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Oct 10, 2023Liked by Michael S. Atkinson

YOU GAVE ME YET ANOTHER IDEA.

Deep space lighthouse program?

*b e t h l e h e m*??!???!?!?!!!???

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YES.

Except, have you read Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star"?

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Oct 10, 2023Liked by Michael S. Atkinson

YES. GAH I THINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

That's the one where aliens are visiting a star going supernova and wonder why this thriving civilization had to be destroyed?

Arthur C Clarke was something else, I tell you.

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YES. Such a good story. Right up there with Nine Billion Names of God.

Although, if you've got another idea about a deep space lighthouse program and Bethlehem, go for it! The 'Stack needs more sci-fi Christmas space stories!

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