On its way to LaGrange Point 2, one million miles from Earth.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of
universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I
reach my hands and play with pebbles of
destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs
reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive
in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
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Take It Where You Find It
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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“ and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.”
By columns of flame we take our small steps into the universe.
Merry Christmas Gerard. And to your “editor” 🐱
I really hope this works but this old engineer sees the presence of the Demon Murphy in the deployment sequence. We’ll know in a month.
cataloguing what could go wrong is the process.
Is space really the next step. We are covered by 70% water, with only glimpses into what wonders are below. I know, Meglodons exist. Hope exists, explain new spices on earth in 2021. Truly amazing
VI
Voyager, now far beyond its original destinations, carried a record, which gave meaning to the phrase, “Space: the Vinyl Frontier.”
Actually gold plated copper.
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
And now for the hard part. Getting one of the most complicated machines ever built to assemble itself in about 300 steps involving latches, pulleys, gears, motors, etc. in a precise order so that the 18 segments of the mirror align to within 150 nanometers, all while traveling at 17,000 miles per hour.
The mirror upon final assembly will be 6.5 meters across (256 in.) which for the sake of comparison is bigger than all but 13 earthbound telescopes. We await the pictures of wondrous things with bated breath.
James Webb. Former senator and secretary of defense. Author of Fields of Fire. Best novel on the Vietnam war, hands down.