Orbiter.

Has it really been sixteen years since I first read this graphic novel? How is that possible, it seems relatively recently I read it but it is off course not the case. perhaps it is because Warren's work ages so gracefully, at times it is more like the world finally catches up with his remarkable intelligence.
             Orbiter is a Vertigo graphic novel, written by Warren Ellis with Colleen Doran. Its the story of a space shuttle The Venture which returns to earth ten years after it disapeared. Of the original seven crew only one remains alive and he is uncommunicative. Also there is soil from the surface of Mars in the shuttles landing gear. There is a mystery and warren Ellis provides the answers. startling and exciting answers that may signal a new dawn for mankind and turn the notion of space travel on its head. Its part Quatermass part 2001 A Space Odyssey. A fantastic imaginative and inspiring leap.
              Do not wait. find a copy. Read it. Do not consign it to gap between Walt Disney's wonderful World Of Knowledge and the Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau... Like what I did...