Arriving in Florida

Barbican and his men went to Florida soon after the decision was made. They had traveled down to survey the land and pick potential launch sites. When they arrived, Barbican got out of the boat and had planned on making a speech. He said only a couple words before he was completely drowned out by a mob of welcomers. They screamed and shouted really loud and scared Barbican and his Men. They had planned on making a grand welcome and firing off a cannon, but, in waiting for the boat to arrive, they had gotten bored and shot off all of the cannon rounds in an effort to amuse themselves. It had been hours, so they were all a little mad, very hungry and very disheveled.
Even though this mob's greeting effort had turned ineffective, this still illustrates to us how much the public supports this project. Every member of the Gun Club reads at least six newspapers every morning in order to keep up with the project's progression and the public opinion. For the month or two that the public has known about this, everyone continues to obsess over it every day. Book stores can not keep books about space or artillery in stock and book companies are competing in production of these books.