An ex-Moon lander. Ceased to be, bereft of life, and joined the choir invisible. Onboard was a miniature data center provided by Lonestar, complete with a Phison enterprise-grade SSD.

But he also rubbed shoulders (and bent elbows) with a horde of A-listers, many of them remembered, usually fondly, in “Waiting on the Moon,” Mr. Wolf’s breezy, boozy and sometimes ...