 What is Terry's mother's core tension of being a star mother?
She supposed it must have given them quite a turn to have their egg woman change into a star mother overnight. But whenever she opened her mouth to mention, say, how he used to study till all hours of the night, or how difficult it had been for him to make friends because of his shyness, or the fact that he had never gone out for football—whenever she started to mention any of these things, the suave young man was in great haste to interrupt her and to twist her words, by requestioning, into a different meaning altogether, till Terry's behavior pattern seemed to coincide with the behavior pattern which the suave young man apparently considered the norm, but which, if followed, Martha was sure, would produce not young men bent on exploring space but young men bent on exploring trivia. A few of the questions concerned herself: Was Terry her only child? What did she think of the new law granting star mothers top priority on any and all information relating to their sons? According to the time table the general had outlined in his first telegram, Terry's first Tuesday night passage wasn't due to occur till 9:05.
 People see her star mother status as an opportunity, while she wishes someone else could have it
 People see her star mother status as an opportunity, while she wishes someone else could have it  People are generally critical of the star mother law, but she is grateful for it  People want to know more about Terry's journey, and she has no way of accurately representing it  People are skeptical of the exploration, while she is a firm supporter