(With respect to Margaret Wise Brown marvelous words). – – – Goodnight Luna. Goodnight spacecraft orbiting Luna. Goodnight Chang’e, And the Lunokhod rovers. Goodnight norite. Goodnight dunite. Goodnight granophyre, And goodnight vitrophyre. Goodnight olivine, And goodnight pyroxene. Goodnight gabbronorite, And goodnight labradorite. Goodnight orthoclase, And goodnight anorthosite. Goodnight hypersthene, Goodnight troctolite, And goodnight to the reflectors waiting for light. Goodnight Surveyor. Goodnight Ranger. Goodnight landers everywhere.
in which, with respect to our name, we are as confused as you are
By Eric Schulman
Eric Schulman is a PhD astronomer and science humorist. Dr. Schulman has been on the editorial board of the science humor magazine The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) since 1999. AIR has published eighteen of his science humor articles, including "How to Write a Scientific Paper" and "The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less," which was the inspiration for his 1999 book, A Briefer History of Time. Dr. Schulman has also contributed science humor articles to the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity, and Null Hypothesis.