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This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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51759The Antarctic?
51759What?
51759*****"Two more, sir?"
51759The doctor smiled at Regan and said in English:"How do you feel, son?"
60608Any sign of a rifle or gun?
60608Anything?
60608Can you think of anything better than this for throwing?
60608How''s this?
60608Like what?
60608Make anything out yet?
60608My God,said McNary,"you think they might have brought a gun up here?"
60608That it?
60608That so bad?
60608But where?
60608Can we make anything of that?"
60608Kaufman said,"Any way we can reline this a little?
60608McNary asked,"Can you tell if it''s a collision course yet?
60608McNary chuckled and said,"Why did n''t you ride an oxygen cylinder down?"
60608Morgan said,"Do you suppose they''ll try anything?"
60608Think we ought to move?"
59622Was it pretty rough?
59622__But Captain, would n''t the Hornet burn as soon as it touched atmosphere?
59622__But Earth fired first?
59622__Captain, how many Hornets do you lose trying to get in like that?
59622__Have you ever seen the London Crater?"
59622__It does n''t really matter, does it Cressey?
59622__What''s the total loss, Captain?
59622*****"Cressey, can you hear me?"
59622A shack in Beverly Hills, worth a hundred thousand or so?
59622A woman?
59622Do you follow me?
59622I mean from enemy action and from the hazards of this skip approach you were talking about?
59622No fuel?
59622Or gauge just out of whack somehow?
59622Two concentric circles about the Earth, do you see?
59622What woman could resist a five- mission Hornetman?
59622Who is it?"
59622_ Rough?
59622_ They''re-- quite small._ Who had said that?
59622asked the Information Officer.__"Pictures, yes, but what I want to know is, who attacked first?
59034... as much as a flea knows...But was it possible that a flea might not realize the animal he was on was an animal?
59034But can you be sure,the psychiatrist wondered,"can they be sure, can anybody be sure?
59034Can you see Earth?
59034Do you-- do you really believe that, Captain?
59034Everything okay, Cantrell?
59034It looks like what, Cantrell?
59034Like--"Like what?
59034Now, what do we do?
59034Perhaps,Jarvis admitted,"but who''s to tell?
59034What are you getting at?
59034What do you mean?
59034What else is there to do? 59034 Who knows?
59034Will that be all, Colonel?
59034You were going to say something else, Cantrell, what?
59034He said into it,"Control?
59034How about you, Colonel?"
59034I suppose you still think it has some bearing on my going to the moon and back?"
59034I wonder, does the flea know the true nature of the dog, or does he think_ he''s_ living on some kind of world built just for him?"
59034So what?
59034Understand?"
59034What''s he want this time, to check the nipples on my beer bottles?"
59034Where was their pompous self- importance now, their flea''s dream of conquering the universe?
59034Why did he torture himself?
59575Air?
59575Can I go out and play now?
59575Home Plate, this Mrs. Grundy--Can anyone read me?
59575Johnny? 59575 Josh?
59575No sir, not as I recall, but--"Then why did you read it? 59575 _ Kann jedermann mich hören?
59575( Oh, is that a fact, Major?
59575A chance in how many million, how many billion?
59575Air he could breathe?
59575And he ascertained secondly that he had sufficient"emergency"fuel( and this, he assumed, might be classified as an emergency of sorts?)
59575Antworten- Sie, bitte...._"_ Repondez, repondez si vous m''entendrez...._"_ Damn you ca n''t you hear me_ CAN''T YOU HEAR ME?"
59575Are you reading?
59575Are you ready for a circus or is all your money gone?
59575Baggy- Drawers?
59575Been afraid of girls?
59575Before we begin, do you have any questions, Major?"
59575Beneath the white, tenuous outer atmospheric shell of methane and ammonia, what?
59575Damn the blue fogging--_blue_?
59575Does anyone read me down there?
59575Had the Major ever had thoughts of-- well, of doing away with himself?
59575Had the Major hated his father when he was young?
59575Half a million?
59575Home Plate Home Plate what''s the matter ca n''t you read?
59575Johnny, do you read me?"
59575Josh what''s our trouble?"
59575Now let anybody-- anybody, anybody anywhere( for were n''t they above all of anywhere?)
59575Now, any other questions?"
59575Or not?
59575Power-- how much power to keep from becoming a vagrant meteorite in Venus''milky skies?
59575Thirty- five more years( if he were lucky; he smiled again) appended to-- how many?
59575What really sane man who had flown twice too many missions in one war would volunteer to fly in the next that followed?
59575What was it the statisticians had said?
59575What were they, asleep down there?
52995A real buff, eh? 52995 Academician Gubelin, may I present Operative Natalie of Extraordinary Services Incorporated?"
52995And do not the ends justify the means?
52995And your point, Lofting?
52995But has he no spirit of adventure? 52995 Cried?"
52995Extraordinary Services?
52995Funny?
52995Good Heavens, you''re a spaceman?
52995Hey,he said,"how about letting this one be on me?"
52995How come you know so much about it? 52995 Is n''t it blisteringly obvious?"
52995Our_ what_?
52995Sailor? 52995 So soon?"
52995Well, why? 52995 What in the blistering name of Zoroaster is going on?"
52995You just call him_ Doc_?
52995_ Academician_ Gubelin?
52995And then?
52995But how come you cried?"
52995Girard- Perregaux said mildly,"Is n''t that an exaggeration, Lofting?"
52995Gubelin had been staring at her, but now he blurted,"But suppose he had won?"
52995Have n''t you ever read of the sailor and his way of life?"
52995Have you never heard of the seaman who dreamed of returning to the village of his birth and buying a chicken farm or some such?
52995He said, acidly,"Any more bright schemes, Hans?
52995Just how do you expect to sever our present- day sailor and his accumulated nest egg?"
52995Look, how about something to eat, Natalie?
52995Si said,"Look, how about another drink?"
52995The bartender said hurriedly,"I beg your pardon, sir...."The girl, her voice suddenly subtly changed, said,"Why, is n''t that a space pin?"
52995What do you want?"
52995What else did you need?
52995What in the name of the living Zoroaster has the sailor got to do with it?"
52995What was the gag she''d made?
52995What''s more important-- Man''s conquest of space, or one spaceman''s life?
52995Why should he listen to our pleas for a few more trips?"
52995You had your Inalienable Basic stock, did n''t you?
52995You know what one of those spaceships costs?"
59842Are we set?
59842But did you let your feelings toward Tomer interfere with your attitude toward Ackerson? 59842 Did n''t you have communications with the test rocket?"
59842Disappointed, Wade?
59842Do you think he will make it, Wade?
59842Do you want him to make it?
59842How was she lying?
59842Not even when you''ve had orders?
59842Then what''s wrong? 59842 This is serious, is n''t it, Wade?"
59842This silence does n''t worry you?
59842Tomer?
59842What can we do?
59842What effect will that have on the mission? 59842 What is it, sergeant?"
59842Why do n''t you read it, Wade?
59842You say you had a chance to look at the test rocket we fired?
59842And who remembered those that followed him?
59842Are we getting through?"
59842Can you imagine the entire nation carrying a load on its back the way you are now?"
59842Did I forget to teach Ackerson something while I was working with Tomer?
59842He wondered what Tomer''s were?
59842He wondered: Did I do that?
59842History is being made is n''t it?"
59842How do you read me, over?"
59842How do you read me?
59842Is n''t it?"
59842It is n''t, is it?"
59842Or those that paved the way so he could make it?
59842There is always hope... is that it?"
59842What makes you say a thing like that?"
59842What was his name?
59842Where do you hide this liquid cob?"
59842Where is your radio procedure?
59842Where was that silver cocoon?
59842Why did n''t you answer our calls?"
59842Why do n''t you take a walk around the park and see if you can find that little guy?
59842Would the reactors work?
59842_ Did_ Harry know how he felt?
59842remember?"
61367About the test?
61367And what''s that got to do with the test?
61367And where was the ship going to?
61367Can you repeat them?
61367D''you remember what the dream was about?
61367Do you know what sort of disaster was going to happen?
61367Does n''t he ever talk in his sleep?
61367Ham,he said, a note of insistence in his voice,"you hear me?
61367How about you, Ham?
61367How can I take it easy? 61367 How does great music come out of a child of six, and so on?
61367How''s he been all the evening?
61367Hypnosis?
61367I? 61367 In the crates?"
61367In what way?
61367Is it physical? 61367 Is this the recording of this afternoon''s test?"
61367Is this true?
61367It explains the dream all right,agreed Snow,"but what about the sounds?
61367Let''s sleep on it and see what happens tomorrow, eh?
61367Remember that book_ On The Beach_? 61367 Tell me, where did you go in the ark?"
61367Then how the devil does it come out of a man like Richardson who''s never spoken anything but English-- nor his forebears, for that matter?
61367Then what does it have to do with?
61367There is?
61367Was I making noises like that in my sleep?
61367What do we do now? 61367 What is all this?"
61367What was in the crates?
61367What was that?
61367When did this happen?
61367Where was it? 61367 Where was this?"
61367Where? 61367 Who were''we''?"
61367Why?
61367Yes? 61367 You could n''t wake me?"
61367You heard, Ham?
61367You think it is a language, not just sounds?
61367You''re not suggesting spiritualism, are you?
61367_ What?_ You mean to say that was a language? 61367 _ What?_ You mean to say that was a language?
61367***** Then where had those sounds come from?
61367Again, why does an infant prodigy sometimes lose his gift or talent entirely as he grows older?
61367And you say he''s as usual?"
61367Any objection, Phil?"
61367But surely you do n''t have to have me to tell you all this, Phil?
61367But what''s so extraordinary about that?
61367Go into analysis again?
61367Have you ever had any reason to suspect that there is anything unusual about him?"
61367Have you spoken to Richardson about it?"
61367He laughed shortly and bitterly, and added:"Or do I resign from the project?"
61367He lit his big pipe, which had gone out, and through the puffs asked:"And what do you propose to do about Richardson?"
61367How could I make a noise like that without knowing anything about it?
61367How could this happen to a man like Richardson without his knowing about it?
61367I mean, does it have anything to do with the size or weight of the brain, or anything like that?"
61367Is Ham there?"
61367Is he all right?"
61367Is that what you came here to tell me?"
61367It was rather a long one, and I wondered if he might feel tired, or....""Tired?
61367Just let yourself go-- eh?"
61367Particularly those you made in the capsule?"
61367Shall I get him?"
61367Shall I lie down on the sofa?"
61367Should he wait for them to see if this thing happened again before starting anything with Richardson and his colleagues?
61367Snow picked up the receiver, and he heard him say:"Sandra?...
61367Snow played back the recording a second and a third time, and then said:"Well?"
61367Start all over?"
61367Tell me, where was it?"
61367That puts us back to where we came in, does n''t it?"
61367The sounds ceased and Franstein, his eyes alight with excitement, said softly:"Tell us, to whom are you speaking?"
61367The story about how everyone on Earth was wiped out by nuclear fallout?
61367There was n''t anything...?"
61367They nodded their heads, and Franstein seated himself on the edge of the couch, leaned over Richardson, and spoke softly:"You hear me, Ham?"
61367Was the test so very long, then?"
61367Were n''t you satisfied?"
61367Were they a language, and if so, what did they mean?
61367What d''you make of it?"
61367What do I do?
61367What does it mean?"
61367What does this mean?"
61367What if this is the English that is going to be spoken a thousand years hence?"
61367What should I know about it?"
61367What''s on your mind?"
61367When did you come here?"
61367Why are you all looking at me as if I''d suddenly grown horns?
61367Why is it so important?"
61367Why should n''t it be one belonging to the future?
61367Why?
61367You have that in me?"
61367_ What?_...
18520A unit that only he and I knew about?
18520A-- a fugitive?
18520All right, buster,growled Astro,"do you move or do I move you?
18520And how do you expect to aim them?
18520And how does that radar beam work?
18520And please, Roger, no blunders tonight, eh? 18520 And save time?"
18520And what do you think you did to us?
18520And who sabotaged the rings? 18520 And you would n''t give him drugs now?"
18520Any idea what''s wrong?
18520Any word from Manning?
18520Anyone you suspect?
18520Anything else?
18520Are you afraid of me?
18520Are you sure, you big clunk?
18520Are you sure?
18520Ask them what?
18520Besides, do you see him anywhere?
18520But do n''t you see? 18520 But how come they would n''t let you go in?"
18520But how could what, Steve?
18520But how could you know all this?
18520But how did you know?
18520But how did you know?
18520But we can try it, ca n''t we, sir?
18520But what about that cadet?
18520But what does it all mean?
18520But what happened?
18520But what''s this about an inquiry?
18520But what''ve we done?
18520But who are--?
18520But who is it?
18520But who--?
18520But--"Who is it?
18520Ca n''t you raise that ship yet, Manning?
18520Cadet Corbett,Higgins paused, and then asked almost casually,"did you strike the first blow?"
18520Can I have this paper?
18520Coming to pay us a visit, fellas?
18520Company?
18520Devers crossing our bow yet?
18520Did I-- did I stop the truck?
18520Did he ask you if you had read the print?
18520Did he catch you goofing?
18520Did n''t you see them?
18520Did you check the settings on all the rings in the firing chambers?
18520Did you expect anything less?
18520Did you hear me? 18520 Did you hear that, Strong?"
18520Do I think he''s AWOL?
18520Do n''t you know, Connel? 18520 Do n''t you know?"
18520Do we haul this guy in?
18520Do you believe any of that talk about her being jinxed?
18520Do you have anything to say?
18520Do you have the plans and specifications, Hemmingwell?
18520Do you know who did?
18520Do you remember the old freighter, the_ Spaceglow_?
18520Do you see him?
18520Do you suspect me too?
18520Do you think it was sabotage, sir?
18520Do you think that he''ll go so far as to ask for a court- martial?
18520Do you think that squirt will know who I am? 18520 Do you think you''ll be all right?"
18520Do you want to go outside this time?
18520Does that mean it''s a lie?
18520Everything ready to fire, Corbett?
18520Explain that, will you, Professor?
18520Fighting, eh? 18520 Flight orders and all the rest of that rocket wash?"
18520Go where?
18520Have you found the trouble?
18520Have you seen him, Connel?
18520He stole them, did n''t he?
18520He was going to get those study spools for us, was n''t he?
18520Hello?
18520Honestly, Tom, did you ever hear him_ not_ complain?
18520How about it, Professor?
18520How can we fight with projectiles?
18520How could you?
18520How dare you do this to me?
18520How did you do it?
18520How did you know I was here, Tiny?
18520How do you think I can help you?
18520How in blazes did that thing get out here?
18520How is it going?
18520How is that, Professor?
18520How long do we have to wait for that bow shot?
18520How much time do we have, Roger?
18520How valuable would he be if this cadet had gone ahead and blasted him?
18520How''s Tom?
18520How?
18520Huh?
18520I can call you Fireman, ca n''t I? 18520 I wonder what Tom is up to?"
18520If I ever catch you reading my mail again--"You''ll what?
18520If you wanted something you believed to be right, and it was denied you, how would you feel?
18520In case of what?
18520Is Barret still locked up?
18520Is that all?
18520Is that right, men?
18520Is that so?
18520Is there anything to what he says?
18520Kicked out?
18520Little guy, with a sort of funny twitch in his eye?
18520Little rough on them, were n''t you, Major?
