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Sep 15, 2003
This week's themeWords related to the solar system This week's words areology sublunary phoebus terrestrial saturnian 
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with Anu GargDid you get to say hello while our planetary neighbor Mars stopped by for a little tête-à-tête with the earth recently? We enjoyed the closer view of the red planet from our backyard and afterward had a minor earthly adventure. We had locked ourselves out. After some brainstorming, we formed a human totem pole so that our six-year-old daughter at the top could scramble through an open second-story window and unlock the front door for her parents.
When you view life on a cosmic scale, all the fights about a few feet of
earth or a few pieces of printed paper begin to look ridiculous. Imagine
a world where all of us can look through a telescope instead of looking
at a TV! I can't think of a better reality show to gaze at. areology(ar-ee-OL-uh-jee) noun: The study of the planet Mars. [From areo- (Mars), from Greek Areaos, from Ares (The Greek equivalent of Mars in classical mythology) + logy (study).]
"There is also (to my tastes) far too much technical discussion of
terraforming and areology, particularly in the first half of the
book."
X-BonusPeople change and forget to tell each other. -Lillian Hellman, playwright (1905-1984) |
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