Launch
By C.P. Hind
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The shuttle sat hovering just above the surface of the guide rail, suspended on its super-conducting magnetics. The pilot yawned, having just completed his pre-flight check. Throwing his arms wide and stretching he spoke into his helmet, “Traffic Control, permission to launch?”
The craft was rapidly approaching the launch point, travelling at about 1.9 klm/sec.
For a brief moment it appeared to hang in the sky, then pitched nose down as the emergency rockets fired … too late!
The seat restraints parted and the pilot was smashed face first into the console as the shuttle powered into the lunar surface, in a tangle of wreckage and exploding fuel tanks.
C.P. Hind
Cyril Peter Hind was born in the United Kingdom in 1945. He emigrated to Australia and joined the Australian Army in 1965. He served in the Australian Army from 1965 to 1970 as a Field Medic and later as a Medical Laboratory technician. He saw active service in Vietnam and other parts of South East Asia. In 1970, he transferred to the Australian Air Force as a Medical Laboratory Scientist and again served in many areas of South East Asia up until 2012. One highlight of his career was when he ran a research unit and Advocacy office for military personnel that were exposed to toxic fuels and solvents during the F-III aircraft fuel tank maintenance program, for this service he was awarded the Order of Australia. Peter is now retired and living in Bali.
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