Moon Palace.
Inside the experiment cabin.
Ian Crawford, a British professor of planetary science and astrobiology at Birkbeck, University of London, sat in a chair and looked outside the porthole. He suddenly smiled and spoke.
"About six years ago, I wrote an evaluation report regarding the economic viability of lunar mining."
Stephen Parubi sat across from him. Stephen snorted and replied, "Then?"
"Then I published that paper in Natural Geography and sent a copy to UKSA." Ian Crawford shrugged and continued, "But the UKSA people thought it was a waste."
Professor Stephen: "Is that not true?"
"Of course not." Professor Ian looked down the porthole and smiled as he said, "The Chinese are making my thesis a reality."
