Summary
An odyssey of intellectual hubris and profound solitude, "Sky Splitter" charts the harrowing trajectory of a brilliant, yet myopically focused, astrophysicist. After years of hermetic dedication to his singular ambition—the construction of a viable interstellar craft—he finally witnesses his magnum opus ascend. The initial triumph, however, swiftly curdles into a cosmic nightmare; in his fervent pursuit of propulsion, he tragically overlooked the fundamental exigencies of astrodynamics, rendering his magnificent vessel utterly bereft of directional control beyond Earth's atmospheric embrace. Cast adrift in the terrifying void, a solitary speck against an indifferent cosmos, he endures an unimaginable period of unguided transit, eventually making an improbable, isolated landing on an exoplanet an unfathomable fifty light-years from his terrestrial origin. Confronting the crushing reality of his extraterrestrial exile, his indomitable spirit, rather than succumbing to despair, pivots to an even more audacious endeavor: fabricating a colossal observatory from alien materials, a monumental instrument designed to pierce the immense gulf of space and time, offering him a solitary, poignant glimpse of his lost home, Earth.
Synopsis
After years of testing, a professor who is intent on building a ship that can travel into space finally succeeds and finishes a working model. After he launches himself into space, he realizes that he had forgotten to take into account that aerodynamic controls have no effect in outer space. He drifts through space and lands on a planet 50 light years away, and proceeds to build a giant telescope with which he can see Earth.
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