Cloyd the moon man scrooches the border guard, and our heroes escape on a small freighter to Washington, D.C., where Rocky puts his clever plan for helping the moon men into effect: Because the American government wants the rocket fuel to send an American to the moon, if they make Gidney and Cloyd American citizens, then they can travel to the moon. But just then Senator Fussmussen is holding a press conference, announcing his determination to make it harder to become a citizen. Will Rocky go into his Washington Whirl, or is Rocky Off the Record?