effervescent! apple fritter! riboflavin!

It's obvious that Koichi and the future Hopper's cafe members have a big influence on him there, but I'm wondering what exactly that looked like for him internally. Was it that he saw his old dreams with Shirakumo reflected back at him through Koichi and the Naruhata crew? Did something shift around his insecurities about taking responsibility for things/people in that moment, and/or finally feeling like he might have something to offer besides just combat? Something else entirely or a mixture of those reasons?

1. First woman to enter deep space, Christina Koch, went as a mission specialist to help test the preventative measures against the radiation that causes cancer in the ships, and primarily affects women. It affects men too but less so. Christina's literally so inspiring to me.

2. This mission and further Artemis missions are testing safety concerns to help push the boundary of what we've been able to explore up to this point. Safety is the primary purpose of the trip. This is the first step to exploring Mars and further planets! Including Europa (my beloved.)

3. Before this, only 24 humans have ever entered deep space. Of that 24, 5 are alive today and they're all in their 90s. We very much needed a newer trip to help confirm or change whatever information we had from years and years ago. Having 4 living testaments of space exploration is a very important part of keeping said exploration alive.

4. Even though it wasn't the primary purpose of the trip, we've gotten so many rare pictures! Including my favorite "Hello, World" taken by commander Reid Wiseman: