Space obsession, queen confessions.
At a Beijing space conference on Saturday, China’s lunar program chief laid out how three astronauts will fly to the Moon and two will walk on it. Here’s how the “two launches, lunar orbit rendezvous” plan works, what’s already been tested, and why I’m watching closely.
Some seasons, my sky fills with too many moons. I don’t know when they arrived—only that one day I looked up inside myself and saw them: pale, restless orbs circling closer than they should. Each one moody in its own way. One swells with worry until it feels impossibly bright and heavy. Another waxes and…