Space Adventure of Alex

The year is 2523 and mankind has long ago conquered most disease, government corruption and hunger in the world. Man has now ventured out into space and settled on the Moon, Mars and Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. Man has also reached some of the nearer stars. The one problem mankind has not conquered is the dilemma of sex and love. Especially same sex love and sex. Alex, as a man attracted sexually to other men, is protected under the 29th amendment to the US Constitution. However, he is still reluctant to declare his sexual status or preference. He attended the space academy on earth and joined the Space Corps. He takes his first assignment on a very large space ship making the milk run between the near planets and moons that are habitable close to the Earth. He wants to train to go to the stars now that mankind has a faster than light drive. These star drives actually allow travel in an alternate medium. The Universe is now potentially man's domain. However, on his way to the stars, Alex