Good-byes were said and the two 73 year old scientists, Mark and Marty Moore, fly the 11 year old orphans back to the saucer for the voyage. They will be taught how to pilot the saucer to the end of space.

The 6 orphans were delighted to find they had private rooms with a bathroom and a den with a computer and a huge TV. There was a library aboard with shelves of books and hundreds of DVD movies.

In the morning after breakfast the 6 orphans listened to the scientists’ plan to fly to the end of space.

Mark said, “Our earth is in one galaxy of many. A galaxy contains thousands of suns we call stars. All the galaxies move in circles around each othe r inside the universe. It’s like the moon goes around the earth and the earth goes around the sun. Most suns have large circling planets with atmosphere.”

“Beside the large planets in a galaxy there are smaller ones circling the sun called comets and asteroids. They range in size from a baseball to a third-size of the moon. They are called planetoids and thought to come from the end of the solar system that must be the end of space. They are made of rock and gases; those near the sun have metal. Our saucer will sound an alarm if we are on a collision course with a threatening object. When a solar system object obits close to the sun it has a visible tail called a coma, meaning atmosphere.”

Marty said, “Everything spins, including the tiniest thing we know. We gather our power from the suns’ rays in each galaxy. We also gather gases from the atmosphere of planets for our food duplicator.”

Mark said, “We do not have the incredible speed or millions of years to dare crossing a universe. Universes spin and touch each other. Our sun is near the edge of our universe. We have the power to place our saucer next to its edge. It soon touches the adjoining universe and we will shoot through and be in another universe. The last universe is the end of the solar system and space.”

Lester Lokie asked, “How long does our stored power last before we need more?”

“Several of our days. But understand our incredible speed is obtained by magnetic attraction to celestial objects such as suns and large planets. We also use our Repel to distance ourselves from a celestial object. It functions like a magnet you’ve played with. It can attract metal with one end or repel with the other.”

Billy asked, “Can a pilot turn or fly the saucer up or down?”

“Yes, you can over-ride if you are visually on a collision course with something. Otherwise we hover near the edge of the universe until the instrument on the panel shows a big GO in green.”

Lester Lokie asked, “Are we likely to encounter other space ships?”

Mark smiled at his twin brother. “I knew they’d ask. Frankly, Lester, we don’t know.