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Talk About Jet Lag

First day on the Red Planet, and I'm already homesick. There's a serious lack of "cool" colors here, and it just doesn't sit well with a being accustomed to luxuries like water, plants, and breathable oxygen. Thank Earth for the atmospheric simulation model (ASM,) which I guess I can consider my home for the coming years. 

I suppose you'll all be wanting some background as to how I came to this planet. 

Being a single man with no real direction in my life, I signed up for..... well you could call it an internship, but it's looking more like a paid life sentence. Electronics manufacturers started seeking additional sources of Iron oxide a few years back, and so they recruited long term harvesters. There weren't many folks willing to give up significant chunks of their life, so the pay is good. 

Basically, I'm here to do two things:  harvest iron oxide from the surface, ship it back to earth, and not die while I'm at it. 

I'll be posting updates from home base about everything from daily harvests, to inevitable self reflection, and maybe even a few discoveries. 

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." 

-Hemingway