Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: My Desk
Story filed: Short Fiction
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to tell you my Country Women’s Association (CWA) Central Western Group’s Schools Public Speaking Competition speech. I had to video my speech for school
Good morning adjudicator, timekeepers and members of the audience. Today, my topic is Growing your Own.
I’d like to grow my own livable planet.
I know that sounds crazy but hear me out - first I will need a cloud of dust and gas to create a molecule cloud. Then I will need the temperature to be cold so that the dust and gas clumps together. Eventually everything caves in on itself to form a star then the star explodes, pushing everything out in to space. The big clumps of material will soon come together and then over time; they will form a planet. This is called core accretion. But there are many more steps to come. This new planet - it needs lots and lots and lots of water. I can find this in the form of ice crystals and I will need to do it quickly because the planet will be pulled in to the sun’s orbit soon and by then it will be too hot to collect water. The ice crystals were bought in when everything was clumping together and now that it’s in the suns orbit, the ice crystals are melting to form water. I also need to check that my planet is round and big enough for self-gravity. The other thing it needs is to have lots of space around it. I also need carbon, hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen in order to create vegetation, the right clement and life. See, It’s not that hard to make a planet but what will I use it for? I guess a spare planet would be good so when Earth is destroyed, dies, is overpopulated or infected with a disease I’ll go there.
Thank you for listening.
Report from: My Desk
Story filed: Short Fiction
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to tell you my Country Women’s Association (CWA) Central Western Group’s Schools Public Speaking Competition speech. I had to video my speech for school
Good morning adjudicator, timekeepers and members of the audience. Today, my topic is Growing your Own.
I’d like to grow my own livable planet.
I know that sounds crazy but hear me out - first I will need a cloud of dust and gas to create a molecule cloud. Then I will need the temperature to be cold so that the dust and gas clumps together. Eventually everything caves in on itself to form a star then the star explodes, pushing everything out in to space. The big clumps of material will soon come together and then over time; they will form a planet. This is called core accretion. But there are many more steps to come. This new planet - it needs lots and lots and lots of water. I can find this in the form of ice crystals and I will need to do it quickly because the planet will be pulled in to the sun’s orbit soon and by then it will be too hot to collect water. The ice crystals were bought in when everything was clumping together and now that it’s in the suns orbit, the ice crystals are melting to form water. I also need to check that my planet is round and big enough for self-gravity. The other thing it needs is to have lots of space around it. I also need carbon, hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen in order to create vegetation, the right clement and life. See, It’s not that hard to make a planet but what will I use it for? I guess a spare planet would be good so when Earth is destroyed, dies, is overpopulated or infected with a disease I’ll go there.
Thank you for listening.
Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter
Leo Roving Reporter
