

This makes the Taylor, Dodge and Landon the oldest and longest-living human beings as history. The exact details of where they have crashed remain unknown, only how many years have passed back on earth. More than two-thousand light years have passed since the craft blasted off: back on Earth the year is 3978. Warning alert brings the three men out of their slumber as the craft begins to descend at a dizzying rate into a crash landing. The lecture on his own sense of self-superiority concluded, he climbs into his airtight chamber to join the others in light years of slumber.

Just before Taylor joins the other three in suspended animation on what should be an interstellar flight to explore the far reaches of the solar system, he reveals himself as overbearingly self-important and provides a subtle bit of foreshadowing by asking those in the past he has left far behind whether man is still such a lowly beast that he wages war against himself. Three men- Taylor, Landon and Dodge-are accompanied by one female astronaut named Stewart.

In the summer 0f 1972, the United States launches four astronauts into space. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
