“He decided to stay in his space suit; explosive decompression didn’t appeal to him. Come to think about it, death from old age was his choice.”
– Robert Heinlein, in whose 1999 Lieutenant John Ezra Dahlquist returned to Earth for the last time on this date.
Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist must sacrifice himself for the greater good to which s/he is committed.
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