All at Sea

I had joined the Navy. The American Navy to be precise as I seemed to be a crew member of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. A friend of mine had also joined but the problem was neither of us knew where the Enterprise was berthed.
We had been told to board her on the river Tay in Scotland.We had been issued with a magnetic mine between us, in case we ran into enemy shipping en route. Only problem was it was quite heavy.
Another problem occurred to us in that we didn't know who the enemy might be. Russia was probably not an enemy and we were pretty sure that the Taliban or Al-Qaeda didn't have a navy. So, we would have to play it by ear.
Anyway the main problem was finding the aircraft carrier. Obvious place was the harbour, no trace. We looked inland. Perth and Dundee seemed to have fused into one, an unlikely and unhappy merger.
We searched the areas of Urban Unrest such as Letham, Lochee, Muirton and Menzieshill. No Enterprise, nor any enemy shipping.
Then we saw a huge white ship churning its way up into Oakbank, quite a well heeled area. Trouble can errupt anywhere it seems.
We set off to board it, remembering not to attach the mine.

Eta Carina

So, a new earth like planet has been discovered. What difference could it make to anybody? Interesting for sure and allows speculation around life forms and the limitations of space travel.

Travelling at the speed of light the USS Enterprise would take 20 years and 6 months to arrive there from Earth. A lot of episodes could be packed into that time. Bit boring though.

Not if you are me however! I have the capability of reaching far star systems in my dreams. This dream was about a visit to the star Eta Carina which is around 7,500 light years from Scotland. In the dream it was a double star but Eta Carinae (η Carinae or η Car) is a highly luminous hypergiant star. Estimates of its mass range from 100–150 times the mass of the Sun, and its luminosity is about four million times that of the Sun.

Anyway I am awaiting confirmation hourly that it is in fact a double star. Bookings for interstellar travel will then be taken. In certain circumstances however it will be necessary for applicants to sleep with me to get the full cosmic experience.