Explorers on the Moon
Moving on to discuss the Moon rocket in these stories, Apostolidès described it as a phallic object which penetrated the "virgin territory" of the Moon. At the same time, he described the rocket as a "maternal belly" in which the space explorers slept. Commenting specifically on "Explorers on the Moon" he commented that the protagonists of the story reverted to childhood when exploring the Moon, believing that they had treated it like a theme park.