Sunday, July 13, 2008

Astronauts driven by new sensation, wanted more moon

by Robert Hacker, jr. News Desk

Strange.

That’s how astronauts responded to questions about how they felt when leaving the moon for the last time before they returned to the space shuttle that would bring them back to earth.

Astronaut and Captain Jamil Khaddafy said that the sensation rolling through their nerves was something they had never felt before, something they felt grow stronger as they looked on the moon.

“I can’t really say what it is, to be honest,” said Khaddafy. “However, I do believe the sensation phenomenon we felt was not earthly.”

The mission to the moon was an attempt to discover the metallic nature of the inner crust of moon’s core. The research was meant to keep up the path to discovery of the moon’s origin and maybe even earth’s. However, all the astronauts could talk about was they strange emotion they sensed as they left the moon’s surface.

“I felt a strong urge to return and stay,” said Lt. Farah Sampson. “I don’t know if that was wishful thinking on my part because I had such a wonderful time or if it was something more. All I know is that since then, I am having a hard time ignoring that white plate on the sky table.”

Reports from anonymous sources claimed that one astronaut, Lt. Jimmy Jones-Marshall, had to be restrained on the return voyage to earth because of lunatic ramblings that the crew had brought too much back. NASA representatives claimed that that was true and that there had been some speculation that Jones-Marshall was a touch jealous of being the only member of the six-man crew not to reach the moon’s surface.

“I think Jonesy was howling about a lot of things on the trip,” said Capt. Khaddafy. “But we were able to put a bite in to his complaints and sedate him for the trip home. It is quite normal.”

The crew is scheduled give a full debriefing in two days at NASA headquarters.

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