The Cocoon Trilogy by Saperstein David

Author:Saperstein, David [Saperstein, David]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: David Saperstein/Ebbets Field Productions
Published: 2013-02-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN – THE FACILITY

Everything appeared normal at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, NASA’s sprawling headquarters and training facility thirty miles southeast of downtown Houston. Since the terrible accident that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger and with it, the lives of seven heroic American astronauts, NASA had a tough struggle to regain the confidence and support of Americans in the space program. New safety programs were initiated and the Johnson Center was now a beehive of activity. It was not uncommon for two or three missions to be in various stages of preparation at one time. The launch schedule of shuttles had reached almost one per month.

There had always been a space medicine center in Houston. In the mid-1980s a specialized facility had been opened in San Antonio, Texas, with the specific mission of applying the knowledge and experience gained in space medicine to benefit more Earthbound humans. Then, as America prepared to begin manned flights to planets within our solar system, the Johnson Space Medicine Facility was reactivated and expanded. It was in the recently renovated hospital wing of Building 11 that Dr. Khawaja had set up the Operation Earthmother facility designed to accommodate the expectant parents of the Geriatric Brigade.

Several days before the extraterrestrial guests were scheduled to arrive, the chaos that the twenty-one doctors representing seven specialties, eighteen engineers of various talents, twelve chemists, ten physicists and scores of support people, ranging from hardhat sheet metal and foundry laborers to surgical pediatric nurses could cause as they interacted suddenly calmed.

Mary and Ben Green had arrived and met with the entire staff in a secure auditorium next to Mission Control. They were the first “aliens” the staff had seen. Everyone was curious. Many of the top scientists and doctors who had been wooed by Dr. Khawaja, Dr. Yee and the President had serious doubts that this operation was what they had been told. Some were convinced there were secret military reasons. For others, the details of Operation Earthmother seemed too fantastic to be true. There were also grumblings of covert political activities being the real reason for the secrecy and security surrounding the project. This undercurrent became acute when four atmospheric temperature-controlled chambers were ordered on a crash basis. Overnight several new engineers, chemists and physicists arrived, taking over most of the second and third floors that had previously been set aside for staff living quarters. No one was told what the new arrival’s mission was, and so rumors persisted.

But as they listened to the Green’s explain the operation in detail, including the history and travels of the Brigade, the entire group understood they were about to become an extremely privileged group of humans.

“It was a natural thought, and many of us, scattered across this galaxy had it simultaneously. When we learned that birth on Motherplanet was an important part of the galactic unwritten laws, we experienced oneness with life as we had never felt before. Mary and I are here as witness to the wonderful news that we, Earth-humans are not alone in this galaxy – perhaps the entire universe.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.