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BLACK.

SILENCE.

CARD 1

AT 600 KM ABOVE PLANET EARTH THE

TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 120 AND

-100 DEGREES CELSIUS.

SILENCE.

CARD 2

THERE IS NOTHING TO CARRY SOUND, NO

OXYGEN, AND NO AIR PRESSURE.

SILENCE.

CARD 3

LIFE HERE IS IMPOSSIBLE.

SILENCE.

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GRAVITY:

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OUTER SPACE, 600 KILOMETERS ABOVE

PLANET EARTH.

Like all images of Earth seen from space, this image of our

planet is mythical and majestic.

The globe seems almost tangible, slowly spinning, floating in

the endless void of space. It is a blue planet, and bright white

clouds twirl and stretch in capricious patterns across the deep

blue of the oceans and the jigsaw of continents: green, yellow

and brown.

It is noon in Cape Town and early night in India.

The sphere is almost a perfect orb except for the darkened

sliver on its Eastern edge.

It is beautiful! And so full of life.

But not here.

Here it is completely silent.

SILENCEIN:

THE DISTANCEA:

small metal object crosses the empty space surrounding Earth.

If it appears to be a small satellite that is only because it is

far away from us. It is the size of one football field. It is-

The INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS).

It resembles a dragonfly. Its solar panels stretch out, like

wings, from the long body made of connected pressurized modules.

It floats with a sense of proud achievement.

It orbits at an altitude of 500 km above sea level. It moves at

an average of 27,700 kilometers per hour, completing 15.7 laps

around the Earth per day.

It is cruising over Zimbabwe. To the East, the island of

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