Andy Weir
- The Martian
By my reckoning, I'm about 100 kilometers from Pathfinder. Technically it's called "Carl Sagan Memorial Station." But with all due respect to Carl, I can call it whatever the hell I want. I'm the King of Mars.
Erik B. Kaye
- Eagles In The Flesh
For my money, the most exciting way to soar in the sky like the birds is by hang gliding, which entails circling up in the warm currents of air called thermals. If you could see these thermals that the eagles, hawks and hang gliders use to rise up into the sky, they would look like miniature tornadoes, like the tornadoes you see on TV, except friendlier.
