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My take on SmokeyVW's "Bell Project", with a story:
It had been over 20 years since astronomers had discovered an Earthlike planet orbiting the star Sirius. Now, a crew of four men and four women lay hibernating in a landing capsule on the planet’s surface. Slowly, the life-support system begins to warm up the sleepers.
John was the first to wake up. Slowly, he climbed out of his pod and onto the capsule floor. Checking on his mates, he could see that they were all still alive and beginning to stir.
Then he checks the monitors showing the conditions outside the capsule. Atmospheric pressure is only about .64 atmospheres; rather thin, but probably not dangerously so. The O2 concentration is about 17%; with little if any methane and ammonia also a little on the thin side, but tolerable and not toxic. Outside temperature is -3 degrees Celsius; rather chilly, but easily tolerable in a light jacket, much less a space suit. Wind speed; about 30 KPH.
He looks out through the capsule window at the increasing light on the landscape. “Must be ‘sunrise’,” he thinks to himself. A mountain range rises in the background, behind a mountain lake. “At least we have water,” he thinks. Then he does a double-take when he sees several upright object nearby. Could it be? It is! Man’s first glimpse of extraterrestrial trees! And there are many more along the lakeshore and on the mountainside. Not only was there life here, but apparently plenty of it!
He knew he would have to make himself at home here, because there would be no returning to Earth. A million questions went through his mind: Were the plants edible? What sort of animals might there be? How about intelligent life?
John opens the hatch to the capsule and emerges, the first human ever to set foot on extrasolar soil. Facing the sunrise, he removes his helmet.
His last question is about to be answered.
It had been over 20 years since astronomers had discovered an Earthlike planet orbiting the star Sirius. Now, a crew of four men and four women lay hibernating in a landing capsule on the planet’s surface. Slowly, the life-support system begins to warm up the sleepers.
John was the first to wake up. Slowly, he climbed out of his pod and onto the capsule floor. Checking on his mates, he could see that they were all still alive and beginning to stir.
Then he checks the monitors showing the conditions outside the capsule. Atmospheric pressure is only about .64 atmospheres; rather thin, but probably not dangerously so. The O2 concentration is about 17%; with little if any methane and ammonia also a little on the thin side, but tolerable and not toxic. Outside temperature is -3 degrees Celsius; rather chilly, but easily tolerable in a light jacket, much less a space suit. Wind speed; about 30 KPH.
He looks out through the capsule window at the increasing light on the landscape. “Must be ‘sunrise’,” he thinks to himself. A mountain range rises in the background, behind a mountain lake. “At least we have water,” he thinks. Then he does a double-take when he sees several upright object nearby. Could it be? It is! Man’s first glimpse of extraterrestrial trees! And there are many more along the lakeshore and on the mountainside. Not only was there life here, but apparently plenty of it!
He knew he would have to make himself at home here, because there would be no returning to Earth. A million questions went through his mind: Were the plants edible? What sort of animals might there be? How about intelligent life?
John opens the hatch to the capsule and emerges, the first human ever to set foot on extrasolar soil. Facing the sunrise, he removes his helmet.
His last question is about to be answered.
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MarkHolbrook
Smart man! Really really cool work Mr. Tin! Nicely done!