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Bauer had been adamant that human test subjects were the only way to gauge the lethal capacity of the new smallpox. It was also a way to get rid of any potential witnesses. But to do that would have meant looking at the stopwatch. Dylan More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Daniela Bianchi Reed would have had to open vayama
eyes, something he didnt dare do because then hed surely see the faces behind the screams. A world away, mission director Harry Landon was in a cubicle down the hall from mission control, catching up on some much-needed sleep. A More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Daniela Bianchi twenty-year NASA veteran, ten of those years spent in the pressure cooker vayama
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problem onboard Discovery, the tech replied nervously. Landon swung off the cot, grabbed his glasses off a filing cabinet, and moved for the door. Mechanical? Flight? What? Human. Landon didnt More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page More Page Daniela Bianchi break stride as he called back over his shoulder. What do you mean, `human? Its the crew, the tech stammered. Somethings wrong. Something was wrong--- deborah perez
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