18520Look, Tiny, can you keep a secret?
18520Major,exclaimed Steve,"what-- who--?"
18520Manning, what made the spaceship cross to Pluto?
18520May I speak to you a moment, Major?
18520Now for the last time, will you tell us how you got them?
18520Now, just what do you want me to do, Commander?
18520Now, what about these papers?
18520Now, who are you working for?
18520Now,said Connel,"did you have anything to do with the so- called accident to the oscillating timing device?"
18520Oh, we will, will we?
18520On official business, I presume?
18520On what charge?
18520Out a little late, are n''t you, boys?
18520Pat, you knew about that new unit I was building?
18520Private capital, eh?
18520Put in a good word for the cadets, will you?
18520Ready to blast?
18520Roger, can you plot her for me?
18520Roger,Tom demanded,"how did you get these spools?
18520Roger,gasped Astro,"what''s this all about?"
18520See him, Roger?
18520See him?
18520See that light down there,he said, pointing down the block,"the one just above the door?"
18520Should n''t we--?
18520Sir, you do believe me, do n''t you?
18520Sir?
18520Space Cadet, eh?
18520Steve,said Connel patiently,"I know how you feel about those three boys, but tell me, how long can this go on?
18520That where you want to go?
18520Then I guess you mean--Strong hesitated, a lump in his throat--"it will be the end of the unit when they get back?"
18520Then after I get you three on the ship, I''m supposed to spend my time trailing your prize suspect, right?
18520Then what happened?
18520Then why do n''t they give us the reason first?
18520Then you deny that you wrecked that firing unit?
18520They did?
18520Twenty- seventh?
18520Was there anything wrong with your truck?
18520We always work together, do n''t we?
18520Well, I''m on a secret assignment, see?
18520Well, boys,he asked,"what''s the story?"
18520Well, how do you think I feel, blasting off and leaving him?
18520Well, how''s the genius? 18520 Well, if you can do that, Barret,"said Walters,"Professor Hemmingwell will have to begin his operations now, wo n''t you, Professor?"
18520Well, now that we''re agreed on a site for the operation,said Professor Hemmingwell,"is there anything else you want to discuss, Commander?"
18520Well, shall we begin the first series of tests?
18520Well, sir?
18520Well, what about it?
18520Well,said Devers,"have we missed anything?"
18520Well,said Walters,"do we give him drugs or not?"
18520Well?
18520Were you going to hit me with that thing, Manning?
18520What about Pat Troy?
18520What about Professor Hemmingwell, sir?
18520What about all the things that have happened to me and to Roger and Astro?
18520What about it? 18520 What about that remark about finding an opening?"
18520What about them?
18520What are you doing here?
18520What are you doing here?
18520What are you doing here?
18520What are you doing in here, Cadet?
18520What are you doing out here?
18520What are you trying to do to us? 18520 What did they say?"
18520What did you do that for?
18520What did you say, Astro?
18520What difference does it make?
18520What do you care? 18520 What do you mean, Dave?"
18520What do you mean?
18520What do you want to listen to?
18520What do you want to see him about, anyway?
18520What does he stand to gain if this project is a failure?
18520What does this mean?
18520What else?
18520What guards? 18520 What happened to him?"
18520What happened to the fellow that took Sam over the hurdles?
18520What if he shows up?
18520What in blazes are you doing, Corbett?
18520What in the star- blazing--?
18520What in the star- blazing--?
18520What is it? 18520 What is it?"
18520What is it?
18520What is it?
18520What is it?
18520What is it?
18520What is that, Professor?
18520What is the meaning of this, Barret?
18520What kind of proof do you have?
18520What kind of questions?
18520What kind of things?
18520What now, Lou?
18520What stuff?
18520What the devil are you--?
18520What the devil is he doing?
18520What was that?
18520What was the call about?
18520What was the idea?
18520What were you doing here the other night?
18520What would have been your judgment,he resumed,"if Dave Barret had asked us to do these things and we had refused?
18520What''ll we do with him?
18520What''re you talking about?
18520What''s going on here?
18520What''s going on here?
18520What''s his name? 18520 What''s that?"
18520What''s the matter?
18520What''s the meaning of this?
18520What''s the story?
18520What''s the trouble?
18520What''s this all about?
18520What''s this?
18520What''s to prevent Devers from picking us off while we''re outside?
18520What''s your idea?
18520What''s-- what''s happening, Major?
18520What, for instance?
18520What?
18520What?
18520When did it happen?
18520Where did you see him?
18520Where is Dave?
18520Where is your hangar going to be? 18520 Where is your proof?"
18520Where''s Manning?
18520Where''s that jerk, Manning?
18520Where''ve you been, blast you?
18520Where--?
18520Where?
18520Who are they?
18520Who are you and how did you get in here?
18520Who is this?
18520Who paid you to sabotage the ship?
18520Who would n''t let you?
18520Why are n''t these men working? 18520 Why do you say that?"
18520Why is he so important?
18520Why not?
18520Why not?
18520Why were n''t the entrances guarded?
18520Why were you detained at the psychograph tests this morning?
18520Why were you detained so long this morning?
18520Why, Corbett,he exclaimed,"did n''t anyone ever tell you the rules of Space Academy?
18520Why, in the name of the moons of Mars, would Barret want to do the things he did to us?
18520Why?
18520Why?
18520Why?
18520Will he be all right?
18520Will you get to the point, Corbett?
18520Will you give Corbett the order to be ready at 0600 hours tomorrow morning, Steve?
18520Ya tryin''to steal my paper?
18520Yes, sir, but would you mind lowering your voice, sir? 18520 Yes, sir?"
18520Yes, sir?
18520Yes, sir?
18520Yes?
18520Yes?
18520Yes?
18520Yes?
18520You have any more questions, Major Connel?
18520You hear that?
18520You heard about our trial, Professor?
18520You know what happened?
18520You mean, you are going to fire payloads from space freighters instead of landing with them?
18520You mean, you took them from an Earthworm?
18520You see?
18520You tell Astro?
18520You think he was just getting even with us?
18520You think you can do it, Dave?
18520You wanted these study spools, did n''t you?
18520You''ll do just exactly what?
18520You''re the commander, are n''t you?
18520''d, should not fit?"
18520Alfie looked at Roger calmly and in a clear voice asked,"Cadet Manning, did you strike the first blow?"
18520And where is that spur coming in from?
18520Are we going to have a lot of building to do to get that blasted thing snaked over those hills?"
18520Are you going to be working around here long?"
18520But how to get it?
18520But what?
18520But why?"
18520But you would n''t want the_ Capella_ unit to flunk out of the Academy, would you?"
18520CHAPTER 3"Where is Captain Strong?"
18520Can we shake and forget it?"
18520Can you work an audio recorder?"
18520Connel turned to Devers and said enthusiastically,"Can you imagine, Devers?
18520Corbett may be in trouble, right?"
18520Dave Barret and Carter Devers concur--""Someone mention my name?"
18520Dave, why are n''t you up there--?"
18520Did you take them from another unit''s quarters?"
18520Did you, Cadet Astro"--Alfie paused dramatically, and nearly shouted the final part of the question--"strike the first blow?"
18520Do you doubt the work you''ve put into her?
18520Do you insist on having your defendants brought to the stand to swear they did not start the fight?"
18520Do you know what you''ve done?"
18520Does he shave in the morning?
18520Get it?"
18520Get the control panel in this morning?"
18520He hailed a passing jet cab, and climbing in, asked the driver,"Do you know a restaurant or a bar called Sloppy Sam''s?"
18520He looked at Tom and said,"Incidentally, who is your young friend?"
18520How about it?
18520How about it?"
18520How about you, Tom?"
18520How could you see me down here?
18520How did you three get aboard, anyway?"
18520How do you know that he is n''t in some kind of trouble?"
18520How would we know about it?"
18520Just as he was about to leave the tunnel, Roger called after him:"Have you heard anything about Tom, sir?"
18520Know him?"
18520Now, how about it?"
18520Or perhaps you did n''t know what time it was?"
18520Or the work of your friends?"
18520Or would you rather be back on guard duty?"
18520See?
18520Set us up for coffins?"
18520Shall we go?
18520Should he call for help?
18520The one in the foreground smiled mockingly and said,"Remember me, Connel?"
18520Want to come up topside and take a hand?"
18520We''re friends now, remember?"
18520We''re out in space, are n''t we?
18520What are you doing here?"
18520What are you talking about, Tiny?"
18520What have you done?
18520What have you got to say about this?"
18520What were you doing here?"
18520What''s the matter with him?"
18520What''s the purpose of it?"
18520What''s to prevent us from taking her up?"
18520Whatcha want me to do?"
18520When was it authorized?"
18520Where''s your uniform?"
18520Who are you working for, Troy?"
18520Who incited the crew to keep from taking this ship into space?
18520Who spread the rumor that it was jinxed?
18520Who was around every time something happened?
18520Why do n''t you check with Connel?
18520Why have n''t you told this to anyone before?"
18520Why should you two guys risk getting caught?"
18520Without even the courtesy of a greeting, Connel roared,"What''s this about those two cadets stealing a ship?"
18520Wonder if they have a jet boat aboard?"
18520Would you have been less hard on us?
18520You going to catch spies, Tom?"
18520You would n''t, by any chance, be going back soon, would you?
18520now?"
21092A Solar Guardsman?
21092A fix? 21092 A hundred thousand, eh?"
21092A what?
21092Afraid they''ll shoot if you do n''t stop fast enough?
21092After all the lectures you''ve given at Space Academy?
21092And if I do n''t?
21092And the prisoners just sit there-- in those little huts?
21092And you were kicked out, eh?
21092Any chance of switching the scanner to another frequency and offsetting the effects of the static, Roger?
21092Are n''t you afraid they''ll try to stop you, skipper?
21092Are n''t you going to eat?
21092Are we blasting off, sir?
21092Are you going to fire or not?
21092Are you space happy?
21092Are you sure?
21092Are you sure?
21092Assuming that Wallace and Simms are the foxes in this case and the Solar Guard the hunting dogs, what would you suggest, sir?
21092But I thought they had to go through it, sir?
21092But did n''t the crew offer any resistance?
21092But how did he pull the holdup on Ganymede, then?
21092But how did you get aboard the_ Avenger_, sir?
21092But how will you get him, sir?
21092But how?
21092But how?
21092But if you think it''s a trap,exclaimed Wallace,"you''re not going to hit it, are you?"
21092But then what''ll I do with her?
21092But there''s always a first time, is n''t there, sir?
21092But what can the Solar Guard do, sir?
21092But what will we do, sir?
21092But where is he?
21092But why?
21092But why?
21092But wo n''t you take at least one man with you, sir?
21092But you''re sure this is our position?
21092But-- but--stammered Astro,"what will we say to them?
21092By the craters of Luna, what was_ that_?
21092By the craters of Luna,cried Hawks,"what''s going on here?"
21092By the craters of Luna,exploded the skipper of the passenger ship,"what''s the meaning of this?
21092Ca n''t I?
21092Can they change their minds after they get here?
21092Captain Strong?
21092Could you make it three inches thick, and longer, instead of box- shaped?
21092Did n''t your radar pick up the disk he was wearing, sir?
21092Did the_ Polaris_ unit arrive yet, Steve?
21092Did you enjoy your leave?
21092Did you have to bring one of your Space Cadets for protection?
21092Did you hear what Captain Strong said, Astro?
21092Did''ja see that blaster on top of this place?
21092Do I have your word as an_ Earthman_ that nothing will happen to them?
21092Do we fight or do we let those space crawlers take over?
21092Do we start showing people through the_ Polaris_ now, sir?
21092Do you have any idea where they might be hiding, sir?
21092Do you have any news on Wallace and Simms, sir?
21092Do you think Coxine will come out after you, sir?
21092Do you think there''s any chance of finding Tom?
21092Do you think--?
21092Er-- may I ask a question, sir?
21092Er--stammered Roger,"you mean-- a banquet-- with-- uh--?"
21092Everything set, chief?
21092Find anything?
21092For instance, who do you know on Spaceman''s Row that can give you a reference?
21092Get anything more out of those reports?
21092Girls? 21092 Gus Wallace?
21092Gus,asked Simms thoughtfully,"you got any idea how much fun we can buy with the credits in that box?"
21092Has the man committed any crime?
21092Have communications been destroyed?
21092Have you considered the possibility of this cloud being radioactive, Steve?
21092Have you got a course back to the Academy, Roger?
21092Hey, fellas,said Roger suddenly,"whaddya say we go?"
21092Hey, what''re you trying to pull?
21092Hey,exclaimed Strong,"what does he think he''s doing?"
21092Hmmm? 21092 How about snooping around?"
21092How about yourself?
21092How come I only get five hundred and the others get a thousand?
21092How do you feel?
21092How do you know, Astro?
21092How do you mean?
21092How do you mean?
21092How is he, sir?
21092How is he, sir?
21092How is he?
21092How long was that line to begin with?
21092How long will we be there, sir?
21092How long will we stay in each city, sir?
21092How would Nick Shinny know Gus Wallace?
21092How''d they get here so fast?
21092Hyperdrive?
21092I do n''t suppose he took a sample of the stuff?
21092I mean, what''s wrong with what they''ve done?
21092I mean, with no armor on the freighter to speak of, and no crew aboard, how can you nail him before he gets you?
21092I suppose you''ve all heard about the Solar Exposition that opens on Venus next week?
21092I wonder who wrote it for him?
21092In the reactant chamber?
21092Is that the code word? 21092 Just get into the car before you cork off, will you?
21092Just making a speech?
21092Locker? 21092 Marsopolis, eh?"
21092Me, make a speech?
21092More speeches? 21092 Oh, so that''s it, huh?"
21092Oh, you would, huh?
21092Oh?
21092On a simple hop like this? 21092 On that thing?"
21092On what charges, Steve?
21092Or do your buddies get a little less air?
21092Pete? 21092 Play space lawyer?
21092Radar bridge, do we have a clear trajectory?'' 21092 Really?"
21092Remember when we first arrived at the prison asteroid? 21092 Remember, they even searched the space between the inner and outer hulls?
21092Roger, can you make the beacon?
21092Roger,asked Tom quietly,"notice how she''s handling now?"
21092Roger,called Strong into the intercom,"do we have a clear trajectory?"
21092Say, ground hogs,drawled Roger,"where''s the best place to get something to eat?"
21092Say, what is this? 21092 Scared to fight?"
21092Scared?
21092Shall I work up charts like that one?
21092Shall the men wear lead suits against possible radioactivity, sir?
21092Since you are the highest ranking officer on the asteroid, are there any orders?
21092Sir, do you think he''s sucking us into a trap?
21092So it''s you, huh? 21092 So this is the_ Polaris_ unit, eh?"
21092So what, Junior?
21092So what?
21092So you think he would know where Wallace and Simms might be hiding out?
21092So you want Wallace, eh?
21092So you''ve come to talk to Bull Coxine, eh?
21092Sounds kind of crazy, does n''t it?
21092Space Kid, eh?
21092Spot anything?
21092Suppose I told you I helped pull a job a couple of weeks ago that was worth a hundred thousand credits?
21092Suppose he had hit you with it, then what?
21092Suppose those two were Solar Guardsmen in disguise?
21092Tell me, Mike, just what do you want us to do?
21092That so? 21092 That''s all, sir?"
