[story][Fenspace Alternates] The South Is Rising, Someone Get A Hammer

[robkelk]

They'll be able to see the L5 cluster from Earth with naked eyes. A decent pair of binoculars would probably be able to pull out details on the Bernal stations, and a good telescope will get quality images of pretty much anything within the cluster.

"I love the new moon - it's so dark, and there's no distractions from seeing the sta... why the heck is Daniell Crater glowing?"

And that's not counting the monsters like Grover's Corners or Greenwood - or Disney's World, for that matter.

"I think we know where in space those 'Mysterions' are. There's an asteroid hovering over Hawai'i - don't ask me how - and it's got what look like two huge circular radio antennas attached to it. The radio boys think they're big enough to generate a signal that can blanket the entire planet..."

[size=smaller](The "don't ask me how" part is because, AFAIK, nobody on TL-191|Earth has had any need to work out the math for a Clarke orbit yet.)[/size]
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012