 Why is Terry's mother able to learn so much about his progress in space?
What did she think of the new law granting star mothers top priority on any and all information relating to their sons? Tremulously she faced the southern horizon ... and saw her Terry appear in his shining chariot, riding up the star-pebbled path of his orbit, a star in his own right, dropping swiftly now, down, down, and out of sight beyond the dark wheeling mass of the Earth ...
 A new law allows women like Terry to receive regular updates on their children's journeys in space
 A new law allows women like Terry to receive regular updates on their children's journeys in space  Star mothers have access to their sons' digital journal entries while they are orbiting in space  Terry stipulated that his mother be informed of his progress if he agreed to volunteer for the space mission  The general is Terry's father, Bill, and he breaks the law in informing Terry's mother of Terry's progress