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Well, I knew about it over a year in advance." Weill had been listening in silence. He had a naturally skeptical face; his present expression mightn't really mean that he didn't believe what he was hearing. WELL I KNEW ABOUT IT OVER A YEAR IN ADVANCE VILE HAD BEEN LISTENING IN SILENCE HE HAD A NATURALLY SCEPTICAL FACE HIS PRESENT EXPRESSION MIGHTN'T REALLY MEAN THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE WAS HEARING
nt 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. 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. But I knew, in the spring of 1970, that the first unmanned rocket would be called the _Kilroy_, and that it would be launched some time in 1971. You remember, when the news was released, it was stated that the rocket hadn't been christened until the day before it was launched, when somebody remembered that old 'Kilroy-was-here' thing from the Second World War.  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 MIND THIS WAS BEFORE THE FIRST ROCKET LANDED ON THE MOON WHEN THE WHOLE MOON ROCKET AND LUNAR BASE PROJECT WAS A TRIPLE TOPSECRET BUT I KNEW IN THE SPRING OF NINETEEN SEVENTY THAT THE FIRST UNMANNED ROCKET WOULD BE CALLED THE KILROY THAT IT WOULD BE LAUNCHED SOME TIME IN NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE NEWS WAS RELEASED IT WAS STATED THAT THE ROCKET HADN'T BEEN CHRISTENED UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS LAUNCHED WHEN SOMEBODY REMEMBERED THAT OLD KILROY WAS HERE THING FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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