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Rocket to the Future! Part 1, Chapter 2: Detour to Mercury!

  Yes, it’s a return to Earth’s previous future (1991!), the popular and vivacious Rocket to the Future! Part One for a “Detour to Mercury!” Join the crew of the Earth Space Force rocket Vanguard and...

...Meet two new characters of uncertain identity, Phil the Used Android and Crewman #4
...Listen to Ensign Zinn fail to impress Cadet Cindy
...Learn the proper amount of space gin to add to space milk
...Hear Cadet Billy talk about tidying his quarters and releasing the saboteurs from the Brig
...Go back into previous future time past (1975!) and find out what happened when the first Earth Space Force rocket landed on Mercury (it’s not pretty)
...Chortle derisively with Hans and Jacques, the unwashed Europeans, as they comment on the goings on.

Rocket to the Future! Part 1 Chapter 2: It’s less than you want, but more than you want to handle.

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