My wallet was gone. I could only have left it on the G9 bus, which was now speeding in the dark to some unknown station.

Early Tuesday morning, the frightening news came that Japan was facing the full meltdown of crippled reactors at a nuclear power station - with unknown and potentially catastrophic consequences.

The astronaut can send out a robot which will work on the unknown planet, collecting rocks and minerals, putting up a permanent observation station or traveling far and wide.