(NaNoWriMo quote: "into space")
At 1:28pm Eastern today
NASA launched
into space the MAVEN
(Mars Atmosphere
and Volatile EvolutioN)
Rocket
from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station
in Florida
(which by the way
set off car alarms
at the nearby
Kennedy Space Center).
In 10 months the rocket
will reach Mars's orbit
and then
for at least 1 Earth year
the sensors will collect
data about the gradual erosions
of Mars's atmosphere
that started billions
of years ago.
Also accompanying the craft
are more than 1100
haiku of the familiar
five-seven-five
syllable count.
"Hey creatures of Mars
Earth-kind's got many failings
we've also got art."
This poem © 2013 Emily Cooper.
