Innerverse [SF Short Story]

Their wish: to become an astronaut. Their mission: to explore the universe. Their story… seems to end right here. In an unknown world. Far away from human civilisation.

Genre: Short Fiction
Language: English.
Finished: 2 March, 2018.
Author: Eduard Meinema
Words: 6757.
IRC updated: March 6, 2018.

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Also available in Dutch ('Innerversum'; bekijk details of bestel eBook).  

Synopsis
Their wish: to become an astronaut. Their mission: to explore the universe. Their story... seems to end right here. In an unknown world. Far away from civilisation.
A three men crew crashes in an unknown place. Without external help they have to find out where they are and how to continue their mission. Or actually, how to continue to live...

Inspiration:
Innerverse is ones unexplored mental universe, rarely tapped into or explored. It happens when you are by yourself and a sudden deep realization of your life hits you; then you are exploring your innerverse. It is said that such realizations can be helped to achieve by using flotation tanks. 

Also read my blog Fish in Space, about the name of the space vessel in this short SF story.

List of characters
Characters alphabetical by last name. Nicknames and characters only known by their first name or their last name, are given underneath this list. Unnamed characters are not listed!

• Kenny Britto - commander
• Attilio Gaudant - astronaut
• Timothy Sweek - astronaut