Chapter Twenty-Seven
When the door to the airlock opened, a waft of earthy-smelling air surrounded them. Tina had expected the usual bright lights and clean corridors, but it was rather dark inside the space beyond. Her eyes needed to get used to the low level of light before she could figure out what she was seeing.
The space in front of her was cavernous, cris-crossed by struts and bars that formed the internal support structures of the habitat. Cubicles the size of a tiny room hung off those bars. Because there was no gravity, they pointed in all directions.
Some of those cabins were completely closed, with a differently coloured light next to the entrance for each, others were partially open, and through the open sides she could see people. Men, women, families, children. All of tho
