Entry port on Venus; sometimes called Venus Ellis Isle.
Falcon
Harriman express liner of the Hawk line. "Noisy" Rhysling hopped a ride on it back to Earth. He was in the power room when an accident killed the chief jetman, and died himself while working to shut down the engines and reduce the radioactivity to safe levels.
"Noisy" Rhysling's most famous song. It evolved through many versions over 20 or so years, the final version being recorded aboard the Falcon just before Rhysling's death.
Business tycoon who inspired and largely funded many space-related endeavors, including the first trip to the moon. Harriman is mentioned indirectly in most of the Future History stories, mostly in businesses and institutions bearing his name. "Green Hills of Earth" mentions Harriman Hall, a training center for pilots.
City built under the Moon's surface, including not only habitations but farms and other necessities, plus a varied cultural life. "Noisy" Rhysling visited it.
Born in the Ozarks, he became a jetman second class for the Harriman Line. After being blinded, he became an itinerant musician, bumming rides on his former employer's ships to various planets on the pretext of his being a "distressed spacer." He continued hitchhiking even after the Harriman Line officially banned the practice. He died while trying to control a power room emergency in the Falcon. Most of his music was published posthumously.
