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Heart, short for The Heart of Planet Earth, was a human colony ship which, in 2070, set out to colonise Centauri-Beta. The mission was doomed to failure.
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Despite only housing four astronauts, Heart was many miles in length. It had a thick titanium hull which rotated, producing centrifugal gravity. The ship was equipped with yellow stabiliser rockets and solar sails, designed to help it complete a slingshot orbit of the moon. Heart also had ion engines to adjust velocity, which were built in China. Giant white lettering along the ship's exterior spelled out the word ‘HEART’. (PROSE: Total Eclipse of the Heart)