All Comments on 'The Astronaut'

That was an incredible short story!!! As a veteran educator (34 years and still going strong ), thank you!

Thanks! Made my day!

They would have been demoted and/or arrested. At minimum their careers were over. Stupid feel-good shit that ignores reality and ethics. It wasn't their place to change the scope of the mission.

And I'm glad I did. I know it is a fantasy and yes it is a feel good story but sometimes we need to read something that makes us feel good. As to Anon of 10/31 you are overlooking the power of the public. As stated in the story, retribution to these three astronauts would have been a publicity disaster. I feel sorry for someone that can't take a feel good story and use it to better your life. Go back to technical writings for history is full of stories where people went against the grain.

Woodmanone

I wish you would write more like it and the checkpoint. I wish more people would too just because it's Literotica it doesn't have to always be about sex it can be about making people feel good.

Many thanks.

Great story! You should send this to Reader's Digest and have them publish it as a short fiction story. it's the kind of hometown-America-good-guy-wins-in-the-end story that they love That would also bring the story to much larger audience throughout the world. Well done!

Thanks I enjoyed this.

Great! A little motivation can alter a person, read 'youths' persom positively