Must-Read Books About the Moon
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"Manuel, once there was a man who held a political make-work job like so many here in this Directorate, shining brass cannon around a courthouse."
"Why would courthouse have cannon?"
"Never mind. He did this for years. It fed him and let him save a bit, but he was not getting ahead in the world. So one day he quit his job, drew out his savings, bought a brass cannon--and went into business for himself . "
"Sounds like idiot."
"No doubt. And so were we, when we tossed out the Warden."
Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws -- always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up. Because not one of those people said: "Please pass this so that I won’t be able to do something I know I should stop." Nyet, tovarishchee, was always something they hated to see neighbors doing. Stop them "for their own good" -- not because speaker claimed to be harmed by it.
Like how was it formed, how does it affect the Earth, what could it be used for in the future etc.