Flight and Flying [Tuesday, June 22]

[sith_happened]

Anakin had handwavily asked the students to meet him on the beach, where they stood in front of his grandson Ben's shuttlecraft.

Yes, Ben was very spoiled.

"This is a Crix-class diplomatic courier shuttle," Anakin said, waving his hand at it. "It's equipped with long-range sensors, a top of the line navicomputer, more shields than strictly necessary, and if I know my family, goes a lot faster than it's advertised to in the brochure."

He grinned at the students. "And today you're going to get to fly it through the solar system. Get in."

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Look at Earth!

[sith_happened]

Anakin was anal enough not to trust any of the students to get them out of atmosphere, so he was at the controls when they left the island. He did a few loops around the planet so that anyone who hadn't broken atmosphere before could take a good look down.

As planets went, Anakin was rather fond of this one.

Re: Look at Earth!

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia looked at the planet below, marveling at the oceans. Alderaan depending on what paragraph in Wookieepedia you choose to believe had plenty of water, but it was primarily composed of interconnected lakes, not huge oceans.

Re: Look at Earth!

[ostianbelle.livejournal.com]

Asuna stared at the Earth, it was so big and so blue. There was no bouncing now just staring.

Re: Look at Earth!

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

As he looked down at the Earth, Bruce had no idea that in about fifteen years or so, he would have a similar view from a space station that he himself would design and have built.

But if you told him that in the future he would find a way to see this view on a regular basis, he wouldn't have doubted you.