Lunaracy

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Lunaracy

“Everybody is a moon, and has a dark side they

never show to anybody.”--Mark Twain.

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission has

come and gone. I rewatched THE RIGHT STUFF, 

APOLLO 13 & FIRST MAN. Then I reviewed 

THE MARTIAN. 

Last night, drenching my sheets with lunar dust, 

I dreamt I was the moon; in a computer voice

I asked over and over, “Why Mars?”.  I remember

how pleased I was when H.G. Wells, and Edgar

Rice Burroughs wrote books about me. I simply

laughed at the theories that the Nazis had hidden

bases on my dark side.

Come on, I am earth’s satellite, the Master of Tides,

less than six days flight time away. It’ll take five

years to just make it to Mars, and then what? What’s

he got that I don’t? So come on up, the dust is fine.

Get to setting up mining operations and resorts. I am

cool with it.

Glenn Buttkus

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