OverDrive — Responsibilities, Page 27
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A FEW DAYS LATER. WESTHAVEN MUSEUM — SPACE & AVIATION WING. Signs: “SPACE CHANGES EVERYTHING”; “EXPLORE LEARN DISCOVER.” A child: “CAPTAIN COSMOS!” Captain Cosmos: “…I hate this job.” A child: “Can you actually go to space?!” A child: “Do a cool pose!” Sign: “OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE.” Captain Cosmos: “This is humiliating.” Captain Cosmos: “Okay. Everybody smile!” A child: “I heard that!” A child: “No you didn’t.” A child: “Captain Cosmos, what’s your superpower?” Captain Cosmos: “…Minimum wage.” A child: “…Huh?” Captain Cosmos: “Six hours.” Captain Cosmos: “…I’ve been here forty-two minutes.” Sign: “BIGGER BRIGHTER FURTHER TOGETHER.” Digital clock: “11:42 AM.” Directory: “SPACE & AVIATION,” “Planetarium,” “Space History,” “Interactive Exhibits,” “Restrooms,” “Museum Store.”
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At the Westhaven Museum’s space and aviation wing, an adult in a Captain Cosmos astronaut costume poses with children, then leans toward a child and later sits slumped beside a railing.