There's a Star (wo)man, waiting in the sky ..
He'd like to come and meet us, but SHE thinks he'd blow our minds!
Yup, it's an AI generated image this time around in the caption, but I think it works for what I had in mind when I saw it. With some Mars news occuring, the 40th anniversary of the first untethered space walk coming later this week, along with the neural link being implanted in the first "real" patient .. I saw the picture and thought, hmmmm, there's a caption in there somehow, and the 'photo' makes it all feel futuristic in a 1960's way.
And I do like it, though I feel like Major Exposition when it comes to the setup vs the actual plot .. that works more like a zinger than an actual story .. it is slightly lacking. I also would like to think that I was pondering the "science" portion of the setup being somewhat realistic. Women tend to be smaller, weigh less, need less calories to maintain peak physical condition, and can fit into tighter spaces and be more flexible .. all things that would work well on interplanetary space flights.
So anyway, I know that all of you regular visitors to my blog will be signing up for their civic duty as a member of Space Force, amirite? Who knows what will be probing Uranus in the near future!