Welcome To Mars
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019The airlock hissed. Evans cleared her throat. No one left and no one came to the bare planet. Welcome to Mars. ‘Someone’s got to do it,’ she thought and hauled herself out of the bodyform seat. She entered into her suit and climbed into the airlock. It took 30 seconds for the pressure to equalise. Outside it was -40°. She opened the hatch and stepped out. ‘That’s one small step for a woman,’ she muttered.
In the distance she heard a dog barking.
