Closing in

I'm getting closer to finishing the novel "Rock Hopper". I've stopped writing and correcting the script. All that is left now in order to publish it, is to find a really great cover design. I always enjoy working with a professional to capture the spirit of my story, so I'm looking forward to that.

Another thing closing in, seems to be the very inspiration to the novel I'm working on—asteroid 16 Psyche. It was reported in August 2024 that the asteroid, worth USD 10,000 quadrillion (yes, that word exists) was even visible from Earth using a telescope.

Meanwhile, NASA's mission to 16 Psyche seems to be going well. At the beginning of October 2024, they successfully communicated with the Psyche spacecraft using the new laser-powered transmission, DSOC, setting a new long-distance record, 460 million kilometers away from Earth. That's the same distance as when Mars and Earth is farthest apart, so it bodes well for future missions to Mars.