USAF colonel and co-commander of the Mars Gravity Probe 1 mission. He crash-lands separately and dies upon impact. Draper discovers his remains early on. McReady later manifests as a silent, hallucinated figure, symbolizing Draper's deteriorating mental state under prolonged Martian isolation. His presence primarily serves as an early plot catalyst and psychological motif.
Both characters suffered under alien dominance, though separated by time and circumstance.
Fellow astronauts who shared command duties during the initial Mars mission.
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