Jealous, too, you lucky bastard! I told Marsden to let me hit you with news from home, but he said no dice. Your wife left me like no room to leave a note on this damn page. So this is the first of many, many reminders of the person you are leaving back on Earth, and also of the love that you are bringing with you. I’m sad that for most of the journey I won’t be able to hear from you, but you’ll be able to hear from me, and that’s more than some people have, isn’t it? Know that even while we are millions of miles apart, my heart will always be with you. I guess I was just scared-I’m still scared, but I know that this is how our life was meant to be. Although I cried and complained, and it seemed like I hated the idea, the reality is that, more than anything, I was and am happy for you.
I saw the joy in your eyes when we agreed in your taking the mission. You were born for this, and no one could possibly be able to handle such a demanding job as well as you. What you don’t know is just how proud I am of you. Surprise! Yes, the final item on your launch checklist is this special message from me. Pascal Delacroix, Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, Cambridge, from 500 Years of Physics, Oxford Press, 2187 Naturally, very few remember Einstein these days-he died during the First World War, after publishing a widely ignored theory that would have set physics back centuries-and instead our future has been shaped by the models developed by visionaries such as Planck, Schrödinger, and Jain.” Although we were enticed by the less challenging models of minor thinkers like Einstein, science reached higher, and the era of quantum mechanics changed civilization. “Imagination defined the advance of physics in the twentieth century. Series: The Tales of Gorlen Vizenfirthe.Series: From the Lost Travelers’ Tour Guide.
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