21092The one with the scar on his face?
21092The thing I want to know,said Tom,"is where are the prisoners?
21092Then do you know anyone who has?
21092Then who?
21092Then who_ was_ in on this job with you?
21092They are, huh?
21092This is a chemical burner, remember? 21092 Two years ago?"
21092Uh? 21092 Vista?"
21092Want to take a look at this stuff? 21092 Was it"--he paused--"was it tough in the air lock?"
21092Well, Corbett, do I get the signal or do n''t I?
21092Well, Corbett,demanded the burly spaceman,"what''s the recognition signal?"
21092Well, do I get the signal?
21092Well, what are we hanging around here for?
21092Well,demanded Attardi,"are you going to collect or not?
21092Well? 21092 Well?
21092Well?
21092Well?
21092Well?
21092Whaddya want?
21092Whaddya want?
21092What about it?
21092What about that thousand credits?
21092What are you afraid of?
21092What are you doing here, boys?
21092What are you trying to do?
21092What better place to hide something than in space?
21092What do I get if I tell you?
21092What do you make of it, sir?
21092What do you mean, sir?
21092What do you mean?
21092What do you say we quit now, Gus? 21092 What do you say, Doctor?"
21092What do you suppose Coxine meant when he said he had three passes into Ganymede?
21092What for instance?
21092What happened to him?
21092What happened, Manning?
21092What happened?
21092What is it you want to know?
21092What is it? 21092 What is it?"
21092What kind of information would bring that kind of a price?
21092What kind of information?
21092What man?
21092What other fellow?
21092What was that about, Roger?
21092What was that?
21092What was your rating as spaceman before you hit the Rock?
21092What were you on the Rock for?
21092What would you say Simms''speed would be if he kept his ship on full thrust, Brooks?
21092What''s going on up there?
21092What''s that, sir?
21092What''s that?
21092What''s that?
21092What''s the matter, Junior?
21092What''s the matter? 21092 What''s the matter?"
21092What''s up, Wallace?
21092What''s up, sir?
21092What''s up, sir?
21092What''s your business here?
21092What''s your name?
21092What''s your pleasure, spacemen?
21092What-- what could have happened?
21092What-- what do you suppose happened, sir?
21092What? 21092 What?"
21092What?
21092What?
21092What?
21092What?
21092What?
21092What?
21092What?
21092Where are we going to strike next, skipper?
21092Where did you learn to use a six- incher? 21092 Where in the blasted universe is the jet- boat deck?"
21092Where is he?
21092Where is it, you rockethead?
21092Where will I find Lieutenant Williams?
21092Who, me?
21092Who?
21092Who?
21092Who?
21092Why an atomic reactor unit aboard?
21092Why do n''t you let the young punk try something?
21092Why do n''t you space drift blast out of here?
21092Why do you want to know where Gus Wallace is, then?
21092Why hide it on the_ Polaris_?
21092Why not contact Roger here on the_ Polaris_, sir?
21092Why not try to get it on their ship?
21092Why not?
21092Why not?
21092Why''d you get sent to the Rock?
21092Why?
21092Why?
21092Will I?
21092Will he be all right?
21092Will it send out_ anything_?
21092With the Solar Guard squadrons on the other side of the belt and with no gun crews on our ship, how far do you think we''d have gotten?
21092Yeah?
21092Yeah?
21092Yeah?
21092Yeah?
21092Yeah?
21092Yell?
21092Yes, sir?
21092You call me Monkey?
21092You coming or ai n''t cha?
21092You get what?
21092You going to talk to Coxine, sir?
21092You have your course for your trip out to Titan, Tom?
21092You in on the job too, Steve?
21092You know those men?
21092You mean Simms?
21092You mean he smuggled himself aboard?
21092You mean it might be the Titan pay roll?
21092You mean sitting in the sun on a crummy lakeside, watching the birds and bees?
21092You mean that game was recorded?
21092You mean we''re going to be--Roger swallowed--"guides?"
21092You mean we''re going to lead the attack, sir?
21092You mean, you''re going to--?
21092You mean,gasped Roger,"that the men on this asteroid deliberately chose to remain criminals?"
21092You mean,said Tom, amazed,"that you actually search the four inches between the two hulls?
21092You mean,stammered Strong,"Wallace and Simms are dumping"--he could hardly say the word--"_dirt_ in space?"
21092You really think he''s aboard Coxine''s ship, Captain Strong?
21092You remember that rocket scout we blasted? 21092 You say this is the ninth report you''ve received since the fair opened, Mike?"
21092You see this scar?
21092You think it might be--"Where?
21092You want the cadets for anything right now, Mike?
21092You want the thousand or not?
21092You''re going down, sir?
21092*****"How do you feel, Roger?"
21092A gag?
21092A guy about six feet tall and two hundred pounds?
21092Afraid to talk to me alone?"
21092Any luck?"
21092Are you all right?"
21092Are you all with me?"
21092Besides, why think about him, when you''ve got the whole universe at your finger tips?"
21092But how did that ship get through your defenses?"
21092But how to get around the hairy, drunken criminal now standing over him?
21092CHAPTER 13"Any report from the search squadrons yet, Steve?"
21092CHAPTER 15"What''s our position, Roger?"
21092CHAPTER 16"... and you never picked up that static flash again, eh?"
21092CHAPTER 18"Have you got everything straight?"
21092CHAPTER 8"See that fellow over there, Steve?"
21092Did n''t you hear what Simms said?"
21092Do n''t you see what''s happened?
21092Do you think you can work it?"
21092Facing Roger and Astro, he snarled,"What''ll it be?"
21092Got any ideas, Tom?"
21092Got that?"
21092Happen to know him?"
21092Hardly out of the atmosphere?"
21092Has a heavy rough voice?"
21092Have you finished the beacon?"
21092He smiled derisively and added,"Got insurance to cover the families?"
21092How big do you think it''ll be?"
21092How do I know you have n''t got a squad of MP''s outside waiting to pick us up?"
21092How do you expect us to make any credits away out there by ourselves?"
21092How do you feel?"
21092How long will it take you to make a signal beacon that''ll send out a constant automatic SOS?"
21092How much did you collect?"
21092How thoroughly we were searched?"
21092How?"
21092I never did tell you my third opinion, did I, Captain Strong?"
21092Is that clear?"
21092Is that clear?"
21092Is the teleceiver on the_ Polaris_ hooked up, Roger?"
21092Just ca n''t stay away from it, eh, boys?"
21092Manning get into more trouble?"
21092Maybe you''re Solar Guard, eh?
21092Maybe you''re scared, eh?"
21092Noticing Strong''s reaction to Shinny''s statement, Tom asked,"Who is Coxine, Captain Strong?"
21092Now that the secret of the ship had been resolved, he turned, like the others, to the question of why?
21092Now why do you think it would suddenly leave from Space Academy, the home of the Solar Guard?"
21092Now, what is part two?"
21092Pete who?"
21092Roger spun around, made an exaggerated bow, and smiling, asked,"Next?"
21092Say, what''s the matter with you?
21092See him?
21092Stopping squarely in front of them, he demanded,"What''s the big idea?"
21092Strong turned to the teleceiver and called,"Yes, Commander Walters?"
21092The one that got our other ship?"
21092The only question now is, do they know it?"
21092The visitors, I mean?"
21092Then what--?"
21092Think they might have just gotten fed up and pulled out?"
21092Tom kneeled down beside his skipper and stammered,"What-- what does it mean, sir?"
21092Vista?"
21092Want to come along?"
21092Well, what do you know about that?
21092What happened?"
21092What in blazes do you think you''re doing?"
21092What in the universe could we possibly hide in there?"
21092What is it?"
21092What kind of a job was it?"
21092What now?"
21092What''cha want with him?"
21092What''re we waiting for?"
21092What''s so fascinating about one valve?"
21092What''s up, Steve?"
21092What?"
21092Where did you get that paralo- ray?"
21092Where do we go from here?"
21092Where is he?"
21092Where is that space quadrant they think we''re in?"
21092Who''ll be the lucky two?"
21092Why do you want to know where Gus Wallace is?
21092Why do you want to see him, anyway?"
21092Why, I know more about reactor units than--""Reactor units?"
21092Why?"
21092Wonder how he did it?"
21092Would n''t you, pal?"
21092You gone space happy?"
21092You heard the orders, did n''t you?
21092You sure you wo n''t change your mind?"
21092You think he was suspicious?"
21092You want to risk everything for two lousy credits?"
21092jeered the heavier of the two men and turned to his companion, adding with a snarl,"How do you like his nerve?
19027--go to my cabin--"Sir?
19027A central meeting place?
19027A connection? 19027 A female what?"
19027A limp, eh?
19027A little fellow?
19027Against?
19027Al Sharkey, eh?
19027All set, Astro?
19027All set?
19027Allow what to happen?
19027And as long as we''re asking questions around here, how about my asking a few? 19027 And have the Solar Guard fleet blast us out of the skies?
19027And there''s no way to escape?
19027And what do Mr. and Mrs. Hill have to do with your scheme?
19027And who, pray, will do the killing?
19027And you disagreed?
19027And you followed the Nationalist movement blindly, doing whatever they told you, without question, is that it?
19027Anyone have any other ideas?
19027Anything new, Major?
19027Are there any specific orders, Commander?
19027Are you from Venus?
19027Are you on an assignment, sir?
19027Are you sure we''re in the right place, Astro?
19027Are you sure?
19027Are you taking us prisoner?
19027Astro, do you know that section of the belt?
19027Be a lot of work here, fixing these things, eh?
19027Because you want to? 19027 Big game?"
19027Blast off?
19027Blasting off?
19027But how could they?
19027But how, sir?
19027But what about my work on the spectrum recorder?
19027But what about our gear?
19027But what do you want with_ me_?
19027But why are you being held prisoners?
19027Corbett?
19027Could n''t you make it closer to the Academy than that, Manning? 19027 Did n''t they consider that they had equal representation in the Solar Alliance Chamber?"
19027Did the blaster do any damage at all?
19027Did you ever find out where it came from?
19027Did you protest to the Solar Guard?
19027Did you recognize any of them?
19027Did you see Major Connel?
19027Did you think it better to have Venusians ruling Venus, instead of belonging to the Solar Alliance?
19027Divisions of what? 19027 Do I have your permission to leave the ship, sir?"
19027Do n''t you know? 19027 Do n''t you recognize me?
19027Do they have a headquarters?
19027Do you have any idea where the base might be?
19027Do you have any kind of light?
19027Do you know anything about the bomb we found on the_ Polaris_ on our trip to Venus?
19027Do you know how to handle this ship alone?
19027Do you know where he''s gone?
19027Do you remember meeting a man from Venus wearing a long red robe?
19027Do you suppose one of the Nationalists planted that bomb on her fin?
19027Do you think they might have Astro?
19027Do you think you''d recognize them again?
19027Do you want those men in your house?
19027Does n''t Spike Freyer own this place?
19027Ever meet anyone that did n''t love that big hick?
19027Everything quiet?
19027Feeling pretty big, are n''t you?
19027For what purpose, Commander?
19027For what purpose?
19027Friend of yours, Agnes?
19027Going hunting?
19027Have a good trip?
19027Have you ever heard of me?
19027Have you figured out how you''re going to land this ship alone and with no radar?
19027Have you spoken to anyone else?
19027Hilmarc?
19027How about releasing the prisoners, taking over a ship, and blasting off?
19027How about that big one over there?
19027How about using the teleceiver in the house?
19027How can you tell?
19027How did they know you were going to investigate them in the first place?
19027How did you know Major Connel was coming here to investigate the Nationalists?
19027How do we know you''re a Solar Guard officer? 19027 How do you feel about it, Connel?"
19027How do you think that ties in with the bomb on the_ Polaris_, sir?
19027How do you think we''re going to get to the jungle belt?
19027How do you think you''re going to get through the Solar Guard fleet that''s standing off above the canyon?
19027How else would I assure myself that the Solar Guard will not harm me unless I take two of their most honored Space Cadets with me?
19027How is it,he said in English,"that you are a native- born Venusian and do not speak the language of your planet?"
19027How little?
19027How long have you been here?
19027How long have you been tied up?
19027How long have you been trailing this one?
19027How long would he last without his jungle suit, sir?
19027How many ships did we lose, sir?
19027How much farther, Astro?
19027How would you get the meat to Venusport?
19027How''re you doing?
19027How''s your back?
19027How--?
19027How?
19027How?
19027Huh? 19027 Huh?"
19027Hunting?
19027I did, huh?
19027I want you to go to the Sweet Water Lakes around New Chicago--"Yes, sir?
19027I wonder how many more there are like him in our organization, Steve?
19027If you''re not happy with the way things are run on Venus, why do n''t you take your beef to the Solar Alliance?
19027In Venusport?
19027Is Mr. Keene around?
19027Is Mr. Sinclair in now?
19027Is Sharkey the real leader of the movement?
19027Is he all right?
19027Is it fixed?
19027Is n''t there anything we can do?
19027Is that an order?
19027Is that true?
19027Is that where you''re keeping Cadet Manning?
19027Is what?
19027It is, but what''s the matter with him? 19027 Joan?
19027Jungle gear?
19027Lactu what?
19027Leader of what? 19027 Leader, huh?"
19027Major Connel,began Commander Walters abruptly,"what do you consider the best possible move for the Solar Guard to make?
19027Me? 19027 Me?"
19027Now will you be so kind as to tell me what this is all about?
19027Oh-- er-- ah-- how do you do, sir?
19027Oh?
19027Others? 19027 Possibly, but why did n''t you join?"
19027Prisoners do n''t make requests,said Drifi, and then added suspiciously,"What is it?"
19027Really? 19027 Roger, are you all right?"
19027Sack in, will you? 19027 Say, remember the time Sinclair barked at me for going near that shack on his place when we first arrived?"
19027Say, what''s the matter with you?
19027Sharkey? 19027 So it was all an act, eh?
19027So you think it was done by a bunch of kids, huh?
19027Space Cadets?
19027Specific information, Major? 19027 Spike, dead?
19027Steve?
19027Tell me, Mr. Sinclair,asked Roger suddenly,"is this the whole plantation?"
19027The caves?
19027Then how do you expect me to prove it?
19027Then what does this list we found in your tunic mean?
19027Then why are you in Space Academy?
19027They never stop, do they, sir?
19027Think I''d better call a Solar Guard patrol ship, sir?
19027Think it''ll be all right, Astro?
19027Think we can do it, Astro?
19027Trouble?
19027Tyranno, eh?
19027Tyranno, eh?
19027Up by the jungle tunnels?
19027Walk?
19027Wanna buy something?
19027We''re on leave, remember? 19027 We?"
19027Well, is it a secret?
19027Well, is there another ship for Venusport today?
19027Well, now that we''ve sweated the old girl through the crisis,asserted Roger,"how''s about us concentrating on our vacation?"
19027Well, what do you think of it, now that you''re here?
19027Well,said Strong,"what nonsense have you three planned for your leave?
19027Well--"Are n''t all your friends in it?
19027Well?
19027Well?
19027Were those our seats, miss?
19027Whaddaya want?
19027What about Roger?
19027What about stores, sir?
19027What about that jet freighter we took away from the Nationalists, sir?
19027What about you, sir?
19027What about yourself?
19027What are we going to do, sir?
19027What are you doing here? 19027 What are you doing here?"
