Overview
Lying there, drifting up into those ancient lights was exactly like
looking into the past. It is looking into the past. History, I think, is
just a property of light.
Charlie Fairbanks was born in the
dead center of the United States at the dead center of the twentieth
century. Americans are going to the Moon and Charlie's sure he'll be
the first one there. But as he shines his spotlight on the Moon, so too
does it illuminate the darker side to his nation's history.
Radio is a story about memory, love and spaceships.