The Martian Race
Chapter One
January 11, 2018
"Welcome back to mars!"
She always opened these public broadcasts in the same way. Firm,
friendly, positive.
"Viktor and I are here near the northern rim of Gusev Crater, doing
some final surveying work."
Actually, we had to get out of the hab one last time. Take a last
look around, have some time together before we're all crammed into
that tiny Earth Return Vehicle, the size of a New York apartment.
"I expect most of you know the view pretty well by now."
I hope you're not already bored and out getting a sandwich.
"Still, those high ramparts to the east catching the afternoon sun,
they're beautiful. A kilometer high, too."
Hope they don't recall that I covered nearly this same territory
over a year ago. Completing a search grid isn't exciting, but maybe
we shouldn't coddle the audience so much. And then, Axelrod's media
types would just cut this part out anyway.
"The theme here is looking for unusual volcanic activity, whether
fossil evidence or even current emissions. And biological clues,
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