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The next morning, the crew prepares to leave for the International Space Station. The first question Hiro asks is whether or not he is "pre-tolled to die" . The answer is that he is not, but he adds that he does not need to be pre-prepared to live because he is already prepared to do so.
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<<#29>> Beep Beep Beep<<#30>> Let's Talk About Space<<#31>> Mystery A and Mystery B<<#32>> An Alarm and No Clock
<<#37>> The Day Before Farewell<<#38>> The Cruelest Test<<#39>> Rock and Scissors and Paper<<#40>> The Long Unseen Sky
<<#41>> The Smallest Spaceship<<#42>> Only One Left<<#43>> In Mid-Dream<<#44>> Father and Son and Mutta Claus
<<#45>> The Day of Another Departure<<#46>> Grass Cutting Man & Sand Spraying Man<<#47>> Azuma<<#48>> Mach Speed Brother
<<#49>> Training Big Brother<<#50>> An Interview with Pain<<#51>> Today, or to Be Exact, Now<<#52>> One Question
<<#53>> The Crew Has Arrived!<<#54>> The Miracle of Doha<<#55>> The Night Before Liftoff<<#56>> 50:50
<<#65>> Moon Rabbit<<#66>> A Pug and a Hug on a Moonlit Night<<#67>> Lucky 6<<#68>> From a Small Corner of a Vast Facility
<<#73>> The Eleventh Text<<#74>> The Kanji for "Person"<<#75>> Lunar Illusions<<#76>> Heaven and Hell
<<#93>> Training Begins<<#94>> I Keep an Internal-Pedometer<<#95>> The Purpose of Training<<#96>> Leader Nitta
<<#105>> The Engineer's Switch<<#106>> from "Par" to "Te"<<#107>> An Earnest Failure<<#108>> Rocket Hill
<<#109>> Oath Sign<<#110>> Rendezvous<<#111>> Mini Space Development<<#112>> Sea Divers and Sky Divers
<<#113>> Those Who Wait for Hibito<<#114>> Each Return<<#115>> Premonition<<#116>> Those Who Dream of Faraway
<<#117>> "Lovely Reason"<<#118>> Racing Heart of Youth<<#119>> Even So, She Kept Smiling<<#120>> A Piece of Cake
<<#121>> Make-Up Test Collision<<#122>> Pilot in a Wheelchair<<#123>> Two Notepads<<#124>> Written Letters
<<#129>> Next to Hibito<<#130>> The Shortcut & The Long Way<<#131>> Resolve to Quit<<#132>> Rehearsal
<<#133>> Hibito's Disorder<<#134>> A Possible Solution<<#135>> A Road on the Roadless Moon<<#136>> Vertical Climb Roll
<<#161>> For Tomorrow<<#162>> Eleven-Year-Old Olga, Twelve-Year-Old Olga<<#163>> To My Own Place<<#164>> Another Big Brother
<<#165>> Pretty Dog<<#166>> Same Seat<<#167>> Last Words<<#168>> A Tiny Note & a Huge Good Luck Charm
<<#173>> The Lonely Ones<<#174>> In the Back of Your Mind<<#175>> Bloodstained Souls<<#176>> Calm and Excitement
<<#185>> The Strongest Astronaut<<#186>> Hibito-san<<#187>> A Man in a Pinch and the Family of Vince<<#188>> Rick
<<#217>> Good News, Good News, Good News, and Good News<<#218>> Dear Serika<<#219>> Hand-Wound Watch<<#220>> Mr. Earlobes and the Girl
<<#221>> My Sister's Shining Hairpin and...<<#222>> The Door to Dreams<<#223>> If I Look into Their Eyes<<#224>> Let's Just Say That's It
<<#237>> What Hibito's Seen<<#238>> Co-Conspirators<<#239>> Let's Go to Space Together<<#240>> Count 0
<<#253>> Key and Keyhole<<#254>> I'm the Only One!<<#255>> Thinking of Serika<<#256>> The Person Who Doesn't Cry
