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Welcome to Old Time Radio Classics! Tonight's episode is "Requiem" from the acclaimed science fiction series X MINUS ONE, originally broadcast on October 27, 1955.

🚀 ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Adapted from the classic short story by Robert A. Heinlein, "Requiem" tells the poignant tale of D.D. Harriman—a wealthy industrialist who spent his life and fortune making space travel possible, yet was never allowed to journey to the Moon himself. Now elderly and in failing health, Harriman is determined to finally achieve his lifelong dream, no matter the cost.

This story was remarkably prophetic. Written in 1940, it predicted private space entrepreneurs decades before SpaceX and Blue Origin. Heinlein imagined billionaires, not governments, opening the space frontier.

📖 ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was known as "The Dean of Science Fiction." His works include Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. "Requiem" is part of his Future History series and serves as a sequel to "The Man Who Sold the Moon."

🎭 CREDITS:
• Story by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science Fiction, January 1940)
• Adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy
• Announcer: Fred Collins
• NBC Radio Network Production

📅 HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
This episode aired just weeks after James Dean's death and two years before Sputnik launched the Space Race. The dream of reaching the Moon felt impossibly distant—yet within 14 years, humans would walk on its surface.

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