Jacob grins back because THEY ARE IN SPACE and it really is so--so incredibly awesome. And for a moment everything is wondrous again, the future opens up, and things are possible once more.
He gapes as the panel opens up and just...
...
"Wow." He swats Jones's shoulder back in retaliation, but he doesn't take his eyes off the magnificent vista.
"'Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives,'" he quotes quietly, overcome with awe. "That's Socrates."
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He gapes as the panel opens up and just...
...
"Wow." He swats Jones's shoulder back in retaliation, but he doesn't take his eyes off the magnificent vista.
"'Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives,'" he quotes quietly, overcome with awe. "That's Socrates."