All credit for the creation of Calvin and Hobbes goes to Bill Watterson. Thanks for the most awesom comic strip ever Bill!
The idea is mine but i would like to thank National Geographic for the inspiration.
So what about the Moon?
Calvin was looking out the window at the moon when a thought occurred to him.
"Hey dad, didn't there used to be missions to the Moon?" Calvin asked.
"Mhmm." Dad said.
"Why'd they stop?"
"Ahh… Well, you see Calvin, on the last Moon mission they took some Moon rocks."
"Yeah?"
"Well, NASA got the rocks and were studying them when they got a mysterious E-Mail. It said: The removal of rocks from the Moon is a solar-systematic crime. Any further desecration of the Moon will result in planet-wide lockdown and a 10 billion dollar fine. So NASA had to cancel all further moon missions until an agreement was made with the solar-systematic government."
"So that's why they're thinking of going to the Moon again now?" Calvin asked.
"Right." Said Dad, "But since they haven't been in so long, it's going to take a while to get all the equipment and rockets re-built. And they're working on getting permits for Mars."
"Cool!" Calvin said
Later, Calvin asked Hobbes on the same subject.
"Well, I'm not sure, but the other day I was looking in a National Geographic and it said that the sun has an 11 year 'cycle' of high and low Ultra-Violet radiation. Then I looked at the period that the Moon Missions took place, and it lasted about 11 years, so I'm thinking it has something to do with that." Hobbes summarized when Calvin asked him.
Calvin thought about this for a while, comparing this story to his Dad's. After a moment he said to Hobbes, "You're such a fibber!"
100 years later
A young boy was looking through his telescope at Mars when a thought occurred to him.
"Hey dad, didn't there used to be missions to Mars?"
"Mhmm." His dad said.
"Why'd they stop?"
"Ahh…"