America One: The Odyssey Begins by T I Wade

Author:T I Wade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Asteroids, asteroid mining, space travel, space mining, science fiction
Publisher: T I Wade
Published: 2013-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

Four days later Allen and Jamie returned, this time with passengers. Thin and pale, VIN and Suzi were helped out of SB-II with VIN wheeling Suzi in a chair over the hot apron. A soundly sleeping Mars Noble was also visiting Earth for the first time, and was immediately placed in a crib.

Ryan wanted his astronauts to spend a week on Earth; it was time to discuss the future, what the president had asked of him, and to get feedback from his crew.

The next morning, after allowing VIN and Suzi time to enjoy themselves in the pool, and Suzi had a chance to receive and marvel over the ring and necklace, they began the meeting. First VIN and Suzi brought the ground crew up-to-date on America One.

Suzi was first to report. “All seven cubes are doing well. We are feeding the crew. Mr. Rose has everything under control, and apart from bits of rot here and there, the plant life is adjusting to space and our new gravity. Nothing is wilting anymore, and the bodies of the plants are strengthening. The rabbits and chickens are doing fine. We have our first space-incubated chicks, meat chickens, and they are doing well and growing, although a little slower than we would have anticipated compared to their rapid growth here on Earth.”

“The build crew completed the next family apartment cylinder,” VIN continued. “Seventy percent of the crew is housed, and the others are using the empty hospital ward. We had a case of what Doctor Rogers diagnosed as a cold last week. He was worried that a flu strain had reached the ship, but tests confirmed it was a common cold. He suggested that more stringent medical tests should be carried out before launches, and that Allen and Jamie, and anybody else launching into space should be quarantined for twelve hours before flight. He also suggested that a doctor be stationed here to conduct complete crew and passenger checkups, and that flight crews stay away from ground crew for at least an added twelve hours before each flight.” Ryan replied that he would do as the doctor asked. Then it was Ryan’s turn.

“As you all know, Fritz and Mrs. Warner left last week for Washington. They are being briefed there. I met with them during my recent visit. Next week they are scheduled to go to Beijing. Fritz is happy, his wife not so, but they will be staying in our embassy over there. The current administration in Washington believes that the Chinese are seriously contemplating investing all their resources into space travel. The president believes that they will not accept any more apologies from the U.S. over the destruction of their space program. Also, knowing that they have laser technology puts NASA and the other space authorities around the world into a defensive mode. Russia, Europe, and even Australia are ramping up their space programs. Washington will be increasing NASA’s budget three-fold this year and, as you know, our next launch is three new GPS satellites.

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