<<#265>> Loss and Discovery<<#266>> Space Underground<<#267>> The Day I Realized<<#268>> The Sound of the Rain
<<#273>> It's My Fault<<#274>> Vallis Rittendinger<<#275>> The Chosen Astronauts<<#276>> I Wish You Could See It
<<#277>> Believe in Eddie<<#278>> Lets Do the Rest<<#279>> Eddie and Brian<<#280>> In Those Missing Moments
<<#281>> Don't Say Anything, Just Be There for Them<<#282>> It's Been a While, Mu-cchan<<#283>> A Weird Thing to Say<<#284>> Fatewell
<<#297>> Because of the Stage or Because of the Costumes?<<#298>> Japan's Day<<#299>> For Some Reason, It's Always Hibito<<#300>> Celebratory Fireworks
<<#301>> The Wind Is Blowing<<#302>> For That Instant...<<#303>> The World's Biggest Astronaut<<#304>> Trouble Bill
<<#317>> A Kind Lie<<#318>> It's Not Like You Can See the Sky<<#319>> Cure Her Together<<#320>> Like Diving
<<#341>> Monitor of Salvation<<#342>> That Tiny Sound<<#343>> Summer Brothers<<#344>> 5 Millimeter Job
<<#357>> The Fake Person<<#358>> National Aeronautics and Surprise Administration, NASA<<#359>> First Fringe<<#360>> One More
<<#361>> Astronomical First Light<<#362>> Everyone's Silence<<#363>> Before I Get to the Moon<<#364>> Home
<<#365>> Four Barefoot Men<<#366>> The Wide Thrower and the Wet Guy<<#367>> Blow It All Away<<#368>> I Can Hear Hibito's Voice
<<#369>> 2nd Time Brothers<<#370>> To the Base's Heart<<#371>> The Moon's Core<<#372>> It's Almost Time
<<#385>> Shiny Zone<<#386>> Like We're Finally Side by Side<<#387>> Bringing into Focus<<#388>> This Is It
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About This Chapter
The next morning, the crew prepares to leave for the International Space Station. The first question Hiro asks is whether or not he is "pre-tolled to die" . The answer is that he is not, but he adds that he does not need to be pre-prepared to live because he is already prepared to do so.
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<<#17>> Being Prepared in Various Ways<<#18>> Hope on the ISS<<#19>> Begin<<#20>> Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round
<<#29>> Beep Beep Beep<<#30>> Let's Talk About Space<<#31>> Mystery A and Mystery B<<#32>> An Alarm and No Clock
<<#37>> The Day Before Farewell<<#38>> The Cruelest Test<<#39>> Rock and Scissors and Paper<<#40>> The Long Unseen Sky
<<#41>> The Smallest Spaceship<<#42>> Only One Left<<#43>> In Mid-Dream<<#44>> Father and Son and Mutta Claus
<<#45>> The Day of Another Departure<<#46>> Grass Cutting Man & Sand Spraying Man<<#47>> Azuma<<#48>> Mach Speed Brother
<<#49>> Training Big Brother<<#50>> An Interview with Pain<<#51>> Today, or to Be Exact, Now<<#52>> One Question
<<#53>> The Crew Has Arrived!<<#54>> The Miracle of Doha<<#55>> The Night Before Liftoff<<#56>> 50:50
<<#65>> Moon Rabbit<<#66>> A Pug and a Hug on a Moonlit Night<<#67>> Lucky 6<<#68>> From a Small Corner of a Vast Facility
<<#73>> The Eleventh Text<<#74>> The Kanji for "Person"<<#75>> Lunar Illusions<<#76>> Heaven and Hell
<<#93>> Training Begins<<#94>> I Keep an Internal-Pedometer<<#95>> The Purpose of Training<<#96>> Leader Nitta
<<#105>> The Engineer's Switch<<#106>> from "Par" to "Te"<<#107>> An Earnest Failure<<#108>> Rocket Hill
