In the words of early astronaut Alan Sheppard, ‘LIGHT THIS CANDLE!'”
My timing was off, reducing the drama. Without the inertial dampers, a Zolachev drive ignition wouldn’t even be survivable. Ok XXX The accelerometer instantly changed from zero to 627 G. I headed for my assigned sleep tube and climbed in. Unlike the flights before the colony missions, we would keep accelerating for five years instead of just a few minutes. I had a punny thought. Flight clock is running at minus one sixteen…”
In passable English, the Secretary General told me and the two billion people watching; “Crew of Conestoga, I know you will do best and take human to stars! He wouldn’t even want to see another guy during sex, but it was MY dream.
