I was at a loose end this morning and it just came to me. It was a lot of fun. I'm not as up on writing papers as I used to be, but the process was definitely enjoyable and overall I'm happy with the final result.
Thanks, there was a suggestion I put in some 'hard' science but felt it was inapproriate to what was essentially a paper on the main points of the contact rather than too much interpretation at this point on what the mission actually gathered. Besides, we researchers need to milk this for as many papers as possible!