《Moonfall 》作者：- A. Bertram Chandler【EPUB】

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MOONFALL The end of Lunar Base could have been witnessed by roughly one half of Earth's population. Had the event been advertised in advance it would have been. But even MOONCOM, who were on the spot, could not have foreseen what was to be the finish of the marred and tarnished dream. For some hours before the climax, until they were closed forever, MOONCOM's radio channels to and from Earth were overburdened with reports, instructions, orders and counter-orders. But everything was in code. Nothing was allowed to leak out to the public. Few, if any, of the astronomers saw it, although the Moon was full and the night abnormally clear all over the world. What need for them to train their telescopes on the satellite when exploring parties had already ranged far over both seen and unseen hemispheres? Few of those out in the open by reason either of duty or of inclination saw it. Policemen shone their torches into dark shadows and did not look up to the sky. Lovers looked into each other's eyes. Watch-officers on the