Today we had an unofficial meeting about the way we should name the star and its' planets. During the argument, someone proposed to base the names on African mythology. After checking with onboard encyclopedia, we've decided to name the sun after the African goddess-mother Minocha; the planet we were headed to was named after the Western Africa's hero, Anansi. Bigger of the gas giants gained the name Shango, after the thunder spirit of the yoruba people, and the lesser one — Seyon, after the Efiopian King, a hero of the epos "The Glorious Victories". The airless planet became Yemoja, after another goddess from yoruba mythology. Of course, we still needed to consult the officials back at Earth in order to have those names on all the space maps, but there shouldn't be any problem with that, unless another expedition has been launched while we were away, and they've decided to use the same names for different astronomical objects. For now, the names were put on the map in the control room.
I've tried to paint the planet in my diary. I don't think it went well, but I really hope, that my relatives, when I'm showing them my notes, will be able to understand my original idea.
I've tried to paint the planet in my diary. I don't think it went well, but I really hope, that my relatives, when I'm showing them my notes, will be able to understand my original idea.
Today we've also launched a capsule carrying our first research probe. It is gaining speed by getting hit by a laser beam, pretty interesting method that allows us to save up space on the probe itself we otherwise needed for the fuel and engines. When it is about to hit the ground, a huge airbag is thrown from its' front, kind of like in a car during an accident, which absorbs the potential damage from hit. Capsule will reach Anansi in about eight days. Until than we're just waiting for any updates.
Looks like most people are spending their time in our observatory, looking at all the new stars, as well as Milky Way's center, which cannot be seen like this from Earth. Speaking of which, it's so unusual to think about your home planet as of something distand, even though I an going to see it only in several years from now. It feels like I was there just recently, even though it's been a year and a half; I don't even miss it yet. I have family back there; I hope they were informed that quantum transfer has been successful. Our first contact is scheduled to be in three weeks. This is the time we will need to accumulate energy from the star enough to run the process — it uses quantum mechanics as well, but the ship doesn't have the power source like the one on modifier that sent us here. Our connection will be processed through Space Expeditions Academy, but there is a chance that we might be able to see our relatives as well. I heard that someone from the science crew left his favorite dog as his contact. I'd love to see their conversation.
Looks like most people are spending their time in our observatory, looking at all the new stars, as well as Milky Way's center, which cannot be seen like this from Earth. Speaking of which, it's so unusual to think about your home planet as of something distand, even though I an going to see it only in several years from now. It feels like I was there just recently, even though it's been a year and a half; I don't even miss it yet. I have family back there; I hope they were informed that quantum transfer has been successful. Our first contact is scheduled to be in three weeks. This is the time we will need to accumulate energy from the star enough to run the process — it uses quantum mechanics as well, but the ship doesn't have the power source like the one on modifier that sent us here. Our connection will be processed through Space Expeditions Academy, but there is a chance that we might be able to see our relatives as well. I heard that someone from the science crew left his favorite dog as his contact. I'd love to see their conversation.
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