This culturally desiccated world is much more alien than the red desert of the Martian landscape that Tereshkova and her cosmonaut friends – including her husband – dreamed of in their youth. The collapse of the country for which she lived underscores her overwhelming sense of tragedy.
捷列什科娃和包括她的丈夫在内的宇航员朋友们年轻时梦想到了火星景观上的沙漠。与这些沙漠相比，这一文化上干涸的世界还要更加怪异。她为之生活的国家瓦解更加激化了她莫大的悲怆感觉。