Daily Moon Dispatch – 29 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.
Milton Johnson is on the surface the way a man who learned it the hard way is on the surface — counting inertia, watching dust, and remembering the near-misses that older hardware never advertised.
From the Fabulae Lunae series — Thunder Moon Tussle, Mask of the Joyful Moon, and The Lunadyne Incident.
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- Hard Tech & Science – Eight Minutes → Read the post
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- Frontier Foundations – Cold Traps & Outgassing → Read the post
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 she is full and bright.
— Torn MacAlester Still riding the trails with Nils, Gen, and the whole Fabulae Lunae crew 🚀🌕
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