A flight to the underworld


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the title is 'A flight to the underworld' is good except it sounds unreal, it is hard to refer to,

'The Earth lives on the surface of the sun,' said the technomage. 'It is fatal to attempt to set foot on this surface.'

'Is it possible to go into space on the surface of the sun?

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'What's the use of that?' replied the technomage, 'it is lethal to travel on the surface of the sun. That is why I cannot accompany you.'

'But how on earth do you travel without a space-ship?

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'The laws of physics do not apply on the surface of the sun. Space-ships are not necessary.'

'But how do you travel?'

'On the surface of the sun, nothing.

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'How can you live?'

'I have figured out a way to live. I sleep at night air-locked inside the hull of the aircraft. At night, I live inside a tiny capsule. Other tiny capsules are carried around with me which are air-locked inside the hull.

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'Why don't you just float around in space instead of being air-locked inside an aircraft?

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'There is absolutely no usable space in the hull of the aircraft. I cannot just float around in space.'

'Why don't you just use the physics of the surface of the sun the way you do the other time?'

'I do not know how it can be done. The laws of physics do not apply to the surface of the sun.'

'How do you navigate?

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'I do not need to navigate. The surface of the sun is totally flat.'

'Doesn't the sun move around the earth?'

'The sun does not move. It has no movement.'

'So how do you know how to get around the sun?'

'I do not need to know how to get around the sun. I do not need to navigate. I can see it perfectly well from here.'

'From here? From the earth's surface?'

'Yes.'

'Are there any more of you up there?'

'Yes.'

'Are there more of you and machines and equipment and spaceships and engines and life and death and love and everything else of everything things up there on the sun of everything death and of everything things?'

'Yes. There is more of everything up there.'

'Then how do you know where you are when you are up there?'

'There is zero gravity on the surface of the sun.'

'How do you navigate in zero gravity?'

'In zero gravity, there is no need to navigate. The surface of the sun must be traversed by not moving at all. Goals are reached by not moving. That's why the surface of the sun has so few goals to reach. All goals occur in between moving - in between goals of movement. The purpose of the sun is to slow down the movement of the world.

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'How does it work?'

'Before the satellite was ever invented, I know how it works. I know how it to create zero gravity.

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'How does it work?'

'We did not film this scene. We will not say anymore.

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'But if you don't move, how do you keep up with one another?

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'It is simply impossible to keep up with one another if one isn't moving.

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'What is your name?'

'The planet earth.

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'What shall we call you?'

'My name is not significant. The physical name is too common. The persons in the great spaceships are removed when they are created. They are never allowed to communicate with each other. Their views are not allowed to interfere with each other. Their thoughts are not allowed to interfere with each other. They meet only if each one meets the other.

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'Aren't you lonely?

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'There is no loneliness on the surface of the sun. There is no loneliness on Earth. The solar system does not have gravity. The solar system does have atmosphere. Solar systems are environments for living organisms.

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