Mother

'''Coppel, Alfred. "Mother."' F&SF'' Sept. 1952.

The spaceship of an astronaut who has regressed to infancy is too "safe and snug" for him to leave it. Summarized and discussed by E. Vonarburg, quote here, "Birth and Rebirth in Space," q.v. under Literary Criticism. See Wolfe, The Known and the Unknown for an extended discussion of cozy spacecraft.