19027What are you doing out here?
19027What are you going to do about it?
19027What are you going to do with us?
19027What are you going to do with us?
19027What are you going to do?
19027What buildings?
19027What caves?
19027What day is it?
19027What did he look like?
19027What did they call you?
19027What do we do?
19027What do you make of the radar?
19027What do you mean?
19027What do you suggest?
19027What do you suppose it is?
19027What do you think, Tom?
19027What do you think, Tom?
19027What do you think?
19027What do you three boys think of the idea?
19027What does that mean?
19027What does that mean?
19027What else has your superior told you to do?
19027What guy?
19027What happened to him?
19027What happened?
19027What happens now, sir?
19027What happens to the second and third and fourth best men?
19027What in the stars--?
19027What is it, sir?
19027What is it?
19027What is this?
19027What kind of a division?
19027What kind of pressure?
19027What kind of slaves?
19027What section of the caves?
19027What time is it?
19027What was that again?
19027What was that, sir?
19027What was that?
19027What was your job before you came here?
19027What would you require to locate the base?
19027What''s down there?
19027What''s going on here? 19027 What''s going to happen to them?"
19027What''s happened, sir?
19027What''s his name?
19027What''s it all about?
19027What''s so unusual about going to Venus?
19027What''s that, sir?
19027What''s the idea of holding a paralo ray on me?
19027What''s the matter with him?
19027What''s the matter with right now?
19027What''s the matter with staying right where we are? 19027 What''s the matter?"
19027What''s the matter?
19027What''s the password?
19027What''s this all about, sir?
19027What''s this all about?
19027What''s up, Sergeant?
19027What-- what is this?
19027What?
19027When do I get out of here?
19027When? 19027 Where and when do I eat?"
19027Where are Corbett and Manning?
19027Where are we going?
19027Where did you see him?
19027Where do we get our safari gear, Astro?
19027Where is your secret base?
19027Where you going hunting?
19027Where''d they go?
19027Where''s Roger?
19027Where''s Spike?
19027Where''s Tom and Roger and Major Connel?
19027Where''s the communicator?
19027Where''s the rest of the fleet?
19027Where''s the sick bay?
19027Where, Corbett? 19027 Where-- where are you going?"
19027Where?
19027Who are they?
19027Who are those men? 19027 Who are you and what are you holding me prisoner for?"
19027Who are you?
19027Who are you?
19027Who are your friends?
19027Who gave you your orders?
19027Who said so?
19027Who told you to forge those orders for priority seats on the_ Venus Lark_?
19027Who told you to intercept this message from Mercury?
19027Who told you to send men to bomb the_ Polaris_?
19027Who''re you going to send?
19027Who''s on duty with you tonight?
19027Why are n''t they here yet?
19027Why are n''t you in the caves then?
19027Why back there?
19027Why did you join?
19027Why is Roger in the hospital?
19027Why is everything so dark?
19027Why is this place deserted?
19027Why not?
19027Why the excitement over a little rain?
19027Why waste time talking?
19027Why would three cadets want to go into that section of the jungle belt?
19027Why?
19027Why?
19027Why?
19027Why?
19027Worried?
19027Would n''t it be better to let me go without any fanfare?
19027Yeah?
19027Yeah?
19027Yellow?
19027Yes, sir--"Before or after your trip into the jungle?
19027Yes, sir?
19027Yes, sir?
19027Yes, sir?
19027You Rex Sinclair?
19027You are not afraid of us, are you?
19027You have a plan?
19027You hear that, fellows?
19027You know what''s going on here, Major?
19027You mean, you''re going to allow yourself to be captured too?
19027You mean,said Astro,"they have underground tunnels all through the jungle?"
19027You think maybe the crew could have mutinied, sir?
19027You think someone might try to steal her, sir?
19027You would n''t be running out on us, would you, Lactu?
19027You''re taking us with you?
19027You? 19027 *****How far do you think we''ve come?"
19027A bunch of little tin soldiers?"
19027And how did you get here?"
19027And more important, who told him that Captain Strong was sending a cab for us?"
19027And you have nothing more to add to the descriptions of the other two, Corbett?"
19027Anybody home?
19027Are you all right?"
19027Are you willing to try?"
19027Astro, did you get the pile ready for the soup wagon?"
19027But why would he want to stop us?
19027CHAPTER 17"What time is it, Astro?"
19027CHAPTER 7"What can I do for you, Officer?"
19027CHAPTER 8"Are you sure they went south, Astro?"
19027Connel turned to the intercom and shouted,"Manning, have n''t you got that circuit through yet?"
19027Do we ask for her assistance, or not?"
19027Do you boys have to go through this all the time?"
19027Do you have your gear?"
19027Do you know them?"
19027Dr. Dale, do you have any comments on the report?"
19027Got it?"
19027Have you seen him?"
19027He looked at the three dour faces and then said,"Would you consider getting a free ride to Venus?"
19027He paused and then growled,"When do I blast off?"
19027Hill?"
19027How about it, Connel?
19027How did you happen to discover the bomb?"
19027How do we know you''re not a spy?"
19027How do you think you''re going to get out of here?"
19027How long have they been in the jungle?"
19027How''s everything going at Space Academy?"
19027Identify someone?
19027If he had taken an oath he does not believe and groveled at our feet?
19027If there was a change, why did n''t you tell us before?"
19027Is n''t it possible that they might have their base well hidden and a small party, such as you suggest, could cover too little ground?"
19027It''s going to be a whale of a fight, is n''t it?"
19027Men?"
19027Now, you wanna buy something or not?"
19027O.K.?"
19027Or just random bits of gossip?"
19027Ready to go, Astro?"
19027Right?"
19027Roger glanced at Tom and said casually,"It would n''t hurt to keep our eyes open for signs of him, would it, sir?"
19027Ships?
19027Sinclair?"
19027Standard Solar Guard equipment....""Where did you get them?"
19027Steve?"
19027Suppose we weaken Earth''s fleet and they attack there?"
19027Tell me honestly, gentlemen, what would you have thought of Astro, a Venusian, if he had acted any differently than he has?
19027Tell me, Astro, do you have any skills?"
19027Tell me, my little space pet, are you engaged for dinner tonight?"
19027Think it can stop a tyranno, Astro?"
19027Think you can walk?"
19027Under the present circumstances, do you think we should undertake a full- scale investigation?
19027What are you going to do with it after you catch it?"
19027What happened?"
19027What is it?"
19027What kind of connection?"
19027What others?"
19027What''s going on?
19027What''s going to happen to them, sir?"
19027What''s the idea of holding me a prisoner?"
19027What?
19027When?"
19027Where are you going?"
19027Where can I find a ray gun?"
19027Where''s Astro and Major Connel?
19027Where?
19027Where?"
19027Who in space are you?
19027Who''s that?"
19027Why do n''t you talk to him?"
19027Why go trooping around in the dark?"
19027Why is he standing there like that?"
19027Will you go to Venus?"
19027[ Illustration] CHAPTER 19"Ready?"
19027[ Illustration] CHAPTER 20"What''s that noise, Tom?"
18786''Poor fellows,''was n''t it?
18786A tyrannosaurus?
18786All ready up there?
18786Always what?
18786Am I permitted to carry on?
18786And Captain Barnard, Cadet Astro?
18786And Charley spilled the beans about the whole thing, eh?
18786And I suppose you want to ride with Kit and his reactor?
18786And I''m the guy to do it?
18786And he told you Roger is asleep?
18786And twin ships?
18786And what have you got in your ship to get that kind of speed?
18786And what would they be doing down there?
18786And you know something, Charley? 18786 And you''ve heard nothing from him since, sir?"
18786Any last- minute hitches, Kit?
18786Any particular ship you want them each assigned to, sir?
18786Any questions before they blast off on their solo hop?
18786Any word from the_ Space Knight_, sir?
18786Any word on the race, Joe?
18786Any word, Strong?
18786Anything wrong?
18786Are n''t there any masks aboard the ship?
18786Are there any details, sir?
18786Are there any questions?
18786Are you going to leave anyone on the ship, sir?
18786Are you ready_ Star Lady?_Strong called, his voice echoing over the field.
18786Are you still with us, Kit?
18786Are you sure this is the right place?
18786Are you sure we''re heading in the right direction, Steve?
18786Are you sure?
18786Are you sure?
18786Are you there, Miles?
18786Asleep, huh?
18786Brett?
18786But how did they get past the trap?
18786But how in the star- blazing dickens can they keep it out of here when everything else outside is flooded with it?
18786But someone dumped impure reactant into my--"What?
18786But what about the crew of the_ Space Lance_?
18786But what are you doing here with this load of pitchblende?
18786But who is that? 18786 But why in the stars would he leave the ship?"
18786But why?
18786But-- but-- how did he do it?
18786By the craters of Luna,yelled Strong,"what was that?"
18786Ca n''t you get any more speed out of this thing?
18786Can you figure out where it is? 18786 Can you give me any information on the departure time of_ Space Knight_ from Ganymede?"
18786Can you hear me, Astro?
18786Commander,a voice spoke up from the middle of the group,"may I make a statement?"
18786Could n''t have been crystal?
18786Did Cadet Manning make that report?
18786Did Kit use standard reactant?
18786Did Miles object?
18786Did they know their manual? 18786 Did what?"
18786Did you cast off the other ship?
18786Did you ever find out how Bill Sticoon''s ship was sabotaged, Captain Strong?
18786Did you find out anything about the crash of Gigi Duarte''s ship, sir?
18786Do I have permission to continue the race now?
18786Do they all have safety factors?
18786Do we have a whole shipload of the stuff?
18786Do you know what this machine is?
18786Do you suppose it''s Miles and Brett?
18786Do you think I could get a three- day pass before we go back to class at the Academy?
18786Do you think we''ll have any trouble with Miles, sir?
18786Does it have anything to do with the race?
18786Find anything, Sergeant?
18786From where?
18786Full of what?
18786Gentlemen, perhaps some of you are acquainted with the present jet car race that takes place each year? 18786 Good race, eh, Strong?"
18786Has Barnard got that new reactor of his working yet?
18786Has that area been evacuated yet?
18786Has there been any news of them at all?
18786Have I your permission to contact Deimos for the latest details, sir?
18786Have the technicians been able to find out what''s making the screens fail?
18786Have you discovered anything new?
18786Have you ever seen a greater display of audacity and sheer gall?
18786Have you forgotten, sir?
18786Have you heard from Roger?
18786Have you heard from the_ Space Knight_?
18786Have you seen the cadets, by any chance, Sergeant?
18786Have you, Astro?
18786He got off, did he? 18786 He''ll never learn, will he?"
18786Hey, Miles,he called,"is that the last of it?"
18786Hey, what''s the matter with you?
18786How about leaks?
18786How about the time we went out to Tara and snatched that hot copper asteroid out of Alpha Centauri''s mouth? 18786 How are we doing on fuel, Sid?"
18786How come he made it at all?
18786How did you manage to make it from Earth to Ganymede without refueling, Quent?
18786How do you feel, Roger?
18786How do you figure that, sir?
18786How do you figure that?
18786How do you mean?
18786How does he know about us?
18786How fast is fast?
18786How in blazes did they get here?
18786How long do you estimate it will take for her to effect repairs and blast off?
18786How long do you think it''ll take to get the ship loaded?
18786How long have I been asleep?
18786How many in the crew?
18786How many people are left there?
18786How many ships do you have with you, Lieutenant?
18786How much farther do you think that wagon of yours will hold out, Barnard?
18786How should I know?
18786How was your blast- off, Tom?
18786How would you feel if you had just spent seven years building up the mine operations here on Titan and then have something like this happen to you?
18786How''s that?
18786How?
18786I just said that''s what happened, did n''t I?
18786In space?
18786Is Brett with you?
18786Is Manning there, Miles?
18786Is it?
18786Is n''t he scheduled to blast off in the morning?
18786Is that all, sir?
18786Is that for your new reactor, sir?
18786Is that right, Sid?
18786Is that so?
18786Is that so?
18786Is that so?
18786Is there any way you can soup up one of your present reactors to make this run?
18786Is there anything new, sir?
18786Is there something wrong, sir?
18786Is this a formal request for an investigation, Kit?
18786Is this legal?
18786Like what?
18786Listen, Miles,snapped Kit,"did you come aboard my ship and tamper with the fuel?"
18786May I make a suggestion, sir?
18786My ship won the race, did n''t it? 18786 Nothing, why?"
18786Now?
18786Of what, sir?
18786Part of your main pumps?
18786Pretty confident your man will win, eh?
18786Pretty smart, eh?
18786Race?
18786Ready, Captain Howard?
18786Ross, eh?
18786Say, are n''t you Corbett and Astro?
18786Say, that''s one of the boys in your unit, is n''t it, Steve?
18786Shall I blast off right away, sir?
18786Shall I call Ganymede again and see if they have anything new?
18786Shall I make that a formal request?
18786Shall we continue evacuation operations for the miners and their families?
18786Shock?
18786Since there are only three finalists, how about putting one cadet on each ship? 18786 Sir, I wonder if you''d allow me a half hour or so to look for them?"
18786So that''s it, eh? 18786 So what?"
18786So,bawled Astro,"you want to blast off, do you?"
18786So,he roared,"I guess this means you''re going to handle the power deck in one of our space buckets, eh?"
18786Something new?
18786Something wrong, sir?
18786Steve, what''s going on?
18786Still gassing, eh, Manning?
18786Surprised, huh? 18786 Take it easy, will you, Quent?"
18786That enough?
18786The cadets, sir?
18786The force screens hold back the methane ammonia gas and create a vacuum into which we pump oxygen, right?
18786The more people, the more oxygen needed to keep them alive, right?
18786Then how come he made it so fast?
18786Then how did it get in my feeders?
18786Then it really works?
18786Then why did n''t Ross take care of him on the Moon?
18786Then why not have him take care of Kit Barnard too?
18786Then you suspect that the ship was sabotaged?
18786Then you''ll call off the evacuation operations, sir?
18786They make kids feel mighty important around here, do n''t they?
18786Think maybe Miles and Brett went off into one of the other side tunnels?
18786Think we can spare the Venusian for a little while?
18786Think we should send the_ Polaris_ unit out alone?
18786Trouble, Steve?
18786Uh-- ahhh? 18786 Very well, what?"
18786Wake him up?
18786Want me to jump him?
18786Want me to see if it''ll open, sir?
18786Want me to try the door?
18786Well, Charley? 18786 Well, I suppose the Solar Guard is looking for us by now?"
18786Well, Joan?
18786Well, Steve? 18786 Well, are you ready to leave the ship, sir?"
18786Well, did you put them through their paces?
18786Well, do n''t you remember me?
18786Well, gentlemen?
18786Well, now that''s settled, tell me, what do you think of the race tomorrow, Steve?
18786Well, what about it?
18786Well, what about the other ship,_ Space Knight_?
18786Well, what happened?
18786Well, what is it?
18786Well,said Kit Barnard, stepping forward, a big smile on his face,"what are we waiting for?"
18786Well?
18786What about Quent?
18786What about him?
18786What about it?
18786What about me going along too, Commander?
18786What about that investigation?
18786What about the other ships, sir?
18786What about them?
18786What about your feeders?
18786What are we going to do with Manning?
18786What are we going to do?
18786What are you doing here with Corbett and where in the blazes is Charley?
18786What are you doing here, Brett?
