What the gyros do

[Tom Stanton]

> >Andrew Dinn writes:
> >>Jody's comments about Brennschluss as a death signal are right on the
> >>mark. But don't forget that Brennschluss is not death but the moment
> >>of preterition...[big snip]...

>Bill Burns wrote:
> Or another way to consider the Rocket as a metaphor for preterition is
> that its design at conception sets it on a route toward judgment with no
> appeal...[big snip]

To build on this, consider Brenndchluss not as death but a
transformation 
from an engineered outcome to a statistical event. Technology designed
with 
an outcome in mind (predestination) remains subject to nature (gravity)
so 
the engineered judgement Burns points out must pass through Brenndchluss
to be 
fullfilled, yet in its passing it is saved from preterition by becoming
random.
In Brenndchluss the rocket takes on a life of its own.