The Starling skidded down out of space toward Mars. It was the first ship ever to reach Mars. It was the first man-made and Lunar-Base-constructed spaceship ever designed to reach Mars! It was the first attempt, and the first leg of that first attempt looked successful. They were getting where they had to go. Now all they had to do was once around the wheelhouse and get back! It was a long, gleaming, torpedo-shaped craft, fully one thousand feet of compact, completely attuned technology from ste