Everything is going as expected. The spaceship is perfectly on course, and we are set to go into cryo sleep in three days. When I was first pitched the mission by the coordinators the idea of cryosleep made me uncomfortable. It basically meant that I would be frozen for six years of my son's life. On the other hand, floating around the ship with seemingly nothing to do all day, I am so glad we won't have to be conscious for the next six years as we gradually approach Jupiter. That would honestly feel like an eternity.
In the first few days there was a huge wave of excitement from being in space. When I wasn't doing flips or playing with items in zero gravity you could not peel me from the windows. Looking at the Earth from such a distance was surreal and the stars were so much more vibrant from space.
After the initial excitement began to wear off life on the spaceship began to become quite boring. The food was not very appetizing, and there simply wasn't much to do. The one thing that did provide some excitement was the gym. It's important for astronauts to be active in the gym to keep their muscles from getting too weak from misuse. The whole crew has a bit of a healthy competition for who can run on the treadmill the longest. I'm nowhere near the lead, but the numbers I've put up have been respectable.
When I'm not trying to outrun myself or enjoying the view, I spend my time reading or sending messages home. It's funny, with nothing to do it seems like it would be a perfect time to get more journaling done, but it just seems there is nothing to talk about.
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Europa
Ciencia FicciónIn order to embark on a mission to discover alien life on the icy moon of Jupiter Maria must leave her life on Earth behind, including her father and her seven-year-old son Diego. She thought the hardest part of the mission would be saying goodbye...
