question:  What is the central theme of the story?
context: Illustrated by WOOD My agent was the one who got me the job of going along to write up the first trip to Mars. A you-are-there type of report? Trip time is supposed to take 260 days (that's one way), so we're aimed toward where Mars will be (had better be, or else). A pilot, co-pilot, navigator and biochemist. Jones (that's the co-pilot; I didn't quite catch his first name) is scarlet-faced, barrel-chested and gives the general appearance of belonging under the spreading chestnut tree, not in a metal bullet flinging itself out into airless space. The inertial gravities didn't bother me so much as the gyroscopic spin they put on the ship so we have a sort of artificial gravity to hold us against the curved floor. Also, I am one of the first five men in the history of the world to see the opposite side of the Moon, with a bluish blurred crescent beyond it that Pat said was the Earth. The back of the Moon isn't much different from the front. As to the space in front of the ship, well, it's all black with white dots in it, and none of the dots move, except in a circle that Pat says is a "torque" result from the gyroscopic spin we're in. Actually, he explained to me, the screen is supposed to keep the image of space locked into place no matter how much we spin. There's just no awesomeness to it, no sense of depth or immensity. He says it may prove to be environmentally accurate, but that I should stick to prose. So now I know all about Vanity Fair , Pride and Prejudice , War and Peace , Gone with the Wind , and Babbitt . They didn't take as long as I thought they would, except for Vanity Fair . It seems to be descending from overhead, but Pat says that that's the "torque" doing it. Actually, it's we who are coming in sideways.
output:  Curiosity can cross dangerous boundaries, and lack of curiosity can blind one's self to those boundaries
options:  Curiosity can cross dangerous boundaries, and lack of curiosity can blind one's self to those boundaries  Whatever we are addicted to will end up consuming us, if we allow it  Working together as a team is more advantageous than taking an individualistic approach  People, in general, are only interested in content if they find relevance or opportunity for personal gain