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Lodka-4

Eric always wanted to be an astronaut. He’s grown up watching Star Trek, imagining how one day he himself would embark on an epic adventure and meet new alien species, out there, in deep space… He was born in the late 90’s, when space exploration age ended together with the Cold War. But it was the time when the Internet was becoming a rising phenomena, and young Eric would soak up every info the space agencies of the world would give him. His parents had noticed his great love for the sky, and for his 10th birthday got him what he considered a huge telescope - a 114mm computerized Newtonian reflector. It led him to many sleepless nights sneaking out on the balcony gazing at the stars. And every night of his life he burned with the desire to set off into the stars, explore the vast expanse, be like Captain Picard, boldly go into the unknown… As he got older, he became to realize that going to the stars was bit of a hopeless dream. The golden age of space exploration was far go