<<#109>> Oath Sign<<#110>> Rendezvous<<#111>> Mini Space Development<<#112>> Sea Divers and Sky Divers
<<#113>> Those Who Wait for Hibito<<#114>> Each Return<<#115>> Premonition<<#116>> Those Who Dream of Faraway
<<#117>> "Lovely Reason"<<#118>> Racing Heart of Youth<<#119>> Even So, She Kept Smiling<<#120>> A Piece of Cake
<<#121>> Make-Up Test Collision<<#122>> Pilot in a Wheelchair<<#123>> Two Notepads<<#124>> Written Letters
<<#129>> Next to Hibito<<#130>> The Shortcut & The Long Way<<#131>> Resolve to Quit<<#132>> Rehearsal
<<#133>> Hibito's Disorder<<#134>> A Possible Solution<<#135>> A Road on the Roadless Moon<<#136>> Vertical Climb Roll
<<#161>> For Tomorrow<<#162>> Eleven-Year-Old Olga, Twelve-Year-Old Olga<<#163>> To My Own Place<<#164>> Another Big Brother
<<#165>> Pretty Dog<<#166>> Same Seat<<#167>> Last Words<<#168>> A Tiny Note & a Huge Good Luck Charm
<<#173>> The Lonely Ones<<#174>> In the Back of Your Mind<<#175>> Bloodstained Souls<<#176>> Calm and Excitement
<<#185>> The Strongest Astronaut<<#186>> Hibito-san<<#187>> A Man in a Pinch and the Family of Vince<<#188>> Rick
<<#217>> Good News, Good News, Good News, and Good News<<#218>> Dear Serika<<#219>> Hand-Wound Watch<<#220>> Mr. Earlobes and the Girl
<<#221>> My Sister's Shining Hairpin and...<<#222>> The Door to Dreams<<#223>> If I Look into Their Eyes<<#224>> Let's Just Say That's It
<<#237>> What Hibito's Seen<<#238>> Co-Conspirators<<#239>> Let's Go to Space Together<<#240>> Count 0
<<#253>> Key and Keyhole<<#254>> I'm the Only One!<<#255>> Thinking of Serika<<#256>> The Person Who Doesn't Cry
<<#265>> Loss and Discovery<<#266>> Space Underground<<#267>> The Day I Realized<<#268>> The Sound of the Rain
<<#273>> It's My Fault<<#274>> Vallis Rittendinger<<#275>> The Chosen Astronauts<<#276>> I Wish You Could See It
<<#277>> Believe in Eddie<<#278>> Lets Do the Rest<<#279>> Eddie and Brian<<#280>> In Those Missing Moments
<<#281>> Don't Say Anything, Just Be There for Them<<#282>> It's Been a While, Mu-cchan<<#283>> A Weird Thing to Say<<#284>> Fatewell
<<#297>> Because of the Stage or Because of the Costumes?<<#298>> Japan's Day<<#299>> For Some Reason, It's Always Hibito<<#300>> Celebratory Fireworks
<<#301>> The Wind Is Blowing<<#302>> For That Instant...<<#303>> The World's Biggest Astronaut<<#304>> Trouble Bill
<<#317>> A Kind Lie<<#318>> It's Not Like You Can See the Sky<<#319>> Cure Her Together<<#320>> Like Diving
<<#341>> Monitor of Salvation<<#342>> That Tiny Sound<<#343>> Summer Brothers<<#344>> 5 Millimeter Job
<<#357>> The Fake Person<<#358>> National Aeronautics and Surprise Administration, NASA<<#359>> First Fringe<<#360>> One More
<<#361>> Astronomical First Light<<#362>> Everyone's Silence<<#363>> Before I Get to the Moon<<#364>> Home
<<#365>> Four Barefoot Men<<#366>> The Wide Thrower and the Wet Guy<<#367>> Blow It All Away<<#368>> I Can Hear Hibito's Voice
<<#369>> 2nd Time Brothers<<#370>> To the Base's Heart<<#371>> The Moon's Core<<#372>> It's Almost Time
<<#385>> Shiny Zone<<#386>> Like We're Finally Side by Side<<#387>> Bringing into Focus<<#388>> This Is It
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