Phil Revok 
Across the border 

From behind the windowpane, I admire once again the reason that led me to sacrifice my life as a common mortal to become a cosmonaut. That’s right, a cosmonaut, not simply an astronaut: to travel in exploration beyond our star, the Sun; to have for the first time ever, the opportunity to meet intelligent beings from other planets, other civilisations with whom to communicate and establish a dialogue.