The Gravity of Us

by Phil Stamper

Mars,

Poor mars, leave that girl alone

You ever tell someone you’re overjoyed by something, when secretly you’d rather vomit in a bucket than talk about it anymore?

time NASA realized the benefit of diversity.

Remember when nasa sent a woman to space for only 6 days and they gave her ~100 tampons~

I just do my best every day. It’s all any of us can do.”

My identity seems to change by the minute, but I knew I was queer

“I want things to be … right. People to be happy.”

a part of me wonders if this truly is happiness or defeated acceptance.

She’s putting herself out there. She’s really trying. Either that or she’s stocking up on stories to tell her therapist.

LOL

I don’t know where we are, but I like the journey so far.

Same vibe as "i have no idea what im doing but i know im doing it really really well"

None of this matters.

Orpheus and Eurydice.”

Hadestown plays on an endless loop in my brain 24/7 because of this book

I feel okay. Only okay, but that’s okay. Okay.

Mars could be an integral part of Earth’s future, one way or another.”

Humanity is a parasite and mars did nothing to deserve that

I’m left with a pit in my stomach, homesick for a world I’ve never had.

Why should we explore space when we could fix our broken health-care system?”

HE SAID WHAT HE SAID

NASA could refocus on things that are affecting our citizens now: climate issues, for example.”