It was effectively a collision, and – like a toy ball bouncing off the windscreen of a fast-moving car - the tiny craft bounced out of the encounter having been accelerated to a higher speed than its approach. The proximity caused the craft to become briefly coupled to the planet, via its gravitational field, and then released. Such a manoeuvre was understood, of course. The attachment of a wistful plaque, bearing a scribble of a message intended for hypothetical alien eyes – a human couple against the outline of the craft – had been noted with indifference.Īnd now the little craft was monitored as it came as close as a single Jovian diameter to the planet’s cloud tops. The construction of the craft had been observed. Thus it had been since before humans themselves had had the language to record such dates, to create such names, let alone launch spacecraft. Periodically this log, with annotations, was uploaded to higher command centres. These observations were added to an already extensive log. Nevertheless its launch had been observed, from the Moon. Pioneer 10 was a delicate, spindly vehicle – at first glance it was little but an antenna and an instrument boom, and it was launched by what were essentially repurposed ballistic missiles. The craft, American-built, was called Pioneer 10. On 3 December 1973, a small spacecraft came close to planet Jupiter. Don't cry.'), Wired Magazine, November 2006.
Mike Ashley and Eric Brown, Constable and Robinson (UK), 2004, and Carroll & Graf (US), 2004.
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Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice - Deleted Scenes.Frank and the Dream: Set in the universe of The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.Yuri Eden on Mars: Set in the universe of Proxima by Stephen Baxter.A Presidential Speech: Based on ' The Long Mars' by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.Lobsang and Agnes in New Springfield: Original fiction in the universe of 'The Long Utopia'.At the Core – a story of The Long Cosmos.Fragments of a Memoir: Fiction in the universe of The Massacre of Mankind.A Road Not Taken: Fiction in the universe of Xeelee: Vengence.The Scattered: Fiction in the universe of Xeelee: Redemption.Conversations with Reid Malenfant, Fiction in the Universe of World Engines: Destroyer.
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