Approaching the Unknown Page #2

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this will be the

most amazing people

on earth, or on Mars.

The most amazing

people in the universe.

Captain Stanaforth

is like a superhero.

I don't want to be alone,

but I think that being alone,

being one of only a dozen or a few

hundred people on an entire planet.

There's a sort of melancholy to that,

which could be really beautiful.

Supply depot coming up.

Last stop for food and fuel

for the next 20 million miles.

Captain?

Earth to Stanaforth.

Stanaforth?

Yeah.

Hey, I thought we lost you.

I wish you could.

Careful now. We're

approaching the space station.

Because of the initial launch

delays, you won't have

a lot of time up there

to load supplies.

Ah, come on skinny, these are the last

people I'm going to see for a long time.

Hey.

Fruits from the Zephyr.

Ah!

Mmm!

You know I haven't had anything

this tasty in four months.

Your garden didn't take?

No, dead in two weeks.

So far so good in mine,

but we'll see.

Endurance, this is Houston.

Ready payload number two.

F***, can we even say hi here?

Oh yeah, sorry.

Hi Greenstreet, how ya doing?

Sorry you're still

stuck up there, buddy.

Because of the initial launch delays, the

new departure time is in eight hours.

Might as well keep my suit on.

Where's the captain?

Hey Worsley,

captain Stanaforth is here.

Can you come and say hi?

Hey Worsley, how ya doing?

Hey, Worsley.

What's going on?

You have plants.

Yeah. For experiments.

You hungry?

We had mice.

We were doing socialization

experiments on the mice,

to see how they would

interact in the air lock.

Have you ever seen a mouse

in zero gravity?

They all died.

Oh.

Geez, I'm sorry.

We thought, maybe they

would form different habits,

or become depressed

or even kill each other,

but they didn't.

They just died.

No, I didn't mean to, uh...

No, no, no I'm just playing a

song for my daughter back home.

I'm surprised mission

control gives you the time.

Uh, we have a lot of time.

Nothing but time.

It must be hard being away

from your daughter so long.

Abort your mission.

- Excuse me?

- You heard me.

Take all your fancy machines and

go back where you came from.

I'm sorry, what the f***

are you talking about?

I'm just f***ing with you.

But seriously, I...

You know I came up here

all cowboy like you.

Seeking adventure and all that,

but I'm going back. I'm bringing

this experience back with me.

I... I don't get you.

I don't wanna go back.

I've seen enough.

How could you

possibly have seen enough?

I mean look at that.

I have tears

every time the sun rises.

Yeah, it's beautiful.

You've only been up,

what three weeks?

You haven't forgotten yet.

Once you forget...

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