High tech stuff today. This one will need further research to nail down the science.
Today’s word count: 854
image: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Writing update
The third book is well under way, and it’s proving to be more ambitious than the first two. I tend to avoid outlining, preferring to let things shape up organically. But there is just too much going on in this one to not have some sort of road map. Ha ha, see what I did there? Of course you don’t, because you have no idea what the story is. But I did something.
I’ve always preferred to write privately and keep the curtain closed. But I’m going to open it a crack this time, as I go along, to help me stay on mission.
However, time spent writing here is time not writing there. So the crack will reveal only this: each day’s word count. These are rough draft numbers. Bulk production is the name of the game at this stage. Finesse comes later.
As of yesterday evening, I had 8366 words.
Today’s word count: 782.
Buddies
Look at these two!
See https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25790/perseverances-selfie-with-ingenuity/ for info on how the image was taken.
image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Ingenuity on the surface
Stop a moment and look at this image. The human eye loves a vanishing point image and this is a good one. Look at the way the tracks interact with features of the surface. Look at the other set of tracks to the right. Perseverance has been busy looking for just the right spot. Finally, look at Ingenuity, newly set on the surface of its new home, waiting for its chance to rise up and explore on its own.
image: NASA/JPL-Caltech