Sodastrom

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

don't go into the humanities because they're unprofitable and don't go into stem cuz its getting torn apart right now and don't go into buisness because it's competetive and speculative and don't go into education because it pays like shit. Just lay on thr ground. Just lay on the ground.

rocky's crew dying from radiation exposure, something humans go to great lengths to prevent and are very scared of and ryland's crew dying in their "sleep" with nobody watching, something eridians go to great lengths to prevent and are very scared of. cool book that is easy to read through your tears.

The thing that hurts me the most in the book is that Ryland was kept conscious for MULTIPLE DAYS in a jail cell leading up to the launch but they still didn't pack him anything personal. Stratt could've called someone and had them pack a bag in an hour. They could've ferried him back to the states secretly to pack his own bag while under surveillance. But no, they kept him awake and aware that they were sentencing him to death and didn't even let him have any of his personal belongings.