This post is written for Mondays Finish The Story Challenge.
This is a unique flash fiction challenge where we are provided with a new photo each week, and the first sentence of a story. The challenge is to finish the story using 100-150 words. The provided sentence is in bold below.
At first, it looked like an ordinary marble, but it was far from it.
“Idiot! Some scientist you are. That spacecraft was to be on Jupiter by now. As you can see, it apparently took a U-turn about 365 million miles after it left this planet and landed about 365 feet from where the damn thing took off.”
“All that talk about the reduced time it takes to get to Jupiter is all scientific trash talk. Yea, the Galileo spacecraft took six years to reach the planet, and then advancement led to the New Horizon vehicle which passed the planet in thirteen months on its way to Pluto.”
“And then you come along with all your talk about the Holman Transfer Orbit* mumbo jumbo and look what happens. Instead of getting the slingshot affect you were after, you got the boomerang affect.”
* Hohmann Transfer Orbit is an elliptical orbit used to transfer between two coplaner, circular orbits.
That would be more than slightly embarrassing. Funny story, Danny. Well done. 😀 — Suzanne.
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Thanks Suzanne!
DJ
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Whoops!?
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Big time Whoops!
DJ
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That sounds like a very costly mistake! Interesting use of monologue to tell the story. 🙂
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Wonderful story Danny! I love the image of the “mad” scientist! LOL!
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Thanks! There are a few “mad” scientist out there for sure,
DJ
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LOL
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That sounds like a costly mistake!
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Just a slight overrun.
DJ
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Boomerang effect, hey that’s not bad, guaranteed to return home, although maybe after the exploration is accomplished. LOL Great read!
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Thanks for commenting! Glad to make you laugh.
DJ
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The key to success is to keep trying. Maybe they will get it eventually?
Amusing take on the picture and unique too.
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Thanks Francesca. Liked your post also.
DJ
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You are so good at this.
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Back to the drawing board!! Great take on the prompt!
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Thanks so much. Appreciate the good words.
DJ
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A trial gone wrong. I loved the story Danny. Well done! The fact that it landed 365 feet away from where it took off is very funny. Thanks for writing another story for the MFtS challenge. Be well… ^..^
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Thanks for the nice words. See you next week.
DJ
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Nice work Danny ~ Trial and error can be very expensive ~ Nicely put together ~ 🙂
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Thanks!
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