{"id":3466,"date":"2024-10-03T00:18:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T04:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debraparmley.com\/?page_id=3466"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:08","slug":"writers-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/debraparmley.com\/?page_id=3466","title":{"rendered":"Writers on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Debra Parmley’s short story, The Road to Groom Lake<\/em><\/strong>, in the Area 51 anthology, We Know the Truth, do you? <\/em><\/strong>is part of Writers on the Moon<\/strong>, a lunar time capsule project. Anthology authors are included as \u201cstowaways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Know the Truth, Do You? Anthology <\/strong><\/em>\u2013<\/strong> published by Pink Moon Books and Terri A. Wilson in 2019, was created to celebrate the raid on Area 51 and have fun with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Wikipedia: \u201c\u2018Storm Area 51, They Can\u2019t Stop All of Us,\u2019 commonly referred to as Raid Area 51, Storm Area 51, or Area 51 Raid, was an American Facebook event that took place on September 20, 2019, at Area 51, a United States Air Force facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event, created by Matty Roberts on June 27, 2019, would involve raiding the site in a search for extraterrestrial life that conspiracy lore claims may be concealed inside. More than 2 million people responded \u2018going\u2019 and 1.5 million \u2018interested\u2019 on the event\u2019s page… attracted widespread media reaction…causing the event to become an Internet meme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though a raid did not happen, the \u201cevent\u201d brought together 25 authors who contributed a story to Terri A. Wilson’s anthology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I found out I was a part of the Writers on the Moon project and had room to include more than my own creations, I had to add this anthology. I love the idea that our stories about Area 51 and aliens will be on the Moon for future anthropologists or even alien life to discover.\u201d \u2013 Terri A. Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE KNOW THE TRUTH, DO YOU?<\/strong> – An anthology to celebrate the Area 51 Raid on September 17\u201321, 2019,\u00a0 published by Pink Moon Books (2019) – PM1, GM1\u00a0– Compiled and edited by Terri A. Wilson – Cover design by Annie Walls, Oddly Inked Creations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With contributions from:<\/strong> CM Peters \u2013 Cargo; C.L. Williams \u2013 About Those Brothers<\/em>; Arthur M. Doweyko \u2013 P\u2019sall Senji<\/em>; Jennie L. Morris \u2013 Galaxy Genetics Inc<\/em>.; Annie Walls \u2013 Lavish Lure<\/em>; Katey Tattrie \u2013 The Worst; of the Worst<\/em>; Chrys Fey \u2013 Detective Heavenborn<\/em>; Lori Joseph \u2013 Taking Initiative<\/em>; Renee Hewett \u2013 Area 51: Desert Sparkles<\/em>; Carrie Humphrey \u2013 The Anniversary<\/em>; Harley Easton \u2013 In the Air Tonight<\/em>; C.L. Roman \u2013 Not Your Father\u2019s Area 51<\/em>; Valerie Puri \u2013 Burner Phone<\/em>; Terri A. Wilson \u2013 Prison 51<\/em>; Katherine LE White \u2013 LGM Duty<\/em>; Jennifer Wedmore \u2013 What We Became<\/em>; J.C. Layne \u2013 The King Just Went Home;<\/em> Sherry Rentschler \u2013 Mermurings: An Evening Bower Adventure at Area 51<\/em>; L.E. Perez \u2013 What Am I?<\/em>; Debra Parmley \u2013 The Road to Groom Lake;<\/strong> Tich Brewster \u2013 The Failed Experiment<\/em>; Cass Alex \u2013 Them Versus Us: The Siege at 51<\/em>; Cherron Riser \u2013 Jewel from the Sky<\/em>; Beverly Ovalle \u2013 The Road to Eden<\/em>; Gracen Miller \u2013 Code Name: Nina<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What is the time capsule project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fleet of stories sent to the Moon aboard a digital data card with the hope that this snapshot of Indie fiction from Earth will reveal the humanity of today to the readers of tomorrow. The project is part of The Lunar Codex, which has 7 missions from Earth to space.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Debra\u2019s story was included in the second mission to launch, aboard the Peregrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Codex Peregrine\u00a0<\/em>launched Jan 8 to Lunar space, Earth re-entry burn Jan 18, 2024
via ULA Vulcan Centaur \/ DHL MoonBox \/ NASA CLPS TO2-AB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the program, and all the launches: http:\/\/lunarcodex.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORKS OF OVER 35,000 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, AND FILMMAKERS FROM 254 COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIGENOUS NATIONS, LAUNCHED OVER 7 MISSIONS FROM EARTH TO SPACE, TO THE MOON, AND BEYOND<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A Time capsule of human creativity, stored in the sky.” – The New York Times
