For the public good, I hereby declare that this post will be the last to feature that most accursed of literary devices, .

In the mean time, the European Space Agency is a mission involving a craft which utilises an electric propulsion engine (yes, those out of Star Trek - which, for the record, I do not and have never watched). The engine will allow intersteller travel at speeds far greater than previously possible. It is initially planned for use in .

And in other space news, is also its opposition with Earth (much like last month). It will be through a good pair of binoculars amidst the constellation . For my southerner comrades, the pale green disc may be found by following an imaginary line formed by the moon and Mars (which is, despite a lack of media coverage may suggest, still visible). It looks like a bright star to the naked eye.