Chapter 26For a ride that was thought impossiblejust a few centuries ago, the interstellar trip was very smooth.
Man has always had the knack ofaccomplishing the impossible. It took time, effort and many livesbuthe finally achieved the impossible. Not every race has. For thatmatter, some races have never risen above the level of primitives.They are still herding around campfires the same way they did athousand years ago. Progress is not inevitable. It is ratherunique.And to this day, no scientist is a hundred percent sure what givessome races a leg up on the technological ladder. Some racesdiscovered interstellar transport about the time humans did but anumber of other races have never made it past first grade on thecivilization scale.
I sat in my office with Belen and Rab.We sipped drin
