In 1964, the American spacecraft Ranger 7 took the first close up picture of the moon and proved for the first time what many suspected: there was native life there. Within a decade, people from all across the world–mostly political dissidents and others whose governments would be glad to see gone–would go on a one way trip to the moon using amazing new technology invested in by the billions by the prospect of extraterrestrial life. These people set up the first colonies, making use of the...