At this point in the novel, we’ve arrived on the moon with Fred Frederick, a tech with experience in quantum entangled communication methods. And TAO SHU. An older Chinese man, he’s a Feng Shiite expert and a producer of travel dhow. Apparently the moon is “red” because it’s largely controlled & colonized by the Chinese. Travel to the moon appears to be no more exxtic. Than long distance fly gets to China are today.