18786What are you doing on Titan, Brett?
18786What are you going to do with them?
18786What are you talking about?
18786What are you, his protector?
18786What can an investigation prove?
18786What course are you on?
18786What do I do now?
18786What do we do with them?
18786What do you feed these cadets?
18786What do you mean, he got off at Ganymede? 18786 What do you mean?
18786What do you mean?
18786What do you mean?
18786What do you mean?
18786What do you think it means, Steve?
18786What do you think, Major?
18786What do you think, Steve? 18786 What do you want, Miles?"
18786What happened to Charley, Ross?
18786What if a ship is n''t ready?
18786What is a blip on a radar, Mister?
18786What is it, sir?
18786What is it?
18786What is it?
18786What is that supposed to mean?
18786What is this reactor?
18786What is your ETA on Deimos, Tom?
18786What is your estimated time of arrival at Titan?
18786What kind of reactant is Quent Miles using in that ship of yours?
18786What stuff?
18786What the devil are you talking about, Kit?
18786What was that, Manning?
18786What was the matter?
18786What was wrong?
18786What''ll happen?
18786What''s happened to you two? 18786 What''s so secret that you could n''t come to the spaceport?"
18786What''s that for?
18786What''s that, Tom?
18786What''s that, young man?
18786What''s the gross weight of your ship?
18786What''s the matter with him?
18786What''s the matter with you? 18786 What''s the matter, Astro?"
18786What''s the matter? 18786 What''s the matter?"
18786What''s the matter?
18786What''s this all about?
18786What''s wrong with you, Astro?
18786What''s your name? 18786 What-- what did you say?"
18786What?
18786What?
18786What?
18786When are the ships supposed to blast off for the race?
18786When did Manning leave the ship?
18786When did Ross get to Luna City?
18786When do you want to try it?
18786When will the first ship blast off, Captain Strong?
18786Where are you now?
18786Where are you?
18786Where do we get it?
18786Where is Manning? 18786 Where is it?"
18786Where''s Tom?
18786Where? 18786 Where?"
18786Which of you ground crawlers is radar officer?
18786Which one?
18786Who else is in the race?
18786Who gave you the right to load crystal before signing the contract?
18786Who indeed?
18786Who is it?
18786Who is the command cadet?
18786Who is this guy, Ross?
18786Who what?
18786Why a three- day pass especially?
18786Why did n''t you make a complaint?
18786Why do n''t you get some sleep, Kit?
18786Why do n''t you try to contact Manning again, Tom?
18786Why in this particular building?
18786Why is n''t it satisfactory now? 18786 Why not the hide- out?"
18786Why not?
18786Why not?
18786Why now?
18786Why should we break our backs loading the ship?
18786Why the rush call?
18786Why would it be here?
18786Why, man, do you realize that this satellite is about to die? 18786 Why?"
18786Why?
18786Why?
18786Will that be all, sir? 18786 Will that make a big difference in who wins the race?"
18786Will we have time to--?
18786With those heaps you''ve fooled people into thinking are spaceships? 18786 Wonder what he''s doing around here?"
18786Wonder what the assignment is?
18786Wonder what''s eating him?
18786Wonder what''s in that building?
18786Would you like me to investigate, sir?
18786You actually hunted for a dinosaur?
18786You call those_ names_?
18786You do n''t think I''d let you go down there alone, do you? 18786 You get in touch with our pal?"
18786You heard Walters''order to open fire, did n''t you?
18786You in here, Charley?
18786You know something, Charley?
18786You know that by- pass feeder you said would n''t hold a pressure of more than D-18 rate?
18786You know what to do, Quent?
18786You know what we found on the_ Space Knight_?
18786You know what?
18786You mean this jerk''s going to ride with me?
18786You mean you hunt uranium with that thing?
18786You mean you still want to go on?
18786You mean, Manning?
18786You planned to use the_ Polaris_ to monitor the race?
18786You think there''ll be any cause for suspicion with him on the Moon and me down here?
18786You want to keep on following them?
18786You were aboard the ship last night?
18786You''re sure of that?
18786_ And_ since Brett won the race under such-- er-- mysterious circumstances, I''d suggest an investigation of the black ship as well, eh?
18786_ You do n''t know?_yelled Roger.
18786*****"And you saw him messing around here, Sid?"
18786*****"Any word, sir?"
18786*****"Have you found the_ Space Lance_ yet, Astro?"
18786All mining operations have stopped, I suppose?"
18786And who can say No, since Quent Miles, as such, will be dead?"
18786Any report on where they are?"
18786Anything happen to the cadets?"
18786Are there any questions?"
18786Are you ready, Titan?"
18786Brett?"
18786But what are you going to do about Walters if he''s wise?"
18786But what do you think it will be like with a full- fledged commander in our hands, eh?
18786But what''s the hurry?"
18786But why?
18786Did I ever tell you what we went through a few years back trying to get him to join the Solar Guard?"
18786Did n''t he think it necessary to report to me?"
18786Did n''t you see him when you stopped for refueling?"
18786Did you hear that?"
18786Did you see that ship of his?
18786Do any of you have a better one?
18786Do n''t you know that you could have Kit disqualified for helping him?"
18786Do you think the lock bolts gave way in the excessive heat due to the intense blast- off speed?"
18786Does that help you, Mister?"
18786Does this tell you how we won the race?"
18786Have you lost your senses?"
18786He''ll be watching you then and that will give me a chance to grab that booby trap you took apart, remember?"
18786How could the winning company ship crystal, when soon, none would be mined?
18786How could they have worked loose?
18786How many people are still in there?"
18786If the bomb had exploded, the whole tunnel would have been blocked off and how could they get out?"
18786In Atom City?"
18786Is that clear?"
18786Is that clearly understood?"
18786Is that the way to greet an old friend after four, or is it five years?"
18786It''s your unit?"
18786Light speed?"
18786Now, what would he be doing landing out here?"
18786O.K.?"
18786O.K.?"
18786Or a more reasonable explanation?"
18786Or give you any lip when you started giving them hot rockets?"
18786Remember?"
18786Roger nudged Astro and whispered,"What''s the big deal about a D-18 rate and a D-9 rate?
18786Ross know about it?"
18786Sector twelve?"
18786See those big- bellied jobs?
18786Shall I abandon my orders and proceed under your general emergency alert to search quadrant four?"
18786Should we take off the guardsmen and suspend evacuation in the hope that we can find that leak?"
18786So we pull the old trick, eh?
18786Suppose he does n''t bite?"
18786The Solar Guard officer shook hands with the winner and then asked,"Where is Cadet Manning?"
18786The Solar Guard thinks Manning took it on the lam from Ganymede, right?"
18786The commander sure knows how to lay it on the line when he wants to, does n''t he?"
18786Think you can beat that?"
18786Want to come over and take a look at it?"
18786What about Roger?"
18786What are we waiting for?"
18786What do you want?"
18786What happened to Charley?"
18786What have you got in your fuel tanks?
18786What in blazes are you doing here, anyway?
18786What would be the use of setting that thing up if they went in another direction?"
18786What''s all this nonsense about a space race?"
18786What''s the idea of messing around with that Barnard creep?
18786What''s the--?"
18786When the guardsman had finished, Strong asked,"Do n''t I know you from somewhere, Sergeant?"
18786Where are you going now?"
18786Where are you?"
18786Where did you see this fellow messing around, Sid?"
18786Where is your ship?"
18786Where''s Manning?"
18786Who knows what ship might win?
18786Who would want to do a dirty thing like that?"
18786Why is that so important?"
18786Why should n''t I start work right away?"
18786Why?"
18786You got everything clear?"
18786[ Illustration]"Messing around the reactor, huh?"
18786[ Illustration]"Then why in blue blazes did n''t I get the contract?"
18786_ You_ said the time on that reactor blast should be set at--""Is that so?"
19709A bunch of punk kids and a loudmouthed Solar Guard officer?
19709A little help?
19709Afraid of a little work?
19709Ah-- say, Captain, what do you expect the investigation to turn up?
19709Ai n''t you never heard of rocket juice?
19709All set below?
19709And if I do n''t?
19709And why did n''t you answer me?
19709And you say the satellite is three- quarters solid copper?
19709And you''re the home- grown atomic- rocket genius, Venusian style, eh?
19709And you''re the tactical wizard that won the space maneuvers recently, singlehanded, eh?
19709And-- and you mean it''s still there-- and in good condition?
19709And?
19709Any danger of radioactivity in this dust, sir?
19709Any particular reason for that, sir?
19709Are we cleared for landing, Roger?
19709Are we going some place?
19709Are you aware of the seriousness of your negligence, Manning?
19709Are you finished?
19709Are you--Roger hesitated--"are you suggesting that I escape?"
19709Astro and I are your guests, remember?
19709Astro, did you hear?
19709Astro, is the reactant loaded?
19709Astro?
19709Bargaining?
19709Bucked rockets on the old chemical burners as a kid before entering the Academy, eh?
19709But how do we get the orbital speeds to help us, Major?
19709But how in the blazing beams of the sun are you going to_ stop_ that blasted thing when you get it rolling?
19709But how, sir?
19709But how? 19709 But-- but-- what''s up?
19709By the craters of Luna, where did you get a spaceship?
19709By the craters of Luna,shouted Tom,"why did n''t you pick her up sooner, Roger?"
19709By the rings of Saturn,exclaimed Connel,"you mean to tell me that Alfie Higgins is building a new radar scanner, just like that?"
19709By the way, is n''t Manning on radar watch?
19709Ca n''t you do it, Corbett?
19709Cadet Higgins,sighed Connel patiently,"would you be so kind as to come down to the control deck?"
19709Can ya hear me?
19709Can you find that satellite again?
19709Can you imagine what would have happened if we had missed and hit the station?
19709Can you repair that radar so that it can be used as it was intended?
19709Cleared?
19709Come down here a minute, will ya?
19709Coming close, am I?
19709Congratulate_ him_?
19709Could n''t be that you''ve got anything lined up in deep space, now could it?
19709Could n''t we blast off in the jet boat and then land after the explosions, sir?
19709Could n''t we move to another position?
19709Did n''t the crew come back looking for it?
19709Did n''t they, Al?
19709Did n''t you have any idea they discovered it, sir?
19709Did they change their story?
19709Did they?
19709Did you complete our deal?
19709Did you hear all of that?
19709Did you see the way his eyes lit up when we walked in there? 19709 Did''ja get it?"
19709Do n''t you have any idea what made the ship crash?
19709Do n''t you think it''ll be a little dangerous taking him along?
19709Do n''t you think that''s carrying things a little too far, sir?
19709Do you have any proof of that?
19709Do you remember when you were kids and tied a rock on the end of a rope and then swung it around your head?
19709Do you think you could get us back in three days, Astro?
19709Does it make so much difference, sir?
19709Does that mean we''re falling into the sun too?
19709Does this mean we ca n''t even ride as passengers?
19709Ever been outside in the direct path of the sun with no protection, Roger?
19709Everything?
19709Excuse me, sir,interrupted Tom,"but you say''you''?"
19709Father got a medal-- used to be a Solar Guard officer?
19709Finished?
19709For what?
19709From whom?
19709Getting into the swing of the operation?
19709Getting pretty hot, eh, boys?
19709Got a squeamish stomach, eh, kid?
19709Guaranteed papers?
19709Have we been assigned a landing ramp?
19709Have you ever seen one of them joints, Manning? 19709 Have you forgotten that you''re wanted by the Solar Guard?
19709Have you got the station''s guiding beam, Roger?
19709Have you tried making an adjustment for the overall pull of both components?
19709Have you?
19709Hey, what about those two guys?
19709Hey, where you going?
19709Hey,growled Mason,"what''re you doing?"
19709How about giving those fellows a break? 19709 How are we going to get it back home, sir?"
19709How can you be so accurate with this screen? 19709 How do you achieve that, sir?"
19709How do you like that?
19709How do you plan to get it back, Major?
19709How hot do you think it is, sir?
19709How in blazes are you going to do that?
19709How much do I get out of it?
19709How much have you got there, Astro?
19709How much longer before the reactor units go up?
19709How much time have we got, sir?
19709How much time, Corbett?
19709How much time, sir?
19709How much-- time-- have we got left?
19709How much?
19709How much?
19709How-- how did you get out?
19709Huh? 19709 Huh?"
19709Hyper or regular?
19709I mean, when they took that unauthorized flight on your first trip out here?
19709I mean, where exactly?
19709I suppose you feel the same way, Corbett?
19709I suppose you heard the part about the assignments?
19709I suppose you''re going to send some punk kids out on the next trip to Tara and leave us experienced spacemen to rot on the ground, huh?
19709If the Solar Guard looked for three months in that jungle, with a hundred men and instruments, do you think you''ll find it?
19709In twelve hours?
19709Incompatible to what?
19709Is n''t there something we can do, sir?
19709Is our orbit to Space Academy clear?
19709Is there something wrong with that?
19709Is there something wrong with the way I speak?
19709Is there something wrong, sir?
19709Leave space?
19709Loring and Mason there?
19709Maybe if I just changed the frequency--"What frequency? 19709 Next to gold?"
19709No, why?
19709Now, whatever gave you that idea?
19709Official business, I presume?
19709Old''Blast- off''Connel''s really got your number, eh, kid?
19709Pack our gear?
19709Pick her up yet?
19709Prison asteroid?
19709Relax, will ya?
19709Roger, did I ever tell you that I think you have one of the finest brains for electronics I''ve ever seen? 19709 Roger?"
19709Say, Lou,asked Shinny,"where in the blessed universe did you come from?
19709Say, what''s eating you?
19709Shall I alert stations to blast off for Junior?
19709Shall I make the adjustment?
19709Sir, how come some of those screens show the_ station_ from the_ outside_?
19709So that''s why you want to buy a spaceship, eh?
19709So this is the great_ Polaris_ unit, eh?
19709So you got Manning for us, eh?
19709Spoon?
19709Still the hotheaded rocket buster, eh?
19709Suppose I am in something deep? 19709 Suppose they find out something?"
19709Talks?
19709Tara?
19709That of Tara and of Alpha Centauri on Junior?
19709That sounds all right as a principle, but will it work out in space?
19709That toy?
19709That would mean,asked Roger,"that we''d be here when the reactor units go off, would n''t it, sir?"
19709Then how are you going to find Junior?
19709Then we''re still going to make the trip to Tara, sir?
19709Then what was the reason for the crash?
19709Then you really think the cadet may be responsible?
19709Then,mused Shinny,"you''re cleared?"
19709Think they made a good decision, Nick?
19709This is really a desperate situation to be in, is n''t it, Roger?
19709This_ is_ a serious situation, is n''t it?
19709To whom, sir?
19709To whom?
19709Tom?
19709Uh-- ah-- what-- Tom? 19709 Venusport?
19709Want more coffee, Mason?
19709Wanta give me a little juice for the radar antenna, Astro?
19709We''re not? 19709 Well, Captain Strong, have you made a decision?"
19709Well, Corbett,asked Connel,"how''re you making out with the ratios?"
19709Well, Corbett,he rasped,"what''s the first question?"
19709Well, Manning,he asked,"how do you like the setup?"
19709Well, is it a deal, or is n''t it?
19709Well, what do you want for it?
19709Well, what''s the use of hanging around here?
19709Well,demanded Loring,"did''ja get anything set up, Shinny?"
