On a cold grey morning the crowds arrive in plastic cars to watch the Birth, the launch of the first great rocket to the Moon. From his office tower William Stanley, president of the company that built it, watches them with sad impatience, for he has decided the flight must not go ahead, and the crowd’s joy turns to fury.
An early Bradbury story from Planet Stories, already asking his favourite question of what space flight is for. Download the free EPUB.