Visitors

Please, no old-school spaceships.

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00:00: [Foreboding orchestral music]; [Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
00:22: [Music]; [Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]
00:32: This is New Albion on Mars
00:36: We don't get many civilian visitors from Earth -
00:39: most travel to New Albion is done by people; starting new lives here.
00:45: The best way to travel to New Albion from Earth; is on one of our closed-cycle Mars Barges.
00:53: New Albion is a 'lifeboat' colony: our wellbeing; depends crucially on our life support
00:59: systems having sufficient capacity to; cope with fluctuations in our headcount.
01:06: If you must travel here other than by Mars Barge,
01:10: you must obtain permission for your; visit well in advance.
01:15: We can arrange transfer from and to orbit, or; from and to vehicles capable of Mars landing.
01:23: However, we ask visitors respect our; closed-cycle way of life, and
01:28: do their best to arrive here in vehicles that; will make the return/onward journey without
01:33: leaving segments or large amounts of; waste behind.
01:38: Please, no old-school spaceships arriving; full of empty plastic wrappers and poo.
01:45: [Dissonant clashing orchestral music]; [Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
02:04: [orchestral music continues]