imagine
in the beginning
grinning Icarus
flying too close
to the burning sun
austere centuries pass
human yearning
man learning to soar
restricting fear
eventually more constricting
rocket fuel
launching time
V 1 Rockets
ghouls in the troposphere
V 2 Rockets
inventing stratospheric tools
jet fuel
Atlas
Agena
stacking fuel tanks
Thor
Ablestar
journey through the mesosphere
Mercury
Redstone
attacking thermosphere rules
Scout
Rehbar
physical Goddard
attempting to be physics masters
ballistic missiles
Saturn
racking up explosive disasters
Sputnik
Vostok
breaking through the ionosphere
Mercury
Gemini
orbiting below the exosphere
Apolla
Soyuz
tracking Space Stations
Salyut
Skylab
refracting science
Mir
Tiangong
factoring Space Shuttles
launched through earth's atmosphere
Ares
Griffin
orbiting the planet
SpaceX
Dragon
piercing that bloodless hymen
Virgin
hurtling wealthy masses
inventing orgasmic space travel
Mariner
Mars Lander
Sojourner
human reflection
Spirit
Opportunity
human redirection
Curiosity
Perseverance
space travel addiction
further intonation
Tianwen
Zhurong
relevant incarnation
Mangalyaan
Artemis
Mars and beyond
planetary connection
Icarus reincarnated
imagine fondly
fire gods and winged entities
flying galactic revelation

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