My story is the prefix to what would become the oldest book upon our shelves. And honestly, having lived through such an amazing experience, it took very little coercing to encourage me to retell my story. My husband Frank was sitting across the table from me, nodding his head with that special smile that had warmed my heart for more than thirty years. Leaning back slightly in my chair, staring into my six children's hungry eyes, I felt no resistance to complying with their request. My gaze turned toward the dining room window, through which we could see the strangely pale green moon sitting in the slowly darkening sky. This is where my story began. The entire universe is based on the evolution of repetitive cycles. We find ourselves constantly perplexed with extending the life cycles of both man and beast but just as we have an expected life cycle; the worlds around us scattered throughout the universe have life cycles as well. The life cycle of the earth can be extended or disrupted by the development of man's technological advances. As you will see, there is much more at work here, than manned spaceflight.