Jupiter Three

Gravity on board the Jupiter Three is now over 120% of Martian gravity. Its starting to take its toll on a few people who haven’t kept up with the exercise regime. Some crew members are tired all the time, and there have been a couple of broken bones due to low calcium levels. Gotta build up those bones.

Orders have come down from the captain – a mandatory doubling of the exercise period. I guess he takes his responsibility to include delivering all 500 of us ready for work. Fine by me.

So, OK, it took me two weeks to blog about a long weekend. But now things are back to normal. Well, except for me and Julia. It seems my little run in with CS and the subsequent lockup scared her off. She said something about not being able to afford the extra attention. So in a way, Johns won.

We entered the asteroid belt about a week ago. It’s not as dense as people think – we are not dodging rotating boulders or anything. Occasionally one can see an asteroid off in the distance. Occasionally. We did get a good view of Ceres, which is the largest object in the belt. Its a dwarf planet about half the size of Pluto. I remember reading that back in the 21st century on Earth, they thought Ceres might host life, since it is covered in ice, but to their great disappointment, Ceres, like all the planets other than Earth (and now Mars) is barren. Earth is unique, at least in this solar system.

Anyway, Lisa has finally settled down, and I am back on one shift. Tonight’s special is Braised Rabbit with Pears. The pears are something new from the hydroponics farm. Stop by the Messa Mesa and check it out.