Santa's Trip Way Up There

Santa’s Trip Way Up There

Santa came to town to find some batteries for a comet mission
Philea probe ran out of energy when landing on a duck shaped thing
Its name is 67P/C-G and is very far away from Earth 
It took Rosetta space craft ten years to voyage there
322 million miles from here for what it’s worth

Philea probe needs Santa and some luck this year
To restore and to explore the speeding rock up there
The mission calls for more than just a sled to save the mission
Santa can’t run on milk and cookies any more
A missile or rocket is needed to get him there by Christmas

Athletes get athletes foot you know
Santa, is now an astronaut, so
He must get missile toe at Christmas 

Santa needs a power source for poor Philea soon
It fell into a deep sleep for lack of energy
Perhaps he should stop there first to give it batteries
Santa and the probe might discover microbial life together

Just one more comment
I hope he finds at least one snowflake on the comet
To remind him of our Christmas back on Earth
You know; his home planet 


11/23/14 “What's up with Santa” – Poetry Contest
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A. Sharma Avatar
November 24, 2014 at 7:55 AM
Just cud visit well in time not to miss this lovely write Earl! Wonderful expressions my friend! Gl in contest!
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November 24, 2014 at 8:44 AM
Hi Dr. Sharma, Thank you so much. I appreciate your comments. I've been following the Rosetta mission closely. I tried to keep the science facts and figures correct even though this is a fantasy. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a great day. Earl
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