
The endeavor is both incredibly costly and of uncertain profitability. The necessary technology for a chemical-fueled rocket stretches the boundaries of current engineering. Most dismiss Harriman's plans as foolhardy: Nuclear rocket fuel is scarce as the space station that produces it blew up, also destroying the only existing spaceship. He asks his business partner, George Strong, and other tycoons to invest in the venture. D." Harriman, "the last of the Robber Barons", is obsessed with being the first to travel to-and possess-the Moon. Harriman, a businessman who is determined to personally reach and control the Moon.ĭelos David "D. A part of his Future History and prequel to " Requiem", it covers events around a fictional first Moon landing in 1978 and the schemes of Delos D. Heinlein, written in 1949 and published in 1950. " The Man Who Sold the Moon" is a science fiction novella by American author Robert A.
