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SPENDING TIME ON THE planet surface was mandatory for all mission members for mental health purposes. Cherry would have done it anyway, as would, she guessed, absolutely everyone else on the Sirocco. She hadn’t set foot on soil in years, not since visiting the world where Kes and the other scientist, Goslin, had discovered the crop plants. That had been a hot, high-g place. The Sirocco’s scanners told them this planet was cooler and its gravity was also closer to Concordia’s. As well as hopefully improving their mental health status, they would also take the opportunity to boost their vitamin D levels, supplementing the mandated sessions under a UVB lamp. Kes had been the instigator of that requirement. To avoid being cold when they stripped off and gave their skins a chance to h
