Eagle
Scout from Denver,
Colorado, who was stopping over in Luna while
emigrating to Venus. He
was determined to make Eagle Scout for Earth, Luna, and Venus, the first and
probably only Triple Eagle in history, even though he had only three weeks in
Luna. While on a two-man camping trip with an experienced Lunar Scout he saved
himself and the other boy after they fell into a morning
glory, and there is a hint at the end of the story that he would indeed
make Eagle.
A sinkhole formation in the lunar surface, often covered by a thin crust
that makes it impossible to spot. If someone falls in, the crumbling sides
make it impossible to get out.
Lunar Eagle
Scout and Senior Patrol leader who was assigned to keep track of Bruce
Hollifield. He injured a leg falling into a morning
glory and was rescued by Bruce.
Boy Scouts play a central role in Farmer in the Sky, "Nothing Ever
Happens on the Moon", and "The Black Pits of Luna" (not surprising since the
first two stories were written for the Boy Scout magazine Boys' Life).
South Pole
Human settlement on Venus, Bruce
Hollifield's destination when he stopped over on the Moon.
The Heinlein
Society was founded by Virginia Heinlein on behalf of her husband, science
fiction author Robert Anson Heinlein, to "pay forward" the legacy of Robert A. Heinlein to future generations of "Heinlein's Children."