Back Bay Amateur Astronomers

Science in Science Fiction: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Monday, December 1, 2025

Event

Join the Back Bay Amateur Astronomers at Greenbrier Library in Chesapeake for an evening of classic science fiction and a side of lunar astronomy!  Tonight, we'll be discussing Robert Heinlein's classic "The Moon is a harsh Mistress," including technological considerations in lunar colonization, AI development, and sociological considerations relevent to books from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

 

https://events.chesapeakelibrary.org/event/14906904

Date: Monday, December 1, 2025

Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Eastern

Location: Greenbrier Library
1214 Volvo Parkway
Chesapeake, VA 23320

Information for Visitors
Instructions for the Public:

We will meet in the classroom accesible from the library vestibule.

Location Details

Greenbrier Library
1214 Volvo Parkway
Chesapeake, VA 23320
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Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
We discussed the good science, including what we know about the Moon, from the half-century-old and pre-Apollo novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. A small turnout on a dubiously clear night the first day after the Thanksgiving weekend, but we went outside after to view the lovely Moon!

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