“How the Lunar Codex is aiming to change the Moon forever.” \u2013 CNN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the anthologies: http:\/\/lunarcodex.com\/anthologies-mor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers on the Moon Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.writersonthemoon.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the project work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astrobotic and DHL partnered to deliver \u201cMoonBoxes\u201d aboard Astrobotic\u2019s lunar landers. Our payload rode on the first Astrobotic lander to reach the Moon, the Peregrine Lander. It will remain there permanently, a time capsule for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LUNAR CODEX:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complete Writers on the Moon payload (including all stowaways) had two separate launches into space, landing on the moon, and is archived in two different locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Peralta, a WOTM participant and the creator of Lunar Codex, received permission from Susan Kaye Quinn (the creator of WOTM) to archive the entire WOTM payload on the Polaristime capsule. \u201cPolaris is a multilayer memory card & nickel nano fiche time capsule with shielding,\u201d to protect and extend the WOTM archive life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.\u00a0The official Writers on the Moon launch was completed. United Launch Alliance sent up a Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL, with Astrobotic\u2019s Peregrine lander onboard. Peregrine landed on the moon, with the WOTM payload, at Lacus Mortis, where it\u2019ll stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. <\/strong>Space X carried Astrobotic\u2019s Griffin lander and NASA\u2019s Viper Rover to the Lunar South Pole on the moon. The Griffin lander has the Polaris time capsule on it that contains a backup of the Lunar Codex time capsule (for the 2022 IM-1 mission) and the entire Writers on the Moon payload, including all official and unofficial stowaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Writers on the Moon will be memorialized in a third location on the Moon. Space X will launch Intuitive Machines\u2019 Nova-C Lunar Lander to the moon at Oceanus Procellarum. Although the WOTM payload will not be on this lander, there will be two \u201cart pieces\u201d for WOTM as part of the Lunar Codex time capsule on board. The first art piece is an etching of the \u201cInternational Library on the Moon\u201d with a list of all the author participants, their manifest number, and the WOTM website URL. This info will be etched on \u201cindestructible nickel foil (nano fiche).\u201d The second piece is a nickel wafer listing the location on the moon where the Writers on the Moon payload\/library can be found, with exact coordinates for future archeologists to find our stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about radiation? Won\u2019t radiation damage the disk?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are TWO SanDisk\u2019s Extreme microSD cards (one is a backup). Along with them, there is a paper mini-book\u00a0that explains what Writers on the Moon is to any being who may discover it and includes the website\u2019s URL, and a thin piece of sheet metal (aka MoonChip) with the website\u2019s URL. The website is our backup on Earth, containing information about every participant\u2019s payload and the stories behind the stories. There is also the complete copy of the WOTM payload on Lunar Codex\u2019s Polaris time capsule on a multilayer memory card with shielding to extend the archive life, as well as the nickel nano fiche pieces described above with the website\u2019s URL and coordinates for the payload at Lacus Mortis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Kaye Quinn – \u201cOur payload will be buried inside a lander with other payloads. Lunar radiation is not so severe it can penetrate more than a few thin metallic sheets, and we\u2019ll have a lot of armor all around us. That\u2019s the thing most likely to protect our stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are payloads being sent to the Moon?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Astrobotics and Intuitive Machines missions are the first cargo deliveries being sent to the Moon, consisting of science and technology experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Astrobotics Peregrine lander, bringing our Writers on the Moon payload, \u201cwill carry instruments to study several aspects of the moon\u2019s environment. The different instruments will study the chemistry of materials in the lunar regolith, which future astronauts could harness and use; the radiation environment, which is perhaps the biggest obstacle to human survival and well-being on the moon; and the chemistry of the moon\u2019s thin atmosphere, or exosphere.\u201d [1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future cargo deliveries will be for further discovery and data-gathering purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isn\u2019t this like putting manmade trash on the Moon?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Peregrine Lander is 1.9 meters X 2.5 meters, not much taller than an average person. [2]<\/a> According to NASA, \u201c[their science and technology] payloads are each about the size of a shoebox.<\/strong>\u201d [3]<\/a> And our Writers on the Moon contribution is 0.75\u2033 X 0.125\u2033.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the We Know the Truth, Do You? <\/em><\/strong>anthology is now out of print, you might find a used copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the Moon, writers! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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