As Haley's comet approaches closer, Dr. Haywood Floyd tries to spot it with the naked eye through the windows of the Pasteur Space Center. He knows where the comet is supposed to be, and one night he sees it. The comet tail cannot be detected, but he knows that the fuzzy dot of light is Haley's. Dr. Floyd thinks about Haley's comet, what its surface looks like from space probe photos, and how he dearly wants to step foot on the surface.
Haywood Floyd reacts to his first sighting of Haley's comet.....
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