Moon Shot

By aliebchen (Providence, RI)

Thousands of Golden Michael Jackson statuettes, molded from the confiscated and recycled Grammy statuettes won my those in the hundred or so categories no one cares about (Best Album for Children, Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, Best Album Notes: Classical, Best Contemporary World Music Album, etc). 

Twenty years later, NASA is surprised by the surge in applications for the astronaut program, saving it from irrelevance.  Michael Jackson is awarded a posthumous Congressional Space Medal…