The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for September 04, 2020

Hannibal crossed the Alps on an army of elephants! ( No, not Hannibal Lecter! )

" … little satellite, Brutus’s son is none too bright!" :-)

“Damn you Skylink!”

twinkle twinkle little satellite

hope you’re friendly on this night

if you’re not we’ll shoot you down

start an incident from the ground

twinkle twinkle little satellite

hope you’re friendly on this night

And if you gaze long enough at a satellite, the satellite will gaze back into you.

Satellites, the International Space Station, or Starlink regularly pass overhead. It’s fun to look up and watch them sailing across the sky. After astronomers expressed concerns, many of the strings of Starlink have been dimmed and may not be visible. There are numerous websites and apps for tracking satellites. For the ISS and Skylink I use:

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/home.cfm

https://findstarlink.com/#44.5458,North,88.1019,West;3

At least it’s not Skynet.

This makes me think of the song Satellite by The Dave Matthews Band.

Twinkle, twinkle little satellite, how I wonder what you are tonight.

Proof of non stop miracles. Through history comforting to many people.

If that’s starlink, you can wish for a better internet. So far not so good.

I remember the rhyme from my childhood days:“Star light, star bright,First star I see tonight,I wish I may, I wish I might…Aw, shucks, it’s just a satellite.”

I remember when the first satellite, Sputnik, was launched. We as kids went out into the back yard with my Dad to look for it. I think we did indeed spot it traversing across the night sky.