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1. The view from up here by herrscher_of_tea

   Fandoms: Geography (Anthropomorphic), CountryHumans, Astronomy (Anthropomorphic)  

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   13 Apr 2026

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   • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/United States (Anthropomorphic)
   • It’s minor but definitely warrants a tag
   • I think - Relationship
   • United States (Anthropomorphic)
   • NASA (Anthropomorphic)
   • Moon | Earth's Moon (Anthropomorphic)
   • Some other chs mentioned ofc
   • set in the present day
   • Artemis II NASA Mission
   • American Politics
   • References to the ongoing Iran War
   • unfortunately
   • Moon | Earth’s Moon (Anthropomorphic) is called Luna
   • sometimes
   • the little rise plushie is here as well!
   • Character Study
   • well kind of
   • NASA is lowkey America’s only good influence
   • Our science kid is all grown up!
   • References to Real People
   • USA-centric but NASA gets a pov too
   • I wrote this instead of studying for my exams
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • References to ongoing conflicts
   • I don’t want to offend anybody I’m so fucking sorry if I do
   • America contemplates his weird ass life!
   • NASA’s trying his best to comfort him
   • No beta we die like America’s dignity
   • Historical References
   • How Do I Tag
   • can you tell I was a space kid?
   • One of My Favorites

   Summary

   It had been so long since he had last seen this view, last seen the Earth in all her otherworldly glory. A view humans had never been meant to see, and yet here he was, going further away than anyone had before him, staring back at the entire world, the marbled surface of blue and green and white looking at him, holding his gaze, entrapping it, even.

   —

   Parts of America’s and NASA’s thought processes during the Artemis II mission.

   Series

   • Part 2 of wouldn’t you like to go to the moon?

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