On Earth, now, he thought as blast-off began, they were celebrating the coming of the new year, the birth of 2045 from the dead husk of 2044. It was something of a rebirth for him too, he thought; out of the Executive Third-Level of six months before, out of the mad world of public relations, had come a different man, one who had a real and valuable job to do and who was going to do it.
There were other worlds in space; perhaps someday man would meet a second intelligent race, and a third. The Ganymede experience would guide them in their future encounters.
The trip had been a smooth one. Now it was nearly over. Earth was just a hazy memory behind him. Ahead lay Ganymede, waiting.
The ship’s medic appeared. “Sir?”
“What is it, Johnson?”
“We’ll be entering deceleration orbit in twelve minutes, sir. I’ve brought gravanol pills for you and your wife.”
Marge took hers, grinned, and popped the pill into her mouth. But Kennedy brushed the medic’s hand away as he offered a pill to him.
“No thanks, Johnson. I want to see the whole thing.”
“Ted!”
“I’ve been through it before, Marge. This time I want to watch.”
He strapped himself in, leaned back, and peered out the port at the whiteness of Ganymede growing nearer outside. The ship began to plunge down toward its destination; Kennedy smiled calmly to himself and waited for the landing.
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