To: leadpenny; Dr. Eckleburg; All
Check the map linked by
Dr. Eckleburg, it's more detailed but quite large.
The flight path is even more important now that they believe debris may have fallen as far back as California.
285 posted on
02/04/2003 5:02:58 AM PST by
McGruff
(Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.)
To: All
The Green Hills of Earth
Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me
As they rove around the girth
Of our lovely mother planet
Of the cool, green hills of Earth.
We rot in the moulds of Venus,
We retch at her tainted breath.
Foul are her flooded jungles,
Crawling with unclean death.
[ --- the harsh bright soil of Luna ---
--- Saturn's rainbow rings ---
--- the frozen night of Titan --- ]
We've tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.
The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING!
And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps a race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet ---
We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.
Robert A. Heinlein (circa 1954)
286 posted on
02/04/2003 5:08:42 AM PST by
Gsam4
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