“Yes. Altruism. This entire space program is basically a eugenics project.” He sat up, leaning toward me as if he could convince me of his righteousness. “You haven’t thought about the people who won’t get to come up here? The people who don’t have the right education because they’re the wrong color? Or the ones whose health is just a little off-nominal?” I did not scream at him. I did not shout that I thought about that every day, because I had a husband with a heart condition. I had a husband. I did not take Curt’s bait any more than I already had. I waited out the heat, pushing air through
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