Absolute Limits

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“MIT and ESA virtually given up on it. What makes you think you can figure it out?” said Barney Sanchez.

Lila Duerkop turned into the fast lane. Snowflakes drifting from a winter sky shot past them.

A gold Toyota cut her off, its horn blaring. “You’d think since Congress changed the speed limit to eighty people would be satisfied. But noooo! Everybody has to drive a hundred now!”

It was a ritual complaint from their early days at the University of Minnesota. Barney said, “Maybe she was in a hurry?”

“Speed limit is a law. But Americans think it’s a challenge to their inalienable right to do whatever they please.” She got into the fast lane as cars continued to race past them. “Back to your question: we can figure it out because we’re creative. MIT and ESA have thrown money at it. But I believe the solution will come from finding a unique viewpoint. We’ve had the Buhari Equations for six years. We know FTL speeds are possible.”

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