Space blues – Sunita’s longing to descend home

With Atlantis showing signs of recovering from its thermal bruise, Sunita’s homecoming is finally decided. The space station where Atlantis is docked ran into technical troubles and the computers stopped talking to their counterparts in earth. The Russian scientists were perplexed at this sudden development and had no clue what went wrong because functioning of the computers are crucial since they controlled the oxygen and water supply to the space station.

What would it feel to be aloof from the rest of the world where human life exists - with only a couple of fellow astronauts - trapped in a space station floating in air? I tend to think often. Terribly depressing or a sense of elation that I am actually on top of the world? Either of them would last only a few moments. The depression would perhaps descend as soon as it is realized that there are a few other fellow astronauts in the same plight. And the elation would drain as soon as it ascended giving way to another sense of accomplishment.

It is quite apparent that Sunita has obviously had enough of all these emotions. Visibly thin, in a recent message transmitted to earth, an emotional Sunita expressed her longing to fly back home from her space life.

Imagine a week on earth disengaged from any human contact and a terrible work environment?

Now wouldn’t you want those poor space souls to fly back to earth soon too?