 What isn't a reason that Charlie came to visit?
My parents had died in a strato-jet crash when I was four, so I hadn't needed many of those "You are cordially invited" cards. Just one, which I'd sent to Charlie Taggart. I remembered how, as a kid, I'd pestered him in the Long Island Spaceport, tagging after him like a puppy, and how he'd grown to like me until he became father, mother, and buddy all in one to me. Charlie scorned the skin-tight uniforms of the government service and wore a shiny black suit that was a relic of Everson's early-day Moon Patrol. That's what most of you want, isn't it?
 he wanted to convince him to stay on Earth
 he wanted to convince him to stay on Earth  he cared for him like a father  he wanted to celebrate Ben's graduation  he wanted to say goodbye