“5...4...3...2...1...we have liftoff of the Phallus 5 rocket” The great pink rocket roared into the air with its two-person crew sitting in their pressure suits in the bulbous purple command module atop the great booster. This was the maiden trip of the rocket with its crew trained to practice activities that would be required on a future trip to Mars. Things that had never been done in the weightlessness of space before....