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For background context on this story, you are encouraged to read: Phobos Rising and Jumper.
Rocket Man – a short story
Copyright © 2014 by Christian Bergman, All rights reserved.
All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact, it’s cold as hell. – Elton John, Bernie Taupin (1972)
“Rocket Man, burning out his fuse, out here alone.” I recall the lyrics of the ancient Elton John song that has become the anthem of our profession, as I prepare for our deorbit burn. “Pressurizing the primary fuel loop … now,” I call out to my copilot.
“Roger that. Pressures coming up nicely,” Sam replies. “Prepping the igniters. I have New Masdar on the com. They have us in the flyway.”
“Roger that. Double-check the voltage on main B bus. I don’t like what I’m…
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Contrafactual 
That’s new she flying a tug boat that’s going to bring in the long haul?
Matt Noble
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No.
“During arrival and departure season, I fly orbital transfer missions, shuttling passengers from and to arriving and departing long-haul flights.”
Long-haul flights can’t land on Mars but rather go onto orbit and require OTMs to take passengers and cargo to the surface.
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