 What is the star mother's attitude toward space exploration? (leave it alone) she misses her son
She stood motionless in the garden, one hand pressed against her heart, watching him rise above the fields where he had played as a boy, where he had worked as a young man; and she wondered whether he was thinking of those fields now, whether he was thinking of her standing alone in the April night with her memories; whether he was thinking of the verandahed house behind her, with its empty rooms and silent halls, that once upon a time had been his birthplace. Higher still and higher he rose in the southern sky, and then, when he had reached his zenith, he dropped swiftly down past the dark edge of the Earth and disappeared from sight. She supposed it must have given them quite a turn to have their egg woman change into a star mother overnight. What could she say when the suave young man came up to her and said, "We want you to know that we're all very proud of your boy up there, ma'am, and we hope you'll do us the honor of answering a few questions." What did she think of the new law granting star mothers top priority on any and all information relating to their sons? It's too bad they couldn't have shown similar humanity toward the war mothers of World War II.")
 She wishes that humans and governments would abandon their space-related pursuits
 She feels ambivalent and thinks the government's money is better spent elsewhere  She wishes that humans and governments would abandon their space-related pursuits  She obsesses over learning all she can about new stars and planets  She displays strong curiosity about how discoveries could benefit life on Earth