by gauchecritic
and I like it here. It does beg for more though, doesn't it?
Somehow, it reads differently now than it did in the thread. I'd love to see you expand this.
In my opinion, I have to disagree with wanting to expand this story. I thiink that this story is not about the mundane, factual SF event but rather intended as an emotional catharsis on Joseph Cambellian spiritual level.