Reading with a view

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet reading a book at the Cupola of the International Space Station.

Thomas shared this image on his social media channels with the caption: "Just like pretty much everyone, I happen to have read some classics of science fiction, even though I am by far and wide not obsessed by it. I read the book Dune as a teenager and took a copy to space. The similarities are astounding, water is endlessly recycled and a scarce resource, for us here in space just like for them on their planet in the book, and on a spacewalk we are practically wearing a stillsuit (their fictional spacesuit), or at least it is close to how I imagined it when I read the book. I look at the dunes dotted around Earth and think the world Frank Herbert created could very well look like the Sahara."

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