For a short, four-year period in the 1960s, the man sitting to my right was a High School teacher. I knew him for two of those. None before, and none after.

Inspired by “Why Does E=mc^2” by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, I admit to giving my imagination considerable free rein in this essay.

Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.

Curiosity experiences its Seven Minutes of Terror tonight, or becomes loose parts scattered across Mars.