2075: The Stars Get A Little Closer

The morning of May 3, 2075 started out like any other. Rebecca Childress sat at the dining table coloring while her mom watched the morning news. It was these moments, Rebecca recounted many years later, that she loved the most. This day, however, would stick out in her mind as well as the mind of every human on the planet.
Excerpt from Rebecca Childress’ diary:
“Mommy made omelettes [sic] again today. I was coloring when I saw Daddy on the holo. I screamed for Mom. Danny started screaming and running around the table. Ugh, so annoying. There he was, standing next to the President! They were talking about space and stuff, which was cool, but he looked so important standing there. We hadn’t seen him for so long. He had a beard now. Mommy doesn’t like it but I think it looks funny.

Whenever Daddy was about to leave, I asked him why he had to work all the time and he always told me the same thing:

He was trying to give me the stars.”

Dr. Scott Childress and his team had completed the first self-sustaining quantum drive engine, capable of achieving 1/100th the speed of light. For the first time, humanity could explore the solar system with unprecedented speed.

Der Morgen des 3. Mai 2075 begann wie jeder andere. Rebecca Childress saß am Esstisch und malt, während ihre Mutter die Morgennachrichten sah. Es waren diese Momente, erzählte Rebecca viele Jahre später, die sie am meisten liebte. Dieser Tag würde jedoch sowohl in ihrem Kopf als auch im Kopf jedes Menschen auf dem Planeten auffallen.
Auszug aus Rebecca Childress' Tagebuch:
"Mami hat heute wieder Omelettes gemacht. Ich habe gemalt, als ich Papa auf dem Holo sah. Ich schrie nach Mama. Danny fing an zu schreien und lief um den Tisch herum. Ugh, so nervig. Da war er, stand neben dem Präsidenten! Sie sprachen über Raum und so, was cool war, aber er sah so wichtig aus, als er da stand. Wir hatten ihn so lange nicht mehr gesehen. Er hatte jetzt einen Bart. Mami mag es nicht, aber ich finde es lustig.

Wann immer Papa gehen wollte, fragte ich ihn, warum er die ganze Zeit arbeiten musste, und er sagte mir immer dasselbe:

Er versuchte, mir die Sterne zu geben."

Dr. Scott Childress und sein Team hatten den ersten selbsttragenden Quantenantriebsmotor fertig gestellt, der in der Lage war, 1/100 der Lichtgeschwindigkeit zu erreichen. Zum ersten Mal konnte die Menschheit das Sonnensystem mit beispielloser Geschwindigkeit erforschen.

The morning of May 3, 2075 started out like any other. Rebecca Childress sat at the dining table coloring while her mom watched the morning news. It was these moments, Rebecca recounted many years later, that she loved the most. This day, however, would stick out in her mind as well as the mind of every human on the planet.
Excerpt from Rebecca Childress’ diary:
“Mommy made omelettes [sic] again today. I was coloring when I saw Daddy on the holo. I screamed for Mom. Danny started screaming and running around the table. Ugh, so annoying. There he was, standing next to the President! They were talking about space and stuff, which was cool, but he looked so important standing there. We hadn’t seen him for so long. He had a beard now. Mommy doesn’t like it but I think it looks funny.

Whenever Daddy was about to leave, I asked him why he had to work all the time and he always told me the same thing:

He was trying to give me the stars.”

Dr. Scott Childress and his team had completed the first self-sustaining quantum drive engine, capable of achieving 1/100th the speed of light. For the first time, humanity could explore the solar system with unprecedented speed.