The ship was drifting. It had been orbiting the earth for about 30 minutes now. There was absolute silence.
Richard thought it was terrible.
He was completely alone with his thoughts. Every once in a while, one of the consoles emitted some strange garbled static sounds. He assumed the ship’s computer was checking local radio communication to [...]
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[m]thirteen
March 27, 2009
[m]twelve
March 7, 2009
The rocket was shaking, but not as violently as Richard would have expected. It wasn’t really shaking at all – it was closer to vibrating. This was accompanied by a sound that Richard could only describe as a low roar, which was getting louder. Across the room from the main console, a digital meter was [...]
[m]eleven
June 27, 2008
The rocket was rather small and looked like it only held one person. It looked like your typical cartoon rocket, like what a child would draw and a mother would stick on the fridge. It was white, tall, and skinny, and it was larger in the center, but it was very fluid and streamlined. There [...]
