Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 8

           IttakeseightminutesfromthestarSoltotheplacewheretheEarthusedtobe,andfouryearsmoretoarriveatSol’sneareststellarneighbour,AlphaProxima.

           ForlighttoreachtheothersideoftheGalaxy,forittoreachDamogranforinstance,takesratherlonger:fivehundredthousandyears.

           Therecordforhitchhikingthisdistanceisjustunderfiveyears,butyoudon’tgettoseemuchontheway.

           TheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxysaysthatifyouholdalungfulofairyoucansurviveinthetotalvacuumofspaceforaboutthirtyseconds.Howeveritgoesontosaythatwhatwithspacebeingthemindbogglingsizeitisthechancesofgettingpickedupbyanothershipwithinthosethirtysecondsaretwotothepoweroftwohundredandsixty-seventhousandsevenhundredandninetooneagainst.

           ByatotallystaggeringcoincidencethatisalsothetelephonenumberofanIslingtonflatwhereArthuroncewenttoaverygoodpartyandmetaverynicegirlwhomhetotallyfailedtogetoffwith—shewentoffwithagatecrasher.

           ThoughtheplanetEarth,theIslingtonflatandthetelephonehaveallnowbeendemolished,itiscomfortingtoreflectthattheyareallinsomesmallwaycommemoratedbythefactthattwenty-ninesecondslaterFordandArthurwererescued.

           

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