h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm not sure how much of this will get past security, but we'll see...
Cjob has been moved to a JSRF (Joint Services Rehabilitation Facility) some 150 miles away, ostensibly to be nearer his family. If I sound a little suspicious, it's because I woke up yesterday morning and he'd gone, without notice and without leaving a message. Not like him at all. We don't have access to communications while in recovery and debrief, so I can't really find out what's going on (although there's a very sympathetic nurse who might be persuaded to help a poor astronaut talk to a friend).

The debriefing was perfunctory, just a summary of the tedious mission timeline, but with quite a bit of interest about what we might have seen on our EVAs (nothing unusual). There seems to be a lot of talk regarding unusual near-space activity, but no-one is saying enough for me to figure out what's going on. The TV news is its usual bland, uninformative self, but I can sense a certain tension in the air, as if they're all waiting for something... Whatever it is, it looks like I'm not going to find out until I'm out of seclusion.