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Odyssey Part I

70s of this century, humanity has long abandoned fossil fuels generating energy exclusively through nuclear fusion from Helium-3 but the hyper-exploitation of the Moon and asteroids threatens to leave humanity short of energy or bring it back to the pollution generated by fossil fuels. For this reason the Italian Space Agency, after having created ground and orbiting outposts on the Moon, Mars and Jupiter as well as extraction points on the main asteroids of the belt of the same name between Mars and Jupiter, decides to go to the limits of the solar system where the parents of young Leonardo identify a mysterious object whose mass could be 10 times that of Jupiter but disappear into thin air in an attempt to track it down. When their only son grows up he decides to embark on the same career as them with the aim of finding them therefore he begins a hard two-year training in Sicily during which he will have to prove that he has what it takes to become an astronaut, on the island he will come across those who they will be part of his crew with whom he will form a strong bond of friendship, i.e. Orlando, Lucia, Chiara and Alice. He will also meet Sofia with whom he will embark on a love relationship, marrying her before leaving for his first mission. Looming over the success of his intentions is Pandora, a complex artificial intelligence used by the Space Agency to make life easier for astronauts but which in reality will turn out to be much more. The title of the work is "Odyssey - Part I" and represents the first part of a cycle of four novels of which Part I is set on Earth, Part II on the Moon and Mars, Part III in the belt of gas giants and part IV in the Kuiper belt. This Part I narrates the two years of training that aspiring astronauts must undergo before being able to travel among the stars, describes all the systems used for space travel and describes the first space mission that Leonardo and his companions will undertake around the Earth.

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Chapter 3 Part II

<< Damn it! >> he shouted as he resumed the maneuver.

The second time it was softer and the plane didn't tip and remained stable. Once it reached the right altitude, it saw runway no. 5 lit up, but to its displeasure it realized that it didn't have much space to land, however it had to make a virtue of necessity.

It approached slowly after which it began its descent onto the runway by opening the landing gear, the tires touched the ground, slowing down the plane but the little electrical charge it had left did not allow the aircraft to brake more vigorously even though Leonardo saw the hangars approaching with worrying speed.

<< Stop damn it! >> he shouted, pushing the control joystick towards himself with all the strength he had in his body.

"What the hell is he doing? >> thought the colonel seeing him.

The plane's wheels screeched against the asphalt enough to start making smoke while the hangars were now a few meters from the T-38.

Leonardo didn't know what else to do, he was following the manual for landing in low battery conditions to the letter and yet it didn't seem to work.

<< Stop! >> he shouted one last time.

The T-38 began to slow down noticeably and right next to the hangars it stopped its run making him breathe a long sigh of relief, it seemed like he had done it on purpose just to scare him a little and say <<Welcome on board>>.

Leonardo threw his back backwards on the seat, took off his helmet and unfastened the seat belts while the roof slowly opened allowing him to breathe the icy winter air, a real panacea to cool his hot spirits.

He slowly got off the plane but when his feet touched the ground he felt an unexpected sensation of boredom as if he didn't feel good, it seemed to him that the monotonous firmness of the ground had become futile and boring compared to the action experienced in flight.

He was caught off guard by that feeling as he expected to feel relief and peace for having escaped the danger, but in that very moment a spark lit up inside him, he felt that the flight belonged to him, forgetting what he felt at take-off, now he wanted to fly again to relive the same emotions.

The colonel approached his T-38 and, checking the cockpit, was surprised to find that he had done everything alone as Pandora was deactivated, and was astonished because no one had ever managed to tame a T so well on the first takeoff in his life. -38 which she called "The Bull of Pamplona".

<< This little boy has some talent, he will go a long way. He reminds me of someone >> she thought to herself looking up at the sky while a slight smile graced her face.

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