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| "The Castaway" Image Prompt from IronAge.Media |
“We've done it,” Tom said, nearly a whisper. “We've left the Solar system.” He glanced at the numbers on his screen, half in disbelief. They were the first humans to make it outside the Kuiper Belt. Fifty-five times further away from the Sun than the Earth, the trip had taken nearly a month using the most powerful rockets the human race could produce. Even now, the thrusters continued their burn, creating a weak but definite sense of gravity inside the ship.
