 Why do people keep asking Hank what he saw?
The first man to return from beyond the Great Frontier may be welcomed ... but will it be as a curiosity, rather than as a hero...? Several of the churches in town had shown indecision as to how to instruct their parishioners to treat him. The head of the American Legion and the chief of police, who had escorted him on this trip from the square, didn't ask to go in with him. Carlisle had said his position was analogous to Columbus', to Vasco De Gama's, to Preshoff's when the Russian returned from the Moon—but more so.
 Hank was dead for months. People want to know about the afterlife.
 Hank was dead for months. People want to know about the afterlife.  Hank was on the moon for months. People want to know what life was like there.  Hank was dead for months. People want to know which religion got it right.  Hank was out in space for months. People want to know what he saw on Mars.