β Scribed by Sally Ann Melia
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
At precisely 2:04am, a red light lit up a distant control panel. A notification also appeared on Jasminβs phone.
Please God. Just one momentβs peace she thought, as she slapped it quiet.
The sounds of the night amplified. Insects in the shadows chittered, a distant toad called for a mate, and the wind whispered as it passed through the Allen Radio Telescope Array, βthe so-called eyesβ of the US Search for Extra terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).Now with a click and a groan of steel all 42 dishes turned as one to scan a new area of the night sky, a brand new vista to explore and dissect, thousands of as yet unknown stars and systems to discover.
The only person watching is me, Jasmin thought as she leant on the railing of the deck.
βAlways just me,β she spoke aloud to the emptiness. Was this it? Was this her life now? Years of standing watching a field of satellite disks pointing up. At what?
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