>>Samuel Clemens - American author and humorist, well-known by
>>the pen name "Mark Twain". He has nothing to do with the
>>Macross project (in fact, he thinks the Grand Alliance was a
>>damn-fool idea and the United States ought to have stayed out of it),
>>but was invited to Macross Island and the ship's launching ceremony by
>>his good friend Tesla.
>
>You know, that may be the single most brilliant piece of casting ever
>done in and UF piece. Would have liked to see his
>contemporary, Jules Verne, there too - some of the concepts in his
>books would have been proven a mere ten to twenty years after he wrote
>about them, and one would think he wouldn't have missed this launch
>for the world.

I would point you at Five Fists of Science for more inspirational reference to this matter. :)

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train