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through it, patching you through,” 
she says.
A calm voice greets you with an accent 
you can’t quite place – Australian perhaps.
“Ok kiddo, my name is Maggie, and I’ll be your 
astronaut instructor. We usually train for 2 years 
for this stuff, so strap in, because you are on the 
accelerated course!”
“Ok,” you reply, increasing in confidence at her can-
do attitude.
You open your notes app on your phone and write 
Maggie’s instructions down. She explains the 
difficulties of suiting up and how the life support 
module supplies oxygen and scrubs carbon dioxide 
from the air in the suit. You hear a smile in her voice 
as she describes the ‘bunny hop’ technique you will 
use to travel across the low gravity surface in the 
bulky spacesuit, and how some of the tools that 
you might need to use work.
“Oh, and Kamari” she continues, sounding serious 
for the first time, “it’s important that you stay calm 
You pull out your phone to talk to Sasha and see 
there is already a group call with several other 
members. You tap to join and let them know 
what’s happening. It looks like it’s not just your 
mentor who is acting weird.
You hear about the fight between Devon’s 
mentors, followed by the reassuring message from 
Earth Mission Control. However, the words “And 
one last thing… don’t make them angry,” stay with 
you. You spot an empty side room to hide in and 
carefully enter. 
What is happening?
After a few minutes Sasha calls you again.
“Hey, Kamari, looks like we are going to need you 
to go outside and fix a transmitter,” she tells you.
“Go outside…on my own?!” you reply. You loved 
the idea of a spacewalk when you thought you 
would have someone there looking out for you, 
but now?
“Yeah, I have an astronaut on the line to talk you 

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