February 18, 1997

I read an interesting e-mail from my office, so interesting that it diverted from my task of preparing my first tests for this semester.

The first explorer will be deployed on Friday, February 21st. I read whom our project has selected, an Air Force captain named Maggie Beckett. She flew combat during the Gulf War, which happened the same way as on my world.

I spent half an hour rereading the e-mail before returning to my academic duties.