Re: Light-Years, Light-Minutes, Light-Seconds, Light-Who Gives a

Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:14:52 +0200 (MET DST)


On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Rick Knight wrote:

> I share your awe about the Martian mission and hope it expands us as a
> civilization, however near or far away it is.

I agree. Kathryn's little piece moved me, even if my literal-minded
left brain jumped a little by the reference to light-years. My office
mate just printed out the pictures from the surface and we are
celebrating; this is great news, and it feels wonderful to know that
it is up there right now, exploring and widening our knowledge as I
write this.

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