19709Well,demanded Roger,"what did happen?"
19709Well?
19709Well?
19709Wha-- what is it?
19709Whaddaya trying to do, starve us to death?
19709What about it?
19709What about those papers?
19709What about you in all this, Nick? 19709 What are we gon na do?"
19709What are you fooling around down here for?
19709What are you going to do about it?
19709What are you going to do?
19709What are you trying to do? 19709 What are you trying to hand us?"
19709What do you mean it does n''t work?
19709What do you mean''educate''?
19709What do you mean?
19709What do you mean?
19709What do you need a teleceiver for?
19709What do you suppose it is?
19709What do you want to do? 19709 What do you want?"
19709What do you want?
19709What do you_ mean_, you ca n''t?
19709What happened to nine?
19709What happened to your own?
19709What happened?
19709What happened?
19709What is it this time?
19709What is it, Corbett?
19709What is this?
19709What is this?
19709What kind of a deal?
19709What kind of break?
19709What seems to be the trouble, Astro?
19709What then?
19709What time did you set the last one for, Roger?
19709What was that about?
19709What was the idea of telling him that?
19709What will you do to them?
19709What would you want done?
19709What''d he say, Roger?
19709What''re we going to do?
19709What''re you talking about?
19709What''re you two space bums talking about?
19709What''s going on here, Manning?
19709What''s going on here?
19709What''s going on here?
19709What''s going on? 19709 What''s our range?"
19709What''s that?
19709What''s that?
19709What''s the idea?
19709What''s the latest space dope around the Academy, Alfie?
19709What''s the matter with you?
19709What''s the matter, hot- shot?
19709What''s the most precious metal in the system today?
19709What''s the name of this place?
19709What''s the range?
19709What''s this all about?
19709What''s this?
19709What''s up, Tom?
19709What''s up?
19709What, sir?
19709What?
19709What?
19709What?
19709What?
19709What?
19709What?
19709What?
19709When do I get the papers?
19709When do we blast off?
19709When do we set down on the precious rock, Tom?
19709When you arrived on the_ Polaris_, did n''t you have a view of the station on your teleceiver?
19709Where are we going?
19709Where are you from, Nick?
19709Where are you going?
19709Where are you? 19709 Where is it?"
19709Where''s Roger?
19709Where''s the big Manning spirit? 19709 Where?"
19709Which one is it?
19709Who does it belong to?
19709Who is it?
19709Who wants coffee when there''s going to be a Solar Guard investigation?
19709Who wants to know?
19709Who''s going to do all that?
19709Who''s hardheaded now?
19709Who''s on prisoner watch today?
19709Who?
19709Why are you telling me this?
19709Why ca n''t you get on the_ Polaris_?
19709Why did n''t you try to do something with it before?
19709Why is that, sir?
19709Why not?
19709Why so close, Tom?
19709Why would he want to help you?
19709Why-- why-- what''s that got to do with me?
19709Why?
19709Why?
19709Working hard, Junior?
19709Would n''t hauling it back in spaceships cost too much?
19709Would you see if there is any news of Roger, sir, when you make contact with the Academy?
19709Wrong?
19709Yeah, Loring?
19709Yeah,flared Roger,"but have you seen the way he just--_talks_?"
19709Yeah-- yeah,grumbled Mason,"but what are you going to do about it?"
19709Yeah? 19709 Yes, Captain Strong?"
19709You a rocket pusher, astrogator, or skipper?
19709You alone, Manning?
19709You failed to make your quarter- hour check to the traffic- control center, I believe?
19709You go up and get Loring, see? 19709 You got space fever or something?"
19709You got the ship?
19709You got_ who_?
19709You have any credits?
19709You knew all along I did n''t have anything to do with that crash back on the station, did n''t you?
19709You know the only reason they allowed this space creep in the Academy, Tom?
19709You know we''re up against big odds, do n''t you?
19709You mean Major''Blast- off''Connel?
19709You mean, sir,asked Tom, perplexed,"you''ll tear the satellite out of Tara''s gravitational pull?"
19709You mean-- official-- like here on the station, sir?
19709You mean--?
19709You really think that you can blast this satellite out of its orbit?
19709You said you have something important to discuss with me?
19709You saw the way he chewed us up, and for what? 19709 You think he''ll go for it?"
19709You think it might be something deeper?
19709You think we''ll ever go as far into the deep with a rocket ship as we can see with the big eye?
19709You want more speed, do n''t you?
19709You want papers for the astrogation deck, or control, or as a power pusher?
19709You want ten minutes, huh? 19709 You wanta know about hyperdrive?"
19709You what?
19709You''ll do what I tell you to do, see?
19709Your name''s Manning, is n''t it?
19709_ And what_, Cadet Astro?
19709_ Then why, by the craters of Luna, do n''t I have that position?_"I was-- busy, sir,came the meek reply.
19709_ You?_gasped Loring.
19709All clear?
19709All clear?"
19709All right?"
19709And besides, what do I need to be smart for?
19709And that Alfie is sure to have a brilliant future in astrophysics?"
19709Any questions?"
19709Astro, are you sure you made a correct estimate on the amount of reactant fuel in the_ Space Devil_?"
19709But talking to whom?"
19709But what will happen to you now?"
19709By the craters of Luna, how many times can you change course in five minutes?"
19709By the moons of Jupiter, what are we going to do there?"
19709CHAPTER 10"Can I speak with you a minute, spaceman?"
19709CHAPTER 12"How much longer before we reach the atmosphere of Tara, Manning?"
19709Can you read beam?"
19709Control- deck cadet, eh?
19709Did you know that, Cadet Manning?"
19709Did you make out the report yourself?"
19709Do we have a clear tangent forward and up?"
19709Do you see it, Scotty?"
19709Do you want to take over the bridge?"
19709Finally Roger asked,"What happened on Phobos?"
19709Get the little guy space happy, or something?"
19709Get us blasted out of space?"
19709How about his standard check- in with traffic control?"
19709How do you like that, Tom?
19709How much time do we have left, Corbett?"
19709How much time until zero blast- off on the satellite?"
19709How much time would we need on Junior?"
19709How will we live?"
19709How''d you get here?"
19709How''re you making out with the new equipment?"
19709I ask you-- for what?"
19709I lifted her off the ground and then figured why should I give it back?
19709I''ll-- charge-- gun...""Ca n''t you figure this thing out either?"
19709I''ve got you, have n''t I?"
19709If we bail out of this tub in space suits, who''s going to pick us up?"
19709Including cadets?"
19709Is everything set?"
19709Is that clear, Cadet Astro?"
19709Is that clear, Cadet Manning?"
19709Is that clear?"
19709Is that clear?"
19709Is that clear?"
19709Is there anything you_ ca n''t_ do, Alfie?"
19709It must have been pretty bad on the station, eh?"
19709Join me in a little acceleration sport?"
19709Let''s sit down at this table, eh?"
19709Major Connel, can you hear me?
19709Major Connel, sir?"
19709Newton''s laws of motion, remember?
19709Now, how about getting this wagon down to Tara?"
19709See that small dark patch over there in the middle of the planet?"
19709Shall I answer her?"
19709Shinny?"
19709Shinny?"
19709Shinny?"
19709Smart, huh?
19709So what?"
19709So you do n''t think I''m going to let them stay alive, do you?"
19709Suppose Tom or Astro or anyone was near the ship?
19709Ten minutes for what?
19709Then he added quietly, thoughtfully,"But we''re out of fuel, you said?"
19709Then what are we suiting up for?"
19709Then, with a quick look at Loring, he asked softly,"Were there any other survivors?"
19709Think you''ll like that?"
19709Well, you wo n''t mind if I have just a little one?"
19709What are you talking about?"
19709What could you do for me?"
19709What do you think of our layout?"
19709What happened?"
19709What is this?"
19709What would you do?"
19709What''re you doing on that ship?"
19709What''re you doing out here?
19709What''s that guy and the space freighter_ Annie Jones_ got to do with us?"
19709What?"
19709Where are we going?"
19709Who''re you?"
19709Why ca n''t we get something exciting for a change?"
19709Why had n''t he quit, they wanted to know?
19709You and what fleet of spaceships?"
19709You boys are kinda down since you blew that little operation, huh?"
19709You got that, Shinny?"
19709You know what to do?"
19709You know what to do?"
19709You know who his father was?"
19709You mean-- girls?"
19709[ Illustration:"_ Remember,"Astro cautioned,"set the fuse for two hours._"]"What took you so long, Manning?"
19709said Shinny--"Now I guess we''d better go talk to that boy Manning, eh?"
19526A light?
19526A what?
19526All excited, spacemen?
19526All set down there?
19526All set to get rid of the rotten apple?
19526All set, Astro?
19526All the valve connections broken?
19526All your relays to the power deck working, Astro?
19526And how about you?
19526And how did you arrive at this conclusion, Manning?
19526And if it does n''t stop?
19526And it does n''t kill, sir?
19526And then what happens?
19526And wait for the heat to reach the top of the thermometer? 19526 And what makes you think so?"
19526And why not?
19526And you have photo- slides of all two thousand?
19526And-- speaking specifically, Steve?
19526Any canals around here, Tom?
19526Any ideas what the trouble might be?
19526Any other message from them yet, sir?
19526Are you all right, Astro?
19526Are you sure those other ships can equal your speed?
19526Are you sure you want to do it?
19526Astro, how much could you get out of this baby by opening the by- pass between the cooling pumps and the reactant chamber? 19526 Astro, remember the time we were on the ground crew as extra duty and we had to overhaul the_ Polaris_?"
19526Astro, where in the name of the universe did you get the idea you could be an officer in the Solar Guard?
19526Astro? 19526 Astro?
19526Been studying long hard hours in primary school, eh? 19526 Beg pardon, sir,"said Tom,"were you speaking to us?"
19526But are you sure you want to go on?
19526But did n''t you expect one side or the other to win?
19526But how did you ever survive?
19526But how is that possible?
19526But how-- how could this happen?
19526But if it is,said Roger,"how did he get out there?"
19526But if you ca n''t?
19526But who can live with him? 19526 Ca n''t carry your own luggage, eh?"
19526Call four spaceburgers a meal? 19526 Can you breathe O.K.?"
19526Can you do it without your astrogation prism?
19526Can you read it?
19526Corbett?
19526Could n''t we tunnel through it to the top, if it has filled the ship down as far as here?
19526Could n''t you think of anything original to say?
19526Did you agree to carry this man''s luggage?
19526Did you cut all the way through?
19526Did you get that emergency from the_ Lady Venus_--the S O S?
19526Did you happen to see the play in the first period?
19526Did you see that, Astro?
19526Do n''t tell me we have to go through that again?
19526Do n''t they ever get tired of waving that flag around here?
19526Do n''t we have any arms aboard at all, sir?
19526Do n''t you ever get tired of complaining?
19526Do we have a candidate in the group who finds it necessary to provide himself with valet service?
19526Do we have a clear trajectory fore and aft, Roger?
19526Do we have a clear trajectory forward?
19526Do we have any flares?
19526Do you recognize this room?
19526Do you think it''s right?
19526Does that include yourself?
19526Ever think about the enlisted Solar Guard? 19526 Everything O.K., Phil?"
19526Excuse me, Captain,said Tom,"but have there been any serious collisions in space between ships?"
19526Get that, Astro?
19526Getting fan mail already?
19526Gloves?
19526Going to carry my bags?
19526Have you got a course for us, Roger?
19526Having dinner, eh, boys? 19526 Hey, Astro-- where are you?"
19526Hey, Tom, where you going?
19526Hey, where are you going?
19526Hey,said Astro,"do you think he means it?"
19526Hiya, Corbett,said Roger,"did you hear how Astro made out yet?"
19526How about food?
19526How about him adjusting to us? 19526 How about it, Astro?"
19526How about it, Roger?
19526How about you, Astro?
19526How about you, Astro?
19526How about you, Roger?
19526How about you?
19526How are you going to get the position?
19526How can I make them forget it?
19526How come?
19526How do we keep them together?
19526How do you do that?
19526How do you figure that?
19526How far away do you think it is?
19526How far away from her are you?
19526How many jet boats do you have?
19526How many rooms in this hotel, Beautiful?
19526How shall we approach her, sir?
19526How will that look on your record? 19526 How''re they taking it?"
19526How?
19526How?
19526How?
19526I have, sir? 19526 I mean how are you going to get the tube out of the ship?"
19526I mean, forget about talking to Captain Strong?
19526I suppose you think your Unit 77-K will finish on top?
19526I thought we left that stuff back at the Academy?
19526I was saved by the bell, was n''t I?
19526I wonder if we could get off and take a look?
19526I wonder if we could rig up some sort of emergency signal so we could send out a relative position?
19526I''ve been thinking, Tom,said Roger,"suppose it''s as high as the upper decks outside?
19526If we ca n''t see the_ Lady Venus_ standing still, and knowing where to look,said Astro,"how could a man in a rocket scout ever find it?"
19526Is anything wrong?
19526Is n''t there any left at all?
19526Is n''t yours?
19526Is one of you Cadet Tom Corbett?
19526Is that clear?
19526Is that your luggage?
19526Is there something wrong with my work, sir?
19526Just to be a cadet or a successful cadet_ and_ a Solar Guard officer?
19526Know anything about hyperdrive?
19526Know what that is?
19526Like who?
19526Manning, do you want to be a successful cadet here at Space Academy?
19526Manning,he called,"what brings you here?"
19526May I have the passenger lists, Captain?
19526May I help you?
19526Me?
19526Miss Elizabeth Anderson?
19526Miss Nancy Anderson?
19526Mrs. Helen Carson?
19526Mrs. John Bailey?
19526Nervous, Corbett?
19526No other names?
19526Not even enough to get us into Marsopolis?
19526Oh, sure,said Roger,"I can keep this wagon outa their way, but will they stay outa mine?
19526Oh, you guess you were, eh?
19526Oh?
19526Oh?
19526On questions concerning the power- deck operations, he was letter perfect--"And on the others? 19526 Orders from the coach on the side lines?"
19526Power deck, aye?
19526Promise to behave yourself?
19526Remember that night on the monorail going into Atom City? 19526 Roger, are you all right?"
19526Roger,asked Tom quickly,"are you all right?"
19526Roger,said Tom gently,"Roger, are you all right?"
19526Say, Tom-- ah, since we sort of know each other, how about us trying to get in the same quarters?
19526Say, what are you two guys talking about?
19526Say, what''s the matter with you? 19526 Say, where''s Astro?"
19526Say,asked Tom,"where''s Astro?"
19526Say-- what''s going on here?
19526See anything?
19526Shall I check stations and proceed to raise ship?
19526Shall I stand by with the flares?
19526Since when does a referee take sides? 19526 Smooth, huh?"
19526So I have to take you on too, huh?
19526So bad, huh?
19526So eavesdropping is one of your talents too, eh, Corbett?
19526So quick?
19526So this is your tub?
19526So we move on?
19526So you''ve got a strained wrist, have you?
19526Stop complaining, will you?
19526Sure is pretty, is n''t it?
19526Surprised, huh?
19526Team?
19526Tell me, Manning, do you have any ideas on life?
19526That all, sir?
19526That night-- in Galaxy Hall, when you were crying--?
19526That pal of yours is a real Space Cadet fan, is n''t he, Roger?
19526That you ca n''t take it?
