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Deston flipped a switch and spoke, quietly but clearly, into a microphone. "_Procyon One_ to Control Six. Flight Eight Four Nine. Subspace Radio Test Ninety Five  I think. How do you read me, Control Six?" DESTON FLIPPED A SWITCH AND SPOKE QUIETLY BUT CLEARLY INTO A MICROPHONE PROCYON ONE TO CONTROL SIX FLIGHT EIGHT FOUR NINE SUBSPACE RADIO TEST NINETY FIVE I THINK HOW DO YOU READ ME CONTROL SIX
nding cables which, each the size of a man's arm, had fanned out in all directions to anchorages welded solidly to the vessel's skin and frame. The anchorages, too, were gone; and tons upon tons of high-alloy steel plating and structural members for many feet around where each anchorage had been. Steel had run like water; had been blown away in gusts of vapor. "Shall I try the radio now, Doc?" Deston asked. "By no means. This first blast would, of course, be the worst, but there will be several more, of decreasing violence." * * * * * There were. The second, while it volatilized the boom and its grounding network, merely fused portions of the anchorages. The third took only the boom itself; the fourth took only the dangling miles of wire. At the sixth trial nothing--apparently--happened; whereupon the wire was drawn in and a two-hundred-pound mass of steel was lowered until it was in firm and quiescent contact with the solid rock of the planet. "Now you may try your radio," Adams said. OM OF COURSE WAS GONE SO WERE ALL TWENTY OF THE GROUNDING CABLES WHICH EACH THE SIZE OF A MAN'S ARM HAD FOUND OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS TO ANCHORAGES WELDED SOLIDLY TO THE VESSEL SKIN AND FRAME THE ANCHORAGES TOO WERE GONE AND TONS UPON TONS OF HIGH ALLOY STEEL PLATING AND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FOR MANY FEET AROUND WHERE EACH ANCHORAGE HAD BEEN STEEL HAD RUN LIKE WATER HAD BEEN BLOWN AWAY IN GUSTS OF VAPOR SHALL I TRY THE RADIO NOW DOC DESTON ASKED BY NO MEANS THIS FIRST BLAST WOULD OF COURSE BE THE WORST BUT THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MORE OF DECREASING VIOLENCE THERE WERE THE SECOND WHILE IT VOLATILIZED THE BOOM AND ITS GROUNDING NETWORK MERELY FUSED PORTIONS OF THE ANCHORAGES THE THIRD TOOK ONLY THE BOOM ITSELF THE FOURTH TOOK ONLY THE DANGLING MILES OF WIRE AT THE SIXTH TRIAL NOTHING APPARENTLY HAPPENED WHEREUPON THE WIRE WAS DRAWN IN AND TWO HUNDRED POUND MASS OF STEEL WAS LOWERED UNTIL IT WAS IN FIRM AND QUIESCENT CONTACT WITH THE SOLID ROCK OF THE PLANET NOW YOU MAY TRY YOUR RADIO ADAM SAID
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