Sole survivor of the first Mars mission, initially suspected of murdering his crew for rations. He denies the charges, claiming a hostile alien killed them. Later, he assists the rescue crew by deducing the creature's high oxygen requirements and ultimately opens the airlock to suffocate it in the vacuum of space.
They share the immediate goal of staying alive against the hidden threat.
Van Heusen exercises strict authority and surveillance over Carruthers upon his return.
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