A Man For The Moon

August, 1960

A Man for the Moon"To the moon?"I said. I felt the Earth move out from under me and settle on my shoulders. It was heavy."To the Moon," Marco Garcia said. His voice was thick was disappointment. "Congratulations, Abner."Johnny Ingraham exploded. "To the bloody Moon!" he shouted."Abner, my boy, my beamish boy, you'll be in all the history books!"But I sat and stared bleakly across the desk at Old Hard Nose Hanrahan. Navy Regs make it plain that an...