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They were maintained and serviced by ultra skilled, ultra trained, ultra able crews; they were operated by the _creme de la creme_ of manhood. Only a man with an extremely capable mind in an extremely capable body could become an officer of a subspacer. THEY WERE MAINTAINED AND SERVICED BY ULTRA SKILLED ULTRA TRAINED ULTRA ABLE CREWS THEY WERE OPERATED BY THE CREME DE LA CREME OF MANHOOD ONLY A MAN WITH AN EXTREMELY CAPABLE MIND AND AN EXTREMELY CAPABLE BODY COULD BECOME AN OFFICER OF A SUBSPACER
e." "Yes, but----" "No buts, buster. You have really tremendous powers, and they _aren't_ latent, either. All you have to do is quit fighting them and _use_ them. You're ever so much stronger and fuller than I am. All I can do at dowsing is find water, oil, coal, and gas. I'm no good at all on metals--I couldn't feel gold if I were perched right on the roof of Fort Knox; I couldn't feel radium if it were frying me to a crisp. But I'm _positive_ that you can tune yourself to anything you want to find." He didn't believe it, and the argument went on until they reached the "Reverend's" quarters. Then, of course, it was dropped automatically; and the next five days were deliciously, deliriously, ecstatically happy days for them both. II. At the time of this chronicle the status of interstellar flight was very similar to that of intercontinental jet-plane flight in the nineteen-sixties. Starships were designed by humanity's best brains; carried every safety device those brains could devise.  CHAPTER TWO OF SUBSPACE SURVIVORS BY E E DOC SMITH THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AT THE TIME OF THIS CHRONICLE THE STATUS OF INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF INTERCONTINENTAL JET PLAIN FLIGHT IN THE NINETEEN SIXTIES STARSHIPS WERE DESIGNED BY HUMANITY'S BEST BRAINS CARRIED EVERY SAFETY DEVICE THOSE BRAINS COULD DEVISE
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