i don't see anyone talking about how Rocky had to go back to Erid and tell everyone his 22 other shipmates had passed. why not. also why is no one talking about how earth had to find out through Grace's recordings that Yao Li-Jie and Olesya Ilyukhina both passed before being able to complete their missions. do you think their families and friends were upset at the mission commanders for sending them without a higher rate of survival. not survival back to earth, but at least to complete the mission. they all already had to grieve that they'd never get them back, but to learn that they weren't even able to complete the mission they were sent for? how heartbreaking do you think that was. for the eridians and the humans alike. I imagine the eridians being more forgiving, because they had no way of knowing what could've happened, and they also expected Rocky and them to make it back, so it's just, in simple terms, one grievance. the friends and families of the Hail Mary already grieved the crew because they knew they were sacrificing themselves for the betterment and safety of humanity. but then they had to grieve that loss again because they no longer had a 'reason' for their deaths. what if. why doesn't anyone talk about that.

















