceshipSilver Queen in the asteroid belt and find themselves trapped in orbit around the asteroidVesta.

They have at their disposal three airtight rooms, one spacesuit, three days' worth of air, a week's supply of food, and a year's supply of water.^[2] They are initially despondent about their impending suffocation until one of the men