19526That''s a good idea,said Tom,"but do n''t you think the ship itself is big enough for that?"
19526The Earthworm units buckling down to business?
19526Then we passed as a unit, sir?
19526Then what about Al James?
19526Then what is it? 19526 Then why do n''t we put the game on ice?"
19526Then why do n''t you act like it?
19526Then why?
19526Then you''ll go see Captain Strong?
19526Then, do you think he''s acting up because Corbett is the nominal head of the unit? 19526 Think Astro''ll make it?"
19526Think it''s going to let up soon?
19526Think there are any fish in this canal?
19526Think there might be a breeze if we opened up one side of this thing?
19526Think we can force it back enough to get a good hold on it?
19526Think we ought to camp here?
19526Told him what?
19526Tom, are you O.K.?
19526Want to open the hatch and take a look?
19526Wanta be a spaceman, do ya?
19526Wanta try marching during the day?
19526We came here to have fun, did n''t we?
19526Well, could n''t we drive boron rods into the mass and slow down the reaction?
19526Well, hot- shot, I promised you something when I got back, did n''t I?
19526Well, hot- shot,snarled Roger back on the starting line,"what happened to the big pass- stealing idea?"
19526Well, how about it, Roger?
19526Well, what about it, Steve?
19526Well, what are you doing here?
19526Well, what do we do now?
19526Well, what do you want to do?
19526Well, you knuckle- headed orphan,said Roger,"are you going to get us out of here, or not?"
19526Well,asked Astro,"what has the great Manning brain figured out?"
19526Well,asked Roger,"do we freeze or do n''t we?"
19526Well,he said quietly,"how about it, you guys?
19526Well,roared the red- clad spaceman,"do n''t you want to climb aboard and see what your ship looks like inside?"
19526Well,said Astro at last,"where do we go from here?"
19526Well,said Tom after a moment,"what_ did_ your father tell you?"
19526Well-- I mean-- what specifically?
19526Well? 19526 Were you really taken in with that space gas, Tom?"
19526What I want to know is,pursued Walters,"did the fight prove anything?
19526What about Manning and Unit 42-D? 19526 What about Manning?"
19526What about that time in Atom City when you defended the Academy?
19526What are you all standing around for?
19526What are you doing with it?
19526What bet?
19526What color slip did he have?
19526What do I care?
19526What do they say?
19526What do we do from noon until evening?
19526What do we do next?
19526What do you mean by that, Roger?
19526What do you mean''how''?
19526What do you mean''nothing''?
19526What do you mean?
19526What do you mean?
19526What do you think made this tub act up like this, Astro?
19526What do you think, Joan?
19526What do you want to do?
19526What happened to Philip Morgan?
19526What happens now, sir?
19526What kind of a crack is that?
19526What made you change your mind about seeing Captain Strong?
19526What made you say the things you did to Astro before he went for his manual?
19526What name do I give, sir?
19526What next?
19526What time do we eat?
19526What time is it, Tom?
19526What time is it?
19526What tricks?
19526What was in that note?
19526What was in the note, Roger?
19526What was that Geiger count again?
19526What was that little bit of space gas about, Roger?
19526What was the idea of that crack about brains?
19526What was the meaning of that little speech I heard a moment ago?
19526What would you like me to listen to, Cadet Astro?
19526What''d he say?
19526What''d you say, Roger?
19526What''ll you do?
19526What''ll you do?
19526What''s behind it, do you think?
19526What''s cooking below, Astro? 19526 What''s eating you, Roger?
19526What''s frying you?
19526What''s going on up there?
19526What''s happened this time?
19526What''s happened to you, Roger?
19526What''s that for, Astro?
19526What''s that supposed to mean, Manning?
19526What''s that supposed to mean?
19526What''s that, Mann--?
19526What''s that, sir?
19526What''s that?
19526What''s that?
19526What''s that?
19526What''s that?
19526What''s that?
19526What''s the Geiger count on the radiation?
19526What''s the count?
19526What''s the idea of giving Astro a hard time?
19526What''s the idea, Manning? 19526 What''s the matter with Astro?"
19526What''s the matter with beautiful girls?
19526What''s the rest of it, Mister?
19526What''s the trouble, skipper?
19526What''s the trouble?
19526What''s your name, Mister?
19526What''s your name?
19526What''s your trouble, skipper?
19526Whatever made you become a Space Cadet, Roger?
19526When does Unit 42-D take its manuals?
19526Where do you think we are?
19526Where is that space crawler right now?
19526Where''s Astro?
19526Where''s Roger? 19526 Where''s Roger?"
19526Where''s the other cadet?
19526Which of''em is nearest the center of the city?
19526Who are you kidding?
19526Who wants to stand here and debate the question?
19526Who''s coming up first?
19526Whom do you suggest, sir?
19526Whose is it then?
19526Why did n''t your power- deck man dump the mass?
19526Why did you say the things you did before a guy goes to take an exam?
19526Why do n''t we go aboard, sir?
19526Why do you ask?
19526Why do you ask?
19526Why go down to the power deck?
19526Why not?
19526Why not?
19526Why two hours, Roger?
19526Why use emergency speed, Corbett?
19526Why-- ah-- what do you mean, sir?
19526Why? 19526 Why?"
19526Why?
19526Why?
19526Will Cadet Candidate Roger Manning please step forward?
19526Win, or play fair?
19526With Astro on our team?
19526Wo n''t you sit down, sir?
19526Wonder how Captain Strong is making out with those tough babies on the_ Polaris_?
19526Wonder if Strong has discovered we''re missing?
19526Worried, spaceboy?
19526Yeah, why?
19526Yeah-- but what do you think it''s going to be like out in space with Manning making sour cracks all the time?
19526Yes, sir?
19526You got a_ real_ hard luck story, eh, big boy?
19526You hear that, Roger?
19526You know about that?
19526You mean he''s the more aggressive of the three?
19526You mean the identification flares for safety factors?
19526You mean, he actually wanted to bet that Astro would pass?
19526You mean, nothing since the fight in the gym?
19526You mean, we made it? 19526 You mean,"asked the girl, a little flustered,"you want to look at all the slides?"
19526You mean,interrupted Astro,"you''ve got to keep track of all those ships at once?"
19526You think something might be wrong?
19526You want to eat now?
19526You wanta keep it this way for a while?
19526You''ll do this with just the_ Polaris_?
19526You''re pretty sold on them, are n''t you, Steve?
19526You''ve got thirty tons of fuel-- you want to find the compression ratio of the number- one firing- tube chamber-- so what do you do?
19526Your father''s?
19526*****"And you mean to tell me, you_ walked_ across that desert?"
19526*****"Hey, Roger,"yelled Astro from the middle of the canal,"ever see a guy make like a submarine?"
19526... What is the range of the Mark Nine radar- scope, and how far can a spaceship be successfully distinguished from other objects in space?..."
19526All clear?
19526All clear?"
19526And I''ll tell you something else--""What?"
19526And his father?
19526And if one of them failed...?
19526And in a surprisingly soft tone he added,"You two pulled green slips, eh?"
19526And my mother?
19526And remember, when I gave Al James the brush in that restaurant in Atom City?
19526And what have they found?
19526And what is the result?
19526Any questions?"
19526Any questions?"
19526Are those boys learning to work together or not?
19526Are you fully prepared?"
19526Are you going to lay off each other now?"
19526Astrogation and control deck?"
19526Bernard?"
19526But then, we''re old friends, are n''t we?"
19526CHAPTER 15"What''s the reading on the Geiger counter now?"
19526CHAPTER 21"How much water left?"
19526CHAPTER 5"Will this do, Manning?"
19526Can you spare me a minute?"
19526Did n''t he help you with them?"
19526Did the boys get it out of their systems and are they concentrating on becoming a unit?"
19526Did you hear that, Manning?
19526Did you or did n''t you?"
19526Do we have clear trajectory forward and up, Roger?"
19526Do you mean life as a whole or a specific part of life?"
19526Do you want me to do that?"
19526Does he feel that he should be the command cadet in the control deck instead of Corbett?"
19526Does n''t McKenny have a heart?"
19526Get that?
19526He glanced past McKenny toward the other boys and added softly,"And comradeship_ is_ the spirit of Space Academy, is n''t it, sir?"
19526He stopped short and then added softly with biting sarcasm,"Why do you know so much, Cadet Manning?"
19526Herbert?"
19526Hey, Astro, can you hear me?"
19526How about it, Astro?"
19526How about those torches?"
19526How could he command a crew out in space if he could n''t keep the friction of his own unit under control?
19526How do you feel?"
19526How do you think they replace these things when they get cracked?"
19526How many jet boats were on the deck, Corbett?"
19526How many passengers?"
19526How much time left?"
19526I really walked into that one, did n''t I?"
19526If anything happened to you two guys and I did n''t know how to get you home, then what?"
19526Is that right?"
19526Is that why Richards was here?"
19526It all adds up, does n''t it?
19526It just does n''t stop, does it?"
19526Lying in his bunk, hands under his head, eyes staring into space, Tom asked,"What happens now?"
19526Move like you''re very tired, see?
19526Or have n''t you noticed you''re standing in the dark?"
19526Ready?"
19526Roger?!"
19526See these hash marks?"
19526So fast?
19526So what?"
19526Suppose I climb in the main exhaust, between the tube and the outer hull, and cut away the cleats that hold the tube to the ship?"
19526That man Bernard who bought dinner for us?
19526Think you can last it?"
19526To get yourself a Solar Medal?"
19526Was there some reason behind his companion''s strange actions?
19526We cut all the cleats, remember?
19526We''re cadets?"
19526We''re really in?
19526Were Manning and Astro squaring off to fight?"
19526Were you able to get rid of the radiation?"
19526What about that space- gassing hot- shot?"
19526What is the first thing you do?"
19526What makes you think three cadets are so important that the Solar Guard will take time out to look for us?
19526What next?"
19526What was it all about?
19526What would he do if he were in command of the invading fleet?
19526What would he tell his mother?
19526What''s going on here?"
19526Where you all from?"
19526Who stepped off that slidestairs_ first_?"
19526Why bring them all the way to the Academy and then give the tests?
19526Why had he acted so strangely at dinner?
19526Why not start the entrance exams at the beginning with the classification and aptitude?
19526Why should anyone be wandering around the hall at this time of night?
19526Why was that, Roger?"
19526Why?"
19526Wo n''t I, sir?"
19526Would you have done it for me?"
19526Yet what could it possibly be?
19526You mean--_I really passed?_""Next step is Manning,"said Strong.
19526You see this radar deck?"
19526You want to feel those rockets bucking in your back out in the stars?
19526You were too big, so I went in, remember?"
19526[ Illustration:_ A low muted roar pulsed through the ship_]"What did he have to say about this operation?"
19526[ Illustration:_"Attention Squadrons D and F-- proceed to Luna City"_]"Have you got that course, Roger?"
19526[ Illustration] CHAPTER 18"You think it''ll last much longer?"
19526[ Illustration] CHAPTER 20"Got everything we need?"
19526[ Illustration] CHAPTER 6"Well, Steve, how''s everything going?"
19526[ Illustration]"If you''re so interested in scoring, why do n''t you go after the ball yourselves then?"
19526_ EH?_""Yes, sir,"replied Tom, wondering how this man he did n''t even know could know so much about him.
18753About what?
18753About what?
18753Ah-- pardon me, sir, but can I go now? 18753 All right-- all right,"growled Astro,"but what are we going to do about it?"
18753All set?
18753And do you recall your childish manner of explaining it?
18753And four hundred ships crashed in landing? 18753 And how?"
18753And interrupt the happiest hours in Astro''s life?
18753And kill innocent people who do n''t know what they''re doing?
18753And there has n''t been any explanation of why the instruments went out?
18753And you are absolutely sure of your findings?
18753And you say that the colonists were forced to pay for their food on the trip out?
18753And you''re sure you saw no one, and that no one saw you?
18753Any sign of an opening in this stuff?
18753Anything else, sir?
18753Are n''t you going to tell Governor Hardy about this?
18753Are those two space crawlers still acting like monkeys out of their cages?
18753Are you afraid?
18753Are you alone?
18753Are you going to tell him what''s going on here?
18753Are you interested in radar, Jane?
18753Are you off your rocket?
18753Are you sure of this, Joan?
18753Are you thinking what I''m thinking?
18753Article Sixteen? 18753 Boss, what''re you doing?"
18753Bush, did you see the cadets last night?
18753But I still say why and what?
18753But could you tell us if the mission had anything to do with the Roald project?
18753But how can that be?
18753But how can you judge a crop by just looking at the fields?
18753But how can you tell it''s uranium?
18753But how could they force you to pay?
18753But how do you know that Manning will get mad enough?
18753But how? 18753 But how?"
18753But how?
18753But if that were so,Astro protested,"would n''t the instruments still be acting up?
18753But on the other hand,he continued,"why was n''t there some report of it when the first expedition came out to look over the satellite?"
18753But what about the girls? 18753 But what about their treatment of the colonists?"
18753But what about you, sir?
18753But what can I say I''m looking for in the logbook?
18753But what do you want us to do?
18753But what kind of proof will you have that the cadets did something to the old man?
18753But what?
18753But why would a man like that, with all that experience, want to bury himself on Roald? 18753 But why?"
18753But wo n''t they be watching Jeff too?
18753But you did, willfully and with full knowledge of your act, violate the space code by using false papers, did n''t you?
18753But, but-- how can you? 18753 But, sir,"he stammered,"it''s-- it''s--""It''s what, Corbett?
18753Ca n''t you tell the difference between our goal and theirs?
18753Cadet Astro, would you take a job with an outfit and give up space to sit behind a desk eight hours a day?
18753Cadet Manning, do you see this calculator?
18753Cadet Manning,shouted Sykes,"do you remember our conversation last night on the subject of circular motion of captive planets around a sun star?"
18753Can you explain it?
18753Can you imagine that guy?
18753Can you imagine the ego of that guy? 18753 Can you tell me where I can find the Logan farm?"
18753Captain Strong, how old do you have to be to get into Space Academy?
18753Captain Strong,he said,"could I see you a minute?"
18753Commander Walters?
18753Could n''t we log some sack time before we start another assignment?
18753Could n''t you refuse?
18753Could you prove it?
18753Did Professor Sykes find any indication of what might have caused the instruments to act up during the landing, Jeff?
18753Did anyone see you at the mess hall when you went to get a bite?
18753Did anyone see you in the pool?
18753Did n''t the professor put up a fight?
18753Did you hear Cadet Manning threaten Professor Sykes?
18753Did you notice anything aboard Number Twelve that looked-- well, suspicious?
18753Did you say you went swimming_ alone?_"We did!
18753Did you see the cadets last night, Winters?
18753Did you see the way he spotted Roger''s roving eye looking for his pretty sister? 18753 Did you send him up here?"
18753Did you want to say something?
18753Do any of you understand physics?
18753Do n''t you remember your Space Code laws, Astro?
18753Do you deny that that is your voice?
18753Do you have a pen, or would you like to use mine?
18753Do you have anything to add, sir?
18753Do you know why I refused it?
18753Do you realize what you''re doing?
18753Doing what?
18753Electric wrist watches? 18753 Electric?"
18753Ever hear of the_ Polaris_ unit, sir?
18753For instance, will the rich applicants have a better chance than the poor?
18753For what?
18753Framed?
