![]() Harriman wants to be on the first flight of the Pioneer but the ship only has room for one pilot, Leslie LeCroix. ![]() Harriman sells land and naming rights to craters, and starts rumors that diamonds exist in lunar dust, intending to secretly place gems in a rocket to convince people the rumors are true. Because the Moon passes directly overhead only in a narrow band north and south of the equator, Harriman persuades countries to assert their rights and convinces the United Nations to assign management of the Moon to his company. Since Harriman wants to prevent government ownership of the Moon, he uses a legal principle that states property rights extend to infinity above a land parcel on Earth. To a television network, he offers the Moon as a reliable and uncensorable broadcasting location. To an anti-Communist associate, he suggests the Russians may print the hammer and sickle on the face of the Moon. ![]() He convinces the Moka-Coka company, for example, that rival soft-drink maker 6+ plans to turn the Moon into a massive billboard, using a rocket to scatter black dust on the surface. He asks his business partner, George Strong, and other tycoons to invest in the venture and, to solve the tougher financial problems, Harriman exploits commercial and political rivalries. Most dismiss Harriman’s endeavor as foolhardy, costly, and almost certainly unprofitable, but Harriman is undeterred. ![]() Harriman is a businessman determined to control the Moon. Heinlein’s classic science-fiction novella, Delos D. ![]()
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