And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's only about as far as Miami to Key West.
ReplyDeleteA fit athlete could almost bicycle it in a day.
It's that 2700° F. terminal glide re-entry temp. coming back that's the real bugaboo.
Oh, yeah, tough guy? Jump. (I said that with a smile)
ReplyDeleteJump and you'll stay in orbit with it, at least for a while.
Delete~ Doctor Weasel
What or is it where is down below?
ReplyDeleteLong Island, in the Bahamas. McKenna's Settlement just off the starboard nose.
DeleteRight here:
Deletehttps://www.google.com/maps/@23.2016969,-75.1782006,85450a,35y,42.38h/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
The atmosphere is a thin layer around the globe, so so little between us and the emptiness of space.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is only Low Earth Orbit
ReplyDelete~ Doctor Weasel