Dai­ly Moon Dis­patch – 27 Octo­ber 2026

The Moon is wan­ing gib­bous as seen from Earth.

The Sun is rid­ing high over Con­rad Sta­tion. The regolith is bright­ly lit with short, crisp shad­ows. Sys­tems are under full solar load, and the sta­tion feels awake — yet water, pow­er mar­gins, and the three-day lag have not eased.

Mose Crane’s stan­dard is still on the trails: the mis­sion is the sam­ple, the extra EVA is the one you can­not take back, and the crater floor does not get pret­ti­er if you stare at it.

Moon deputy hard sci­ence fic­tion from the trails around Con­rad Station.

Today on the Site

Char­ac­ter Spot­light – Mose Sev­en­ty-one years old, every class of vehi­cle, and the com­man­der who told Nils the rep­ri­mand no longer applied. → Read the full post

Recent

• Fron­tier Foun­da­tions – Cold Traps & Outgassing → Read the post
• Fab­u­lae Lunae Vignette — Y+1 → Read the post
• Lore & Secrets – Nin­ja Cranston → Read the post

Coming This Week

• Wednes­day: Eight Minutes

Recommended Reading Order

• Thun­der Moon Tus­sle → https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Moon-Tussle-Torn-MacAlester-ebook/dp/B095BXX6YC
• Mask of the Joy­ful Moon → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16F7MQW
• The Luna­dyne Inci­dent → https://www.amazon.com/Lunadyne-Incident-Other-Stories-Fabulae-ebook/dp/B0D5F7L3QS

All three books remain available:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16F7MQW

The Joy­ful Moon is still watch­ing… and the sto­ries are still being told.

— Torn MacAlester Still rid­ing the trails with Nils, Gen, and the whole Fab­u­lae Lunae crew 🚀🌕

Stories The sto­ries of Torn MacAlester are sci­ence fic­tion, where the sci­ence is well-ground­ed. I inten­tion­al­ly made any devi­a­tions for spec­u­la­tive pur­pos­es. To main­tain max­i­mum real­ism, I restrict the scope of these deviations. Read More

Articles I write arti­cles of sci­ence fact and sci­ence fic­tion. The arti­cles here span the knowl­edge of mod­ern sci­ence and the spec­u­la­tions of fic­tion. I try to caveat every­thing that is an assump­tion. You will find arti­cles about space­flight, the pos­si­bil­i­ties of alien con­tact, and descrip­tions of tech­nol­o­gy used in my stories. Read More

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