When the Small Town King Met a Space Queen

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ponsible for keeping astronauts alive on the moon and, one day, on Mars. The weight of that secret wa

oat club memberships, and their kids' private schools. I felt like an anthropologist studying

ystem. The lives of four astronauts had depended on my calculations. That was my world. A world of immense pressure, but

of overpriced steak around my plate. Final

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