Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 52 — page 66: what you’re looking at

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STAR HAVEN craved all our lives, and now that we’ve found it we can never leave. It’s ours, Wil- liams. All ours for us and our children. Earth is a bad dream, a thing of the past, a night- mare we can all forget. This is paradise and here we stay.” “Perhaps.” Williams drew a deep breath of the scented air, and Hermitage smiled as he stared at the perplexed face of the young commander. “Don’t worry about it now; youll understand soon enough, but here’s some free advice. Forget that you're the commander and set about making some friends. Know what I mean ?’’ “J think so.’ Williams smiled as he stepped forward to where a woman waited with the age-old understand- ing of her sex and smiled down into her eyes. “Hello, Mary.” **Hello, Bill.” It was all, but it was enough. Williams felt an un- familiar comfort as he walked across the clearing, the girl at his side. Later he would have to think about altering the records, uncouple the emergency radio tape and dampen the pile, but there was plenty of time for that. Now he was eager to explore paradise. you know your Moon? How big is the Moon in diameter? How long does it take to go round the Earth? How fast does it travel? What is its density? How heavy is it compared with Earth? What is its surface gravity? comiclbooks.corn