6/21 There's Mars too, that little red one up yonder. Before we come back we shall have settled a good many problems about him, too. We shall have navigated the rings of Saturn, and perhaps graphed them from his surface. We shall have crossed the bands of Jupiter, and found out whether they are clouds or not; perhaps we shall have landed on one of his moons and taken a voyage round him. A bit later I'll show you something that no human eyes have ever seen." "What's that ?" she asked as they turned away towards the companion ladder. |