The Long Return
After the euphoria of the successful touchdown, the three flawlessly executed space walks and the textbook perfect redock with the main module, there was no excuse for what happened. We were on top of the World, or more accurately, on top of Mars. The Red Planet was conquered, the flags of the many nations involved in this vastly expensive and historic enterprise firmly planted in Martian sand. We were heading home. The red LED display above the centre console counted down the days, the hours, the minutes the seconds. This was the 460th day of our mission and … [Read More...]
