Friends,
I realize I’ve been on somewhat of a Mars kick lately –
three red planet references in as many months*. Granted my fascination with the
fourth rock from the sun goes pretty far back. I was notoriously the first (and
perhaps only) person to report how curiosity
killed the cat in 2012 – and have been guilty of intermittent allusions to
Ares’ orb over the years. Unfortunately, as you surely already know, today’s
reference couldn’t be helped. As
evidenced by Percy’sǂ latest (and possibly last) mastcam HD image, it
would appear a sandworm has
prematurely cut the mission short. On the bright side, if confirmed, NASA is
hopeful this could mean Spice
Melange is real – which opens-up the possibility of drastic space travel
acceleration by enabling safe spacetime folding (leveraging the Holtzman
Effect)§.
So, in the spirit of the day’s events, I have taken the
opportunity to sojourn to Wake and Bake on South Broadway for a cinnamon crumb
cake donut – and eleven of its best friends. All this talk of spice gave me a
craving!
* Here are links to references 1 and 2, in case you missed them.
ǂ NASA has been trying to make the Perseverance rover
more endearing by anthropomorphizing it, with a Twitter handle and the nickname
Percy.
§ This sentence makes a lot more sense if you are familiar
with Frank Herbert’s Dune universe. I recommend starting with Dune, the
first book, rather than the prequel books. And, if you like Sting… actually…
never mind!
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