18753Get that, Astro?
18753Getting pretty big for your britches, are n''t you?
18753Got your radar sweeping ahead, Roger?
18753Has he been here?
18753Has the complete report been sent back?
18753Have you found Professor Sykes?
18753Have you said anything to Vidac about this?
18753He''s a real brain and we could learn a lot from him, but--"But what?
18753How about Governor Hardy?
18753How about finishing the game, Tom? 18753 How about outside in space?"
18753How about something to eat,he demanded,"and some story tapes to pass away the time?"
18753How about you, Manning? 18753 How are you going to get old Logan to sign the release?"
18753How are you making out with your classroom studies, Astro?
18753How come you did n''t get Richards on that play?
18753How could I prove it when I do n''t know what happened to it?
18753How could he know?
18753How could it have been missed?
18753How could you have replaced him, mister?
18753How did that happen?
18753How do we know you''re telling us the truth, and not just trying to save them?
18753How do you feel about it, Tom?
18753How do you figure that, Astro?
18753How far are we from the surface?
18753How far did you get with the tube, Astro?
18753How far out is he?
18753How is that, sir?
18753How much do you know about electronics and astrophysics?
18753How old are the children?
18753How quickly?
18753How''d you find that out?
18753How''d you know we were confined to quarters, sir?
18753How''d you manage to get in here?
18753How''s that again, Astro?
18753How?
18753I did what?
18753I feel the same way, Astro,said Tom,"but actually what are we going to say to Captain Strong?
18753I just remembered something--"What, sir?
18753I mean, what''s wrong with that?
18753If you suspected Vidac, why did you give him the information on the uranium to send back to the Solar Guard?
18753If-- if I sign the paper,stammered Logan,"will you leave Jane alone?"
18753In an unknown asteroid cluster? 18753 Is Corbett or Manning or Astro in on this?"
18753Is it on land that has been parceled out to the colonists?
18753Is it on our present course?
18753Is n''t it too bad, Winters,said Vidac,"that we just missed supper?"
18753Is n''t that Captain Strong?
18753Is n''t that Jane Logan?
18753Is n''t using force to take the land away proof enough?
18753Is the radar working well enough for us to search the asteroid cluster without plowing into any space junk?
18753Is there a way through the asteroid cluster?
18753Is there something wrong?
18753Is this another of your tricks, Corbett?
18753It''s my voice all right but--"_ And_ do you deny that last night, before we left, it was decided that my explanation would be used?
18753Jeff-- Jeff,asked Jane despairingly,"do you think they''ll catch the boys?"
18753Jeff?
18753Just what would you talk about, Cadet Manning?
18753Know where we''re going, Joe?
18753Listen, punk,snarled Winters,"I just saw your boss--""My boss?"
18753May I speak, sir?
18753May I speak, sir?
18753Murder? 18753 Murder?"
18753No report, eh?
18753Notice the nervous twitch he has on the side of his face?
18753Oh, is that a fact?
18753Oh? 18753 Perhaps you remember that you paid over part of your future profits during the trip out from Atom City?"
18753Physics?
18753Picking on Roger in front of Professor Sykes? 18753 Ready, Astro?"
18753Remember what happened to the instruments?
18753Say, Roger,suddenly asked Astro,"do you think you remember enough about that triple vacuum tube to draw me a blueprint?"
18753Say, are you guys going in or not?
18753Say, can you imagine a guy like that suddenly losing his nerve?
18753Say,said Winters suddenly,"ai n''t you got a kid?"
18753See that, big boy?
18753Shall I tell Astro to pour on extra thrust, sir?
18753Since Roger does n''t seem to be too busy, why do n''t you ask him for all the Academy dope?
18753Sir,asked Tom quietly,"is n''t there something we can do?"
18753So what?
18753Suppose he knows his land is worth about ten billion credits?
18753Telling you what?
18753That make any sense to you, sir?
18753That''s enough, is n''t it?
18753That''s real nice of you, but--"But what, sir?
18753Then Vidac and Hardy knew about the uranium?
18753Then how can the cadets be charged with murder if you ca n''t produce a body?
18753Then how do you explain that_ your_ voice with_ your_ explanation is now on the master spool?
18753Then it''s not caused by any malfunction aboard the ship?
18753Then they are forced, more or less, to depend on each other?
18753Then they took you off the jury?
18753Then what did you do?
18753Then what happened?
18753Then will the lieutenant governor please put in writing any further orders he might have for us?
18753Then you could n''t possibly know if he was sleeping or down here recording, could you?
18753There are n''t any on Roald, remember? 18753 They just walked out on you?"
18753They''ve either found the cadets or--"Or what?
18753Think he''d record it in there?
18753Think it might be something to do with our assignments?
18753Think we can get them to help us?
18753Think we might get assigned to that radar project they''re setting up on the Moon?
18753Think we''ll ever reach those babies?
18753This could be a trap, but what can we do?
18753Tricks, sir?
18753Vidac, eh?
18753Was there any special reason why you wanted to see us, sir?
18753We passed through a cloud of meteor dust the other day, did n''t we?
18753We would like to know, sir, under what article of the space code was Sergeant Marshall sentenced to the brig?
18753We''ll actually go with the colonists?
18753We''ll be sticking our necks out, but since when have we ever let that stop us?
18753We''ll have dinner, and then see a stereo, and I know a nice quiet spot where we can talk--"Talk?
18753Well, Captain Strong? 18753 Well, Manning?
18753Well, Marshall?
18753Well, Steve?
18753Well, what about it?
18753Well, what do we do now?
18753Well, what do you expect a man to do? 18753 Well, what do you think it is?"
18753Well, what now?
18753Well, what''s wrong with that?
18753Well,he demanded,"what have you got to say for yourselves?"
18753Well,said Astro,"what about him?"
18753Well,snorted Logan,"what have_ you_ got in mind?"
18753Well?
18753Well?
18753Were n''t they in their quarters?
18753Were they alone?
18753Were you awake all night, Corbett?
18753Wha--?
18753What about him?
18753What about him?
18753What about the instrument disturbance?
18753What about the way they antagonized us?
18753What about?
18753What are they doing here? 18753 What are we waiting for?"
18753What are you boys going to do?
18753What are you doing down here, Manning?
18753What are you doing here, Marshall?
18753What are you doing here?
18753What are you doing?
18753What are you going to do?
18753What are you going to do?
18753What are you talking about?
18753What could be so secret about this mission?
18753What could you say that he does n''t already know?
18753What did he say?
18753What did they talk about?
18753What did you do with the professor?
18753What do you mean, Roger?
18753What do you mean--_if_?
18753What do you mean?
18753What do you suppose it is?
18753What do you think it''ll be?
18753What do you think they''ll do?
18753What do you think?
18753What do you want?
18753What do you want?
18753What does it mean?
18753What else can we do?
18753What else have Winters and Bush done?
18753What happened to them then?
18753What have you got to say to that?
18753What have you got to suggest?
18753What is it, Bill?
18753What is it, Corbett?
18753What is it, Sergeant?
18753What kind of a cow?
18753What kind of changes, sir?
18753What kind of consideration?
18753What kind of paper?
18753What kind of precaution?
18753What made you come out here, Jeff?
18753What really happened to him,mused Roger,"and why?"
18753What space- blasting idiot got the idea that I needed any assistants?
18753What will our part be, sir?
18753What''re you trying to do, Corbett? 18753 What''s going on here?"
18753What''s that got to do with it?
18753What''s that, Corbett?
18753What''s that, sir?
18753What''s that?
18753What''s that?
18753What''s the Roald City Fund?
18753What''s the matter with the way we''ve been doing it?
18753What''s the matter with you three guys? 18753 What''s the matter, Winters?
18753What''s the matter? 18753 What''s the meaning of this, Marshall?"
18753What''s the meaning of this?
18753What''s this?
18753What''s up, Joe?
18753What''s up?
18753What''s your name?
18753What, sir?
18753What?
18753What?
18753What?
18753What?
18753What?
18753When did you get here, sir?
18753When was the last time you saw the cadets?
18753When you do, Vidac,said Strong grimly,"and he happens to be alive, make sure he stays that way, eh?"
18753Where are Corbett and Manning?
18753Where are the other boys?
18753Where are the others?
18753Where are you going to get the colonists, sir?
18753Where did you take him?
18753Where do we start first?
18753Where do you think I could get one of those tubes, besides on the radar bridge, Roger?
18753Where is Professor Sykes?
18753Where is it?
18753Where is the professor''s body?
18753Where is this strike?
18753Where were you last night?
18753Where will I find him?
18753Where''d they go?
18753Where?
18753Where?
18753Where?
18753Which way did they go?
18753Which way shall I drop him, Tom? 18753 Who are you and what do you want?"
18753Who are you, mister?
18753Who are you?
18753Who are you?
18753Who could it be?
18753Who else could it be?
18753Who is it, Father?
18753Who is it?
18753Who''s the treasurer?
18753Who''s there?
18753Whose idea was this to come snooping around while we''re in flight?
18753Why ai n''t you out growing corn?
18753Why did n''t Governor Hardy do something?
18753Why did n''t you do something about it?
18753Why did n''t you let us know?
18753Why not?
18753Why only two?
18753Why should n''t we?
18753Why so fast?
18753Why would they want to help him?
18753Why-- why-- are you telling me this?
18753Why? 18753 Why?"
18753Will the quota of one thousand colonists include women and children?
18753Will there be any special tests, sir?
18753Will this cost the applicants anything, sir?
18753Will you excuse me, sir? 18753 Wo n''t Vidac know that you helped us?"
18753Wo n''t you stay for supper, Captain?
18753Wonder what''s up?
18753Would n''t you go back? 18753 Would you help me, Roger?"
18753Yes, Cadet Astro?
18753Yes, sir?
18753Yes?
18753You are?
18753You did?
18753You do n''t think--?
18753You do n''t, eh?
18753You going to send those two back with this report?
18753You have anything to say?
18753You heard it yourself?
18753You mean that Vidac does n''t know you''re here?
18753You mean the assignment?
18753You mean they''re not being sent?
18753You mean uranium pitchblende?
18753You mean we''re_ under_ the effects?
18753You mean you''ve been up all night looking for the cadets?
18753You mean,asked Roger,"Captain Strong did n''t tell you he was going?"
18753You sent for me, boss?
18753You still insist you know more,_ and_ can teach better than I, eh?
18753You think the cadets are still up there in the hills?
18753You think the journal is still in the lab?
18753You think they''ll go to Sykes?
18753You think we can get a twenty- four- hour pass, Mike?
18753You think,mused Astro slowly,"maybe Vidac did n''t send the report?"
18753You want me to do it for you?
18753You were pretty chummy with them, were n''t you?
18753You would n''t want to see your daughter undergo such an experience, would you?
18753You''ll what?
18753You''re Captain Strong of the Solar Guard, are n''t you?
18753You''re what?
18753You''ve already been invited?
18753_]Do you deny it?"
18753*****"... Are you sure?"
18753*****"Ca n''t you get any more out of this jalopy?"
18753*****"What did you say your name was?"
18753143"Has n''t anybody figured out why four hundred ships crashed in landing?"
18753And speaking of harmony, Jane, would you like to take a walk in the starlight?"
18753And then he stopped, frowning,"Say, have n''t I seen you before?"
18753And what are we going to say after we get there?
18753Any more experiments will take place in the observatory, and not unless I give my permission, is that clear?"
18753Any trouble?"
18753Are you coming?"
18753Are you sure you locked it up?"
18753As Astro began to strip off his jacket, he suddenly asked,"Do you think Captain Strong has returned from Pluto yet?"
18753Astro?"
18753But just to make sure, he called out,"Will you be needing anything, sir?"
18753But now--""What''s happened, sir?"
18753But what has that got to do with the instruments going out of whack?"
18753But what?
18753But why?
18753CHAPTER 12"What do you want?"
18753CHAPTER 9"Do you think it will be safe there?"
18753Ca n''t he do it himself, instead of sending a bunch of space squirts?"
18753Ca n''t you find something else for them to do?"
18753Ca n''t you get any more push out of this wagon?"
18753Can you hear me, Able Two?
18753Could he be mixed up in this affair?
18753Did n''t you see the way I convinced those dumb colonists that the cadets were responsible for the professor''s murder?
18753Do I make myself clear?"
18753Do I make myself clear?"
18753Do you know anything about it?"
18753Finally Tom asked,"Well, what do you think it is?"
18753Go hungry?
18753Has n''t anybody figured out why yet?"
18753Have communications with Earth been established yet?"
18753He paused in the hatch to call back in a low voice,"What can you do with a madman?"
18753He turned away, then stopped, and called back,"Want a lift back to the Tower?"
18753He turned to Astro and remarked casually,"I wonder what Captain Strong is doing right now?"
18753He''s logged an awful lot of time on merchant spaceships, but--""But what?"
18753How about taking this wagon and heading back for the Academy?"
18753How about you, Tom?"
18753How do you like the way she''s being run?"
18753How much fuel do we have left, Astro?"
18753How would you get help?"
18753I thought you three were supposed to be such good buddies?"
18753In fact, would n''t we start feeling the effects of the radiation?"
18753Just that Vidac has let some space crawlers into the expedition?"
18753Let''s see if we ca n''t do it a little more smoothly, eh?"
18753Logan?"
18753Logan?"
18753Maybe we''d better try for it, eh?"
18753Need Vidac''s help in everything you do?"
18753Now offhand, would n''t you say I would know how to operate it?"
18753Now what do you say?"
18753Now, why would n''t a man in charge of a project as large as this have secret messages?
18753O.K.?"
18753On his head or the seat of his pants?
18753Professor Sykes?"
18753Shall we go to my office?"
18753Take over, maybe?"
18753Tell me, what was the purpose of this''experimental''communications set?"
18753That small thing?"
18753The thing is, what are we going to do now?"
18753Tom, his eyes bright, asked,"Wo n''t everybody want to go, sir?"
18753Vidac paused, then added quietly,"Do I make myself clear?"
18753Was that a mistake?"
18753We''re out to get them, and when we do, we''re going to--""But what right have you to do this on your own?"
18753What do you want?"
18753What happened last night?"
18753What have you got to say for yourself?"
18753What were you going to do, Corbett?
18753What''s all the fuss about?"
18753What''s that?"
18753What''s the matter?"
18753Where are they?"
18753Where is Captain Strong?"
18753Where was he when the colonists were forced to pay for their food?
18753Why ca n''t we build one on the sly in the observatory?"
18753Why come to me?"
18753Why did n''t you read my thoughts when I beat my brains out trying to explain that thrust problem the other night?"
18753Why had n''t he checked on the cadets''statement that their report had n''t been sent out?
18753Why had n''t the governor done something about Vidac?
18753Why was that?"
18753Why would Vidac abduct Professor Sykes?
18753Why?"
18753Will they all be treated the same way?"
18753You think they''re alone?"
18753[ Illustration:_"Has n''t anybody figured out why four hundred ships crashed in landing?"
18753[ Illustration] CHAPTER 15"Is he still out there?"
18753[ Illustration] CHAPTER 17"Where do we cut off?"
18753[ Illustration] CHAPTER 21"And you kept giving Hardy wrong information?"
18753[ Illustration] CHAPTER 4"You mean Captain Strong has been recalled to the Academy?"
18753[ Illustration]"But I do n''t understand why it was n''t discovered before this?"