More Than Earth
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"So, Ms Jones, how long have you been working on the rocket?"
"Shuttle."
"Sorry, what?" The man asked, pausing with his pen hovering above his notebook's first paper.
Sara repeated herself, confidence in her voice. "It's a shuttle."
"Okay, then how long have you been working on the..." A pause. "Shuttle."
She sighed, getting up from her seat. "Don't patronize me," she said, grabbing the man's coat from the dining room chair next to her. "If NASA wants to ask me a few questions, fine. See if I care, really. But if NASA's gonna send someone who won't respect me, then they get no answers. Now pardon my rudeness as I say this," she paused, distaste obvious in her expression. "Get out."
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