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A twenty five mile coil of Graham wire was mounted on the remote controlled Hotchkiss reel. The end of the wire was run out over the pulley; a fifteen pound weight, to act both as a "senser" and to keep the wire from fouling, was attached; and a few hundred feet of wire were run out. A TWENTY FIVE MILE COIL OF GRAM WIRE WAS MOUNTED ON THE REMOTE CONTROLLED HOTCHCUS RAEL THE END OF THE WIRE WAS RUN OUT OVER THE POLE A FIFTEEN POUND WEIGHT TO ACT AS A CENSER AND TO KEEP WIRE FROM FOULING WAS ATTACHED AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF WIRE WERE RUN OUT
ed and jagged; one of its stupendous mountain ranges had sharp peaks more than forty thousand feet high. "There's one thing more we must do," Adams said. "I have barely begun to study this zeta field, and this one may very well be unique--irreplaceable. We must, therefore, launch all the lifecraft--except Number Two, of course--into separate orbits around this sun, so that a properly-staffed and properly-equipped expedition can study it." "Your proper expedition might get its pants burned off, too." "There is always that possibility; but I will insist on being assigned to the project. This information, young man, is _necessary_." "O. K., Doc," and it was done; and in a few days the _Procyon_ hung motionless, a good five hundred miles high, directly above the highest, sharpest mountain peak they had been able to find. The Bailey boom, with its spider-web-like network of grounding cables and with a large pulley at its end, extended two hundred feet straight out from the side of the ship. TION IT WAS TWICE AS MASSIVE AS EARTH ITS SURFACE WAS RUGGED AND JAGGED ONE OF ITS STUPENDOUS MOUNTAIN RANGES HAD SHARP PEAKS MORE THAN FORTY THOUSAND FEET HIGH THERE'S ONE THING WE MUST DO ADAM SAID I HAVE BARELY BEGUN TO STUDY THE ZENTA FIELD AND THIS ONE MAY VERY WELL BE UNIQUE IRREPLACEABLE WE MUST THEREFORE LAUNCH ALL THE LIFECRAFT EXCEPT NUMBER TWO OF COURSE INTO SEPARATE ORBITS AROUND THIS SUN SO THAT A PROPERLY STAFFED AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED EXPEDITION CAN STUDY IT YOUR PROPER EXPEDITION MIGHT GET ITS PANTS BURNED OFF TOO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY BUT I WILL INSIST ON BEING ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT THIS INFORMATION YOUNG MAN IS NECESSARY O K DOC AND IT WAS DONE AND IN A FEW DAYS THE PROCYON HUNG MOTIONLESS A GOOD FIVE HUNDRED MILES HIGH DIRECTLY ABOVE THE HIGHEST SHARPEST MOUNTAIN PEAK THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE BAILEY BOOM WITH A SPIDER LIKE WEB NETWORK OF GROUNDING CABLES AND WITH A LARGE POLE AT ITS END EXTENDED TWO HUNDRED FEET STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE SIDE OF THE SHIP
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