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Return to Sender (Via Ballistic Trajectory)

Return to Sender (Via Ballistic Trajectory)

Posted on 25th Nov 2022

The post office got a bad rap during COVID, but I’m not sure too many people want their mail delivered by rocket. Regardless, it seemed like a good idea to Heinrich von Kleist who was going to use fixed artillery batteries to fire letter-filled shells to speed up delivery of the mail. This was in th...