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Progress lingers just behind experimentation

Chasing advancement

Testing the boundaries of the human spirit

We must endeavor to stretch beyond our perceived borders

seeking other worlds

141 light years away

Our analysts have identified an Earth-like planet

Commander Stansfield, our most venerated

Will embark in suspended animation

Yet she stands there, a vision of forgotten dreams

A life so far away

Half a life-time passing between them

As she turns to grey

The commander cannot bear the thought

Of losing love to the dimension of time

Disengage the preservation capsule

40 years of isolation

At least they'll spend their twilight together

The commander, aging through space, meditating

On memories of her face

Mission success

Safe landing home

And there she is, untouched by age

straight from her own suspended animation

Suspended animation

Yet she stands there, a vision of forgotten dreams

A life so far away

Half a life-time passing between them

And now he's turned to grey