        Dale walked outside.  He couldn’t see many stars, but the gibbous moon hung low in the sky.  Eagle 1 was still sitting there, somewhere in the Sea of Tranquility, quite possibly the most apt place for mankind’s first extraplanetary expedition to have landed.  He’d be sure to bring that up when he talked to the aliens again.  They were up there, too, and he wondered if they weren’t a little nervous about this meeting.  