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Voyage
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2018
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‘Mike doesn’t tell me anything. Half of it’s classified, anyhow.’
‘Well, that’s the word in the Astronaut Office. So how’s life for my favorite girl-geologist?’
She grunted, and pushed her slippery sunglasses back up her nose. ‘Shitty, if you want the truth. My professor at Berkeley – Cattermole – is a jackass.’
Priest laughed out loud. ‘I wish you’d say what you mean.’
‘Cattermole’s smart at departmental infighting, and putting together grant applications. But that’s it. The rest of his head shut down long ago. His projects are lousy, as are his methods. He sees Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab as just a way to chisel money out of NASA. If I was smart enough to have seen that before I signed up, I wouldn’t have gone within ten miles of the man.’
‘But your contract is only short-term.’
‘Yeah, and then I have to find another.’
‘Which you will. If you want it. You’re a bright girl, Natalie.’
‘Don’t patronize me, asshole.’
He laughed again.
‘Yes, I’ll find another job. Maybe I’ll even get an assistant professorship somewhere. But …’
‘But you don’t think life as a rock hound is going to work out for you.’
‘I don’t know, Ben. Maybe not.’ Not even working on Mars data was satisfying her.
‘So what’s your alternative?’
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