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Almost three years of flight behind. The Ship “Nation” and nine other ships are flying on their given route. The speed is still small, some 50,000 km/h. However, we cannot fly faster, although there is such an opportunity. It is still good that without losses flew the asteroid belt. Let us fly faster; the defense of the ship could not withstand the bombardment of interstellar gas and meteorites. We will be looking for protection from this in the Coiper Belt. Then, if all goes well, we will rush to the fullest.

Not much changes on the screen. Darkness and distant stars.

– Dad, what star are we flying to? – Kvik asked.

– It is up to the team center, – the father said.

– Previously, it was decided to fly to one star system. However, three years of flight have already passed and during this time, there may be other options. However, we are going to be in the Coiper Belt for five or six months. We are going to have a lot of work to do there. The braking will soon be over, and we will be in weightlessness. You have never experienced this condition before. Burton stroked his son and went to his department. You need to prepare for a very difficult and responsible job. The ship is large, about 3 km in diameter. To get to the place of work it is necessary in a special elevator. He made this way every day. Sitting in a chair, he again thought about the upcoming work. Three years behind. Behind his home planet Earth. How hard it is to part with your home. It is not a breakup for a while when you know that the business trip, though long, will end and you will come home. Even expeditions on Mars in 8—10 years return home. What about now? He will not be home. There is nowhere to go back. How do you accept that?

Our flight, this is only the first expedition. The second, the third will fly after it. So it will continue until there is no one on Earth. The earth is dying and it is inevitable, unfortunately.

Our luminary behaved unpredictably. Activity has increased greatly. Plasma emissions are increasingly flying towards the Earth. The Earth’s magnetic field will not withstand such a bombardment for a long time. In 100—150 years, life will fade, and it is inevitable. Exit one; look for another place of life, another land.

It was decided to combine all the resources of States for the construction of spaceships and go in search of suitable planets, for their further colonization. There was no other way. Even the few colonies on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn will not last long. Ships began to build not only on Earth, but also on Mars. Mars has become the main transit point. Mankind was faced with the challenge of survival. Mankind did not expect it to happen so soon.