 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. 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. 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 ...
 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