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Mind, this was before the first rocket landed on the Moon, when the whole moon rocket and lunar base project was a triple top secret. MIND THIS WAS BEFORE THE FIRST ROCKET LANDED ON THE MOON WHEN THE WHOLE MOON ROCKET AND LUNAR BASE PROJECT WAS A TRIPLE TOPSECRET
m crazy, mainly because I get confused at times and forget that something I know about hasn't happened yet." Weill snatched the cigarette from his mouth to keep from swallowing it. As it was, he choked on a mouthful of smoke and coughed violently, then sat back in the booth-seat, staring speechlessly. "It started a little over three years ago," Chalmers continued. "Just after New Year's, 1970. I was getting up a series of seminars for some of my postgraduate students on extrapolation of present social and political trends to the middle of the next century, and I began to find that I was getting some very fixed and definite ideas of what the world of 2050 to 2070 would be like. Completely unified world, abolition of all national states under a single world sovereignty, colonies on Mars and Venus, that sort of thing. Some of these ideas didn't seem quite logical; a number of them were complete reversals of present trends, and a lot seemed to depend on arbitrary and unpredictable factors. LY BECAUSE I GET CONFUSED AT TIMES AND FORGET THAT SOMETHING I KNOW ABOUT HASN'T HAPPENED YET VILES GNATCHED THE CIGARETTE FROM HIS MOUTH TO KEEP FROM SWALLOWING IT AS IT WAS HE CHOKED ON A MOUTHFUL OF SMOKE AND COWKED VIOLENTLY THEN SET BACK IN THE BOOTH SEAT STARING SPEECHLESSLY IT STARTED A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AGO CHALMERS CONTINUED JUST AFTER NEW YEAR'S NINETEEN SEVENTY I WAS GETTING UP A SERIES OF SEMINARS FOR SOME OF MY POSTGUATE STUDENTS ON EXTRA POLATION OF PRESENT SOCIAL POLITICAL TRANDS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY AND I BEGAN TO FIND THAT I WAS GETTING SOME VERY FIXED AND DEFINITE IDEAS OF WHAT THE WORLD OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTY TO TWO THOUSAND SEVENTY WOULD BE LIKE COMPLETELY UNIFIED WORLD ABOLITION OF ALL NATIONAL STATES UNDER A SINGLE WORLD SOVEREIGNTY COLONIES ON MARS AND VENUS THAT SORT OF THING SOME OF THESE IDEAS DIDN'T SEEM QUITE LOGICAL A NUMBER OF THEM WERE COMPLETE REVERSALS OF PRESENT FRIENDS AND A LOT SEEMED TO DEPEND ON ARBITRARY AND UNPREDICTABLE FACTORS
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