The extreme heat of reentry allowed the egg-laden parasite to crack its chrysalis shell. Its wings dried fast enough in in the hot, dry Los Angeles air to allow it to lay the first of its thousand eggs before the hour was out.
The extreme heat of reentry allowed the egg-laden parasite to crack its chrysalis shell. Its wings dried fast enough in in the hot, dry Los Angeles air to allow it to lay the first of its thousand eggs before the hour was out.