Madeline | Marks

When I signed up to captain the Oz 9 , I was promised a nice, long nap in a stasis pod and a "Terraform Now" button to press in twenty-five years. Instead, I’m wide awake, the coffee machine is judging my life choices, and we just passed Earth’s moon. You know, the big white rock from the childhood bedroom window? Yeah, seeing it up close is cool until you realize you weren't supposed to see it at all because you were meant to be unconscious .

Captain’s Blog #8: Objects in Space are Exactly as Fragile as They Look madeline marks

Still mostly metal, though the D&G wing recently decided to undergo a spontaneous thermal meltdown. When I signed up to captain the Oz

On the bright side, the view from the port-side windows is stunning. It’s almost enough to make you forget that the life support system is making a sound like a dying harmonica. Yeah, seeing it up close is cool until

I’m stuck with a street urchin who has the entire history of humanity crammed into her head (and won’t stop reminding us) and a janitor who smells like old socks and broken dreams.