Imagine a billion years ago, two black holes collided.

There was no danger of a collision, NASA assured the public.

Now, we've had several extinction events, and as we march forward 65 million years ago most of you know about it we had an asteroid impact.

Now, we've had several extinction events, and as we march forward 65 million years ago most of you know about it we had an asteroid impact.

My journey began in 1971 when I witnessed two oil tankers collide beneath the Golden Gate, and a half a million gallons of oil spilled into the bay.

And so I managed to fly the balloon down through the clouds, and about 50 feet, before I hit the sea, threw myself over.

And what should have been the most relaxing, the most intimate, the most tender moment of the day, when a dad sits down to read to his son, became instead this kind of gladiatorial battle of wills, a clash between my speed and his slowness.