Started by ellie-no-name - thanks - what should we add to our ABC's ??

Alpha - One of the seven Fractal entities, localized on Mars, reason of the 2040 / 42 Mars mission

Antares - the Mission's ship, one of the brightest stars in the night sky

Barnes, Zoe - geologist, had an accidental/secret pregnancy after a one night stand with Donner that only Zoe and Jen Crane know about, has been hearing a baby crying off and on since boarding Antares

Beta - One of seven entities that is the real reason for the mission, discovered on Earth, in Peru

BNN - British News Network

Crane, Jen - maiden name Weston, biologist, Canadian, dated Ted during training, married to Rollie Crane

Crane, Rollie - Mission Commander, grounded last minute because of a heart murmur/plaque build-up, now part of Ground Control

Delta - Fractal object on Mercury

Dereux, Claire - Ground Doc, dating Mintz

Donner, Maddux - Alternate who stepped up as chief engineer, sexual relationship with Donner, got Barnes pregnant during a one night stand and doesn't know, from Iowa, had a failed vasectomy after Mars and another before joining the Antares crew, doesn't like button fly jeans but still owns them

Epsilon - Fractal object on Jupiter's moon Europa

Eta - Fractal object on Pluto

Fractal - All of the objects are self-similar fractal structures.

Gamma - Fractal object on Mars

Goss, Mike - ground flight director, commander of the Mars tragedy

H2IK - Hell If I Know

Hydrogen Fuel Storage - Large section of the Antares at the back of the ship.

ISO - International Space Organization, located in Iowa ?

Lewis, Sharon - one of the two people left on Mars, involved with Donner as evidenced by photos he has of the two of them

Mercury in Retrograde - refers to the movement of the planet Mercury across the astrological zodiac. Because of Mercury's closer orbit to the sun, it appears to move 'backwards' across the sky at times as it overtakes Earth. This motion is referred to as 'retrograde'. Astrologists may assign significance to whether Mercury is in retrograde.

Mintz, Dr. Evram - Israeli-American, Mission doctor, involved with Ground Medical Officer Claire Dereux, possibly alcoholic

Morales, Paula - payload specialist, from Brownsville, Texas, poor family, former teacher, speaks English, Spanish, and ASL, is the incredibly enthusiastic host of "Classroom in Space" that is recorded on Antares

Nazca, Peru - Location of the Beta object.

Poe, Arnel - Candidate for Antares Mission, Arnel lose a leg in a survival training.

Schilling, Nadia - German, pilot, sexual relationship with Donner, overly competitive, hermaphrodite, person who would have landed on Venus.

Sharma, Ajay (pronounced AJ) - Hindu, from Mumbai, India, flight engineer, grounded last minute because of a heart murmur/plaque build-up, prays to the Hindu god of obstacles

Shaw, Ted - alternate who stepped up as Mission Commander, married to Eve, member of Mars Mission

Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings - with this sentence, Rollie did help candidate Jento success the isolation chamber test, during the astronaut training

Space Nun - astronaut who doesn't sleep either w/ other astronauts or in space

Walker, Jeff - second people, with Sharon Lewis, left on Mars

Wassenfelder, Steve - Theoretical Physicist, not sure how/why he made it on the mission (professionally or personally), geeky gamer, brought along porn to survive the mission

Weller-Shaw, Eve - married to Ted, oversees the Mission from Ground Control, very secretive

Weston, Jen - see Crane, Jen

Williams, Trevor - BWN journalist

Zeta - Fractal object on the rings of Saturn