Original description:
It’s been a very long journey for this brave explorer; many sleepless nights, homesickness and a considerable amount of loneliness. Fortunately the native species whose planet she landed on was quite welcoming. And hey, it didn’t hurt that she wasn’t picky about where she satiated that need for touch she had for so long.
it discarded the heat shield and parachute during descent?
maybe it scanned a good spot to land from orbit and used advanced teleportation tech or some kind of gravity engine to land there plus this looks like a simple lander vehicle there might be a bigger travelling ship in orbit that the lander can attach too. but if you ask me I think we’re looking to deep into unimportant details instead of focusing on what the art is trying to say. its the idea that this person has traveled in space for a very long time alone and desperately needed affection from another after being alone for so long. then she found pinkie and probably got afraid of the big fuzzy equine creature. but then pinks probably sensed her fear and tried to assure her that she ment no harm and just wanted to be friends. the space wonderer probably got overjoyed of this revelation and hugged pinkie out of pure joy and happiness with pinkie all happy to oblige. so touching :3