Wrote this years ago,...

It was the late 1960’s I was in high school studying math. Quite by accident I got high in the boys crapper then went to class. I was amazed to realize how much LSD Speed, and what we called Wacky Weed quickened the mind. After that math was no problem.

Some of us in time concocted assorted custom enhancements.

The consumption of which led to interesting equations. Some for slip streaming hyper quantum waves as to make faster than light communications, and with some tweaking hyper-space faster than light travel possible.

However an astronaut traveling through Dark-Matter Space would have a very bad day or I should say eternity.

The Dark Universe is actually a kind of chaotic realm. The laws of physics are wildly variable.

An astronaut would really not like it there.

However automated probes did fine. …mostly. Some came back sentient. We sent interstellar probes to nearby systems. Eh,...Teddy Bears, and Dolls with polaroid cameras in them. Gimme a break we just had $28. bucks.

The round trips were just moments.

Though as I say some returned self aware. One started some company called Apple...computers or something.

Anyway we of course kept our damned traps shut.

Imagine what the last 50 years of world leaders would've done with this. #45 being exhibit “A”. So we used the tech to develop the Betamax. As you know that didn't pan out.

( This from “Uncle's Secret History of the World” Volume 36. )