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A space nightmare -- being cast adrift, left to the unimaginable void. Ever since I was an impressionable kid watching sci-fi movies, this idea (when I think about it) horrifies me to the bone. Trying to imagine what thoughts might pass through the mind of one faced with the inevitable, far, far away from those who care. Only the sound of your own breathing, with the occasional crackle of radio static.
If you happen to be in orbit, there is a chance of rescue. If you happen to have been on a long interplanetary (or even interstellar) journey, there is no hope.
If you were set adrift because of some cataclysm, you might be spinning. There is little to be done about that, according to Newton. The universe swirls before your eyes. It is dizzying and maddening. You must close your eyes. If you are not spinning, then you face the deep, in all its majesty and terror.
In the near perfect vacuum of space, you are not, as they say, food for worms. You drift along your current trajectory for an eternity, more or less anatomically intact (forget those Arnold movies). The odds of actually running into something are almost nil, in spite of the ever-present meteor storms in old sci-fi movies.
Well, sorry for that but, as I said, it's the stuff of nightmares.
At first, I imagine there is panic, then desperation leading to a quiet hopelessness. There is time. Maybe a few hours, maybe a couple of days. Strangely, a resolved peace, a stardust-to-stardust serenity, maybe even hope washes over you. For the first time, you might experience a genuine communion with the profundity of Nature on the largest scale, in the 14-billion-year sense, thoughts that ultimately fade away, as .... I can barely stand it.
Made with Zebra 2 (15 tracks) and the EXSP24 in LE7 (3 tracks).
If you happen to be in orbit, there is a chance of rescue. If you happen to have been on a long interplanetary (or even interstellar) journey, there is no hope.
If you were set adrift because of some cataclysm, you might be spinning. There is little to be done about that, according to Newton. The universe swirls before your eyes. It is dizzying and maddening. You must close your eyes. If you are not spinning, then you face the deep, in all its majesty and terror.
In the near perfect vacuum of space, you are not, as they say, food for worms. You drift along your current trajectory for an eternity, more or less anatomically intact (forget those Arnold movies). The odds of actually running into something are almost nil, in spite of the ever-present meteor storms in old sci-fi movies.
Well, sorry for that but, as I said, it's the stuff of nightmares.
At first, I imagine there is panic, then desperation leading to a quiet hopelessness. There is time. Maybe a few hours, maybe a couple of days. Strangely, a resolved peace, a stardust-to-stardust serenity, maybe even hope washes over you. For the first time, you might experience a genuine communion with the profundity of Nature on the largest scale, in the 14-billion-year sense, thoughts that ultimately fade away, as .... I can barely stand it.
Made with Zebra 2 (15 tracks) and the EXSP24 in LE7 (3 tracks).
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tokai
Oh man, it's Sunday nite here, and after the day i have had Space is where i need to be, in this space. Your intro is a perfect description of where you place me. It reminds me of Banco DE Gaia. Cool Intro, those keys and that drone, really edge you into the void...um i like it there.