 Why does Terry's mom not want them to bring back his remains?
A few of the questions concerned herself: Was Terry her only child? It's too bad they couldn't have shown similar humanity toward the war mothers of World War II.") It was late in the afternoon by the time the TV crew got everything repacked into their cars and trucks and made their departure. 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. Some of them were blue and some were red, others were yellow ...
 She wishes to continue the ritual of greeting him every night when she looks to the sky
 She knows that her son would not find it practical to return to Earth  She knows that it will not be physically possible for them to return him to Earth  She cannot bear to see the tainted carcass of her beloved son  She wishes to continue the ritual of greeting him every night when she looks to the sky