Not politics. Science and a bit of science fiction, combined with a sad commentary on … a commentary. [...]
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Marmoe asked a couple of questions; the answers got long: [...] Marmoe asked a couple of questions; the answers got long: [...] 
The phrase “Trojan asteroid” meant, a century ago, an asteroid in a gravitationally stable point either 60 degrees ahead or or behind Jupiter, but in its same orbit. These are “low spots” gravitationally, and tend to collect debris over time. [...] 
Eight years ago, on a February morn, I was struck by the loss of Columbia on re-entry. We waited for long minutes, and in the sky above my office the high, thin contrail from the ill-fated orbiter dissipated with our hopes. Soon, the reports of debris began. [...] This is an advertisement — a future visualization — from Corning. [...] |
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