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The Man Who Sold The Moon by Robert Heinlein:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Published as a novella in 1950, this story describes a moon landing taking place in 1978 and the efforts of a singular man modeled on the robber barons of the 19th century to control the moon entirely.
('The Man Who Sold the Moon' by Robert Heinlein)
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