Arthur Davidson decided to become an astronaut when his father disappeared on the moon twenty years ago. Now, Arthur and a cosmonaut are exploring the very crater where the father disappeared when they come across an alien-built planetarium that may have the power to reunite Arthur with his father.
A planetarium on the Moon. It’s like a zoo in the jungle, or building a swimming pool under water. What’s the point?

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  1. “A Zoo in the Jungle” by Carl Frederick, in Analog, June 2007.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Carl Frederick