More "We" Klever Konnections

[Mark Kohut]

"in the subway car I was speeding to where
the elegant body of the INTEGRAL was gleaming
on its stocks, shining in the sun and not yet alive
with its own fire. ..I was in a revery of formulas.
Once more I mentally calculated the initial velocity
needed to tear the INTEGRAL away from the earth. 
Second by second, as the explosive fuel diminishes,
the mass of the INTEGRAL changes. The equation is 
extremely complex, the values transcendental."   (! MK)

Zemyatin was also trained as an engineer.

And, remember the windmills in Weissman's eyes?:

"and his eyes flashed---two sharp drills whirling rapidly,
screwing deeper and deeper".....