Dear Diary:
The gravity on all these planets differ according to their size. The bigger the world, the greater
the gravity. The smaller the world, the lighter the gravity.
On a planet larger than Earth you feel like you have gained weight. On a planet smaller
than Earth, you feel like you have lost weight. So, you can imagine how happy we are to visit a
small world rather than a large world.
You can actually sense the difference when you land on a new orb. Depending on the size of
the planet, walking is automatically easier or not. You can feel the weight of the world on you.
When you pick up something like a book, you quickly notice the difference. Your mind and
hands are trained to believe that an object would feel a certain weight. And it doesn't and that
throws you off and it takes awhile to get used to it. And then you go to another planet with
different gravity and it starts all over again.
This idea about gravity is holding our attention, myself included. Someday I hope to be a
senior diplomat or ambassador to another planet, and I hope it's a place with less gravity.
Another thing about gravity. Most of the solar systems we visited have giant planets like
Jupiter and Saturn. But no aliens live on these orbs because their hold on you is too strong.
On one small world these huge neighbours are visited by space probes. These
mechanical beings are so light-weight, that on their little planet, they practically float in the air.
On another tiny planet they have rain and snow but it arrives differently. It doesn't fall from the
sky but visits like a fog and it is called 'The Mist'.
The rain or snow eventually touch land, or people or buildings, after slowly floating several miles.
On this planet, you can see the rain or snowflakes coming a mile away, literally. Like a wall of
tiny white specks approaching you, sparkling in the sunshine. Aliens have taken this for granted.
But for someone who has never seen it before, it is absolutely beautiful.
the end.
