 How many years has it been since Mia’s people had contact with Tintera?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, July 1963. The planet chosen for our Trial was called Tintera. The last contact the Ship had had with it—and we were the ones who dropped them—was almost 150 years ago. When we reached Tintera, they started dropping us. It was spring on Tintera, but it was December in the Ship, and after we got back we had five days of Holiday to celebrate. I don't know how many of those planets had animals that could have been substituted but, even if they had, they would have had to be domesticated from scratch.
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