Tom it's a missile headed straight for us

Doesn't matter Bud we'll be dead when this rock smashes the glass first

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He's up against Chinese science pirates who want to steal his secrets. Ha ha, what fictional nonsense!

As the strings might suggest: this was called the Space Kite. I don't recall why it looked as it did, or what practical purpose it might have had. Seems undepowered and vulnerable.