«It was rather that the astronauts
were the core of some magnetic human force called Americanism, patriotism or
Waspitude, and if they were finally the men of all the men on earth to take the
first step on the way to the stars, who was to say it was not the first step
back to the stars, first step back to joining that mysterious interior material
of the stars, that iron of communion with cosmic origins?
Indeed, who could be absolutely
certain that the astronauts were not men finally forged out of some powerful
equivalent in their blood of the star’s iron...»
Scene no 38: The iron trinity of Astronauts
(PAL plastic Toy soldiers, made in Greece) around a vintage Space Rocket (Masuya Toys, tin
litho rocket NIKE SR-7, friction powered, with box, made in Japan).
The text: From MOONFIRE, by Norman Mailer.
