He had but one ambition, one desire: to pilot the first manned rocket to
the moon. And he was prepared as no man had ever prepared himself
before....
DESIRE NO MORE
by Algis Budrys
(illustrated by Milton Luros)
"Desire no more than to thy lot may fall...."
—Chaucer
THE SMALL young man looked at his father, and shook his head.
"But you've got to learn a trade," his father said, exasperated. "I can't afford to send you to college; you know that."