ad astra per aspera

Cf. also—'Cum me laudarent simul astra matutina'; Job xxxviii.

But only his species on all Astra had five fingers, five toes, and that physical evidence might insure his safety now.

So now, his own band, basically strange to this planet, might well go unnoticed by the once dominant race of Astra.

But—Dalgard measured sand, sun, and sky, watching the mermen sporting in the waves—but for him Astra was enough.