Friends,
It was on this day ten years ago when a massive explosion in the nuclear waste dump on the moon caused it to break away from orbit and hurtle out into space. Sadly, the brave crew on Moonbase Alpha were never to be heard from again…
When the initial shock over this cataclysmic event subsided and the damaging effects on Earth’s tidal currents fully realized, the government contacted the aliens to construct an artificial moon and sent it into orbit. I never agreed with the policy undertaken by the United Nations withhold the news of this project from the stupider people to avoid spreading panic, but that’s all water under the bridge now, I guess.
Your pal,
bob