24 Hours in Space

摘要

Shortly before houston's definition of dawn, International Space Station, Node 2. The year; is 2006. You rub your eyes and stretch, still zipped into a duffel bag that holds you securely in your closet-cubicle. In here, it is as quiet as the desert and as dark as the womb. You have slept better than at home. But nature calls. You float to the ISS restroom, hoping to arrive before your 64-year-old mission commander, a one-time vice president of the United States.