The first thing that the source material mentions is that, as Earth’s only natural satellite, the moon’s orbit is 30 times the size of Earth itself. Having established from the start that the authors are violently pro-moon, at least we can start applying our grains of salt early on. The moon’s days and months are identical in length to Earth’s, and the angry little sphere keeps one side facing the Earth at all times (what is it hiding?). Its surface is covered in lunar dust, craters, and other filth known as “ejecta”. A description of the inside of this thing’s apartment is conspicuously absent from the published data. The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, and is responsible for the movement of Earth’s tides, and we’re supposed to be grateful for it. There were six crewed moon landings between 1969 and 1972, and they liked it so much that they immediately came back to Earth and never made another trip. There is a hyperlink in the source material for the moon’s “legal status”, which leads to a mostly blank HTML page with the word “criminal”. Interestingly, there has been a proposed moon treaty, which has been signed by France, Guatemala, India, and Romania – meaning we’re on our own if we want to kill the big bastard.
- Cam Writt
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