{"id":118,"date":"2007-01-02T02:19:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-02T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=118"},"modified":"2007-01-02T02:19:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-02T06:19:00","slug":"the-marriage-of-sputnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"The marriage of Sputnik"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first Radio Satelite. 1957, or around then. Whatever happened to Sputnik?<\/p>\n

No longer a celebrity, and not too shiny anymore, he slides through space, without destination or purpose. His simple senseless beeping, once the scherzo of a great Superpower symphony, is now just a sign he’s still alive.<\/p>\n

Years pass, decades pass. Then one night, while orbitting, forgotten, worthless, abandoned, obsolete, junked… he hears a voice, a song in space.<\/p>\n


“Glowing, glowing, my heart is glowing.” Sings the distant satelite.<\/center><\/p>\n

Sputnik finds himself drawn to the soothing song and sets off in search of her.<\/p>\n


Begone, crude space-can!<\/center><\/p>\n

Not her father, it’s her guardian that confronts Sputnik. Jamming her signals and chasing off all suitors, the old guardian secretly plots to marry her himself. <\/p>\n


Beset by a web of intrigue woven by her guardian and unable to approach, Sputnik despairs, but cannot forget her voice.<\/center><\/p>\n


“Sputnik!” she cries. She appears, dressed in leopard skin and blushing rather profusely.<\/center><\/p>\n


Her older brother, calling long distance on a cheap phone card, disapproves of Sputnik and his lack of current employment.<\/center><\/p>\n


Mother is happy with anyone because she knows of the Guardian’s evil schemes. She calls Sputnik a Russian Prince.<\/center><\/p>\n


The Guardian is incensed and argues violently that Sputnik is a theif and has fled Earth to avoid prison.<\/center><\/p>\n


At last, they are married, and go to live on a mountain on Pluto broadcasting with joy.<\/center>
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The first Radio Satelite. 1957, or around then. Whatever happened to Sputnik? No longer a celebrity, and not too shiny anymore, he slides through space, without destination or purpose. His simple senseless beeping, once the scherzo of a great Superpower symphony, is now just a sign he’s still alive. Years pass, decades pass. 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