TRANSMISSION
CONTINUES:
November
3rdst – 2015
My name is
Maria Harrison, Captain of the Zubrin, and this is my story.
Note to
self – Find better intro. I sound like I’m about to try and sell you something.
Been in
Space for more than a whole week now! I passed the moon a few days ago. We flew
quite close. I could see all the craters and canyons really clearly. I was kind
of hoping I’d see the original moon landing site, but either we didn’t fly near
it, or there’s nothing left to see.
But I saw
the moon! It was all big and grey, and… and pretty dull if I was going to be
honest. But it’s still a monumental moment for science. Yay for Science!
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Wow, space
is boring. There’s nothing to do
here. The Zubrin’s pretty spacious, so I can at least stretch my legs in zero
gravity a little. NASA told me to do a whole heap of exercises to do to make
sure my muscles don’t wear out without gravity.
I should
probably actually do them one of these days.
Well,
there’s no time like the present!
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Ouch. The
exercises went well, but I got all caught up in the moment and tried to do a
push up. Pushed up so far I whacked my head on the ceiling. Ouch.
Now my
head hurts. Do we have any painkillers on this ship?
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Found some
in the food cupboard. Why would they put it in the food cupboard? I’ll put them
in the supply cupboard instead.
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Wow, those
work fast. I guess they must…
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…Be pretty
strong sedatives.
Wait a
moment; did I fall asleep during that sentence? I think I did. Wow. Strong
stuff. On the bright side, headache
gone!
On the
down side, Tuesday gone…
Oh well,
back to bed! Night, Universe.
November 4th
– 2015
Doing my
exercises again. Didn’t hit my head this time (no push ups!) But whenever I
lunge, sideways, I go into a spin. When I spin, I get dizzy. When I get dizzy,
I throw up.
That
really doesn’t strike me as a good idea up here. I’ll try strapping myself into
the seat next time.
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NASA have
kindly pointed me to a file on the computer marked “Space Exercise Program”. No
more vomiting or hitting my head! Can’t wait!
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…I’ll do
them later.
November 5th
– 2015
Ok I’m
seriously starting to get bored. There’s a pretty good library on the ship, but
I’m not a huge reader and I keep losing my place. Whenever I put the book down
to go get a bookmark it floats away! Mind you, so does the bookmark.
Still, 9
days in space. And Mars is the next thing after the moon, isn’t it? So I must
be nearly there.
Strange
that I can’t see it though. How long does it take to get to Mars, NASA?
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18 MONTHS?!!!
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I’m going
to need more books.
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