Bruno had watched the successful launch unfold, and the world had watched with him. Germany had announced to the world its intent to not only penetrate through the barrier of space, but to land a man on another celestial body.
Many of the world's largest critics said it was impossible, the fever dream of a nation drunk on its own victory.
But the world had watched as the first stage unfolded with zero issues. And why would it? Over the last four years, they had launched hundreds of manned missions to space, ever since Baldr-1 destroyed human conception of terrestrial limitations.
They had optimized against entropy and attrition. By now, accidents were rare tragedies, not expectations to endure.
And Bruno knew that this mission would succeed like all those conducted outside the public sphere of interest over the last few years.
