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""- M ay be there ARE two moons !
160 AS1"0UNDING SCIENCE-FICTION
D"''" .Mr. 0am pbell:
th I ha ve j u:,t r ea.d H err Ley·s article on th e
ment ot Wlll a nd some sterrinw. n.nd i! e J•!art h 's scc,ond moon , If any. A s u sual wl~h
"curr4'ut,;" were not ns r egular ~tn <I t\$ cutcu- hi:-i wrlLln~s. it is ve ry intere~tin ~. bu,t the r? 1~
lnb!c a s t~ey nre t he case wo u lcl be hop~Jess, , ,. 11 int~rest ing bit or da ln wluc h be o , e rloo l, ed ,
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Spac_es b1ps, therefore, will e ither pa:s ~ ~~ or 1>erhups he Just dldn'L thin!< it was w orth
0th er 1 n 011pos ite directions and o t s u,.h I e l,l us inS",
tlve speeds tliat hnrdl.r a ny.t hJn"' courn be don<•, Jn t•o,rnlar ,tst .-0110 In,1, vol. 31, Jl. :l62, t h e re
or else they wlll follow about tbc ~a mc cou_r~; I.• " bri,•f communica tion by on e R. M:. ~fo-
and by necess ity hn,·e nbout t he sanH' vcloc11., • ran. who sn ys t hat h e saw a small blacl, oh-
!t Is the latter conclltlou I b ncl In min~. :tud J o,.•t c·rosi~ i n fron t of th e moon a~ o ne lim<',
it Is ln that condition w h ere "'Un8 w ill ·"" a nd he ~i\·es certai n data. concern 111.g _ it. _On
a<h-an tngeo us. i\Jlne Joying is of course. ;l Il l<'~ p:t~c 4 1S of th e s ame v olu me W. H . .P1ckerllll:"
idea, bu t aga in I do not quite see wh.1" mi,nes <-<•ic•ullHe~ rrom t he data t ha t t h e .object c oulcl
should be Sol)erlor to guns generally ~pcalo ng. h ,• ,. m e leol'lllc sa,telli t e whose d1stan i;e f rom
U r . Jameson is trying to' tlo something 1h " t Lhf• Flart h's c-ente1· i s 6,500 miles. Its ~1!1,m e_ter
Is very hnrd to ,lo "l\•h en h e proposes tlHll the i>< 2::;; fee t a nd its or bita l velocitl'. Is .,_:, mi)es
space mlu_es, or Iron p cllc tR, s hould be ",;hot ' 1•er l!t'C'Oll d, \\' hich ,_n l!,ke" _ls pe_r_od 180 lllll!·
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out_ or nnne-ln:ring tubes clnsterPd a bou t tlie ut""'· Another poss1b11it y ,s a b nd 3:t an a lu-
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/!1 D drive jets. T h ey w oulll he Rh<>t o u t ,1t t11<I P or ::.2;, miles, tly in~ at a vel<>e\l Y !)f IH-
15 i~ht nn:;Jes--nud giYCn n veJor ity t•xnc1 ly ' "''" miles a n hour. H e seem s to rnc hne to
e<1nn l to I he sh ip's SJ)CPd RO tbn t t hry woul~! thi,. ••>:plana.tion, but l\lr. _Mor:an . sa ys l~e h as
~,1ngl motionless where· 'tlw v wn ,• ,1rop ped .l S<'t'll lof,i of bir d s, bu t tlu s d1dn t a t;t 111 t h e
e n.t ter does not hold I r ue PXncf·l.r: lh<' P" - "'""'~ way. For my pa1·t, 1 woncl~r ,r a b i r d
~~t~ "l\"OUl<l nt one~ stnrt m ovin:; Jn t h<• genc:rol ,-onld e,ci~l nt s uc h a.n alti tude. B irds h a ve a
rcctlou o ( the S nu-if thcv nre Pxtll•lly mo- h ii;her bOd~· tem pel'at ure than humans , a n d
N1ouless It would be the cxac"t di rection triwu nl tlH•t·t-•rore rnu ~t consu1n e oxygen at a greater
e S im- bu t since th a t movement wo11l<l be r at,·, vc1 a m an c an't g e t a long very well a t
'j<!ry slow nt li~st nntl the eui•m y s hip J'pa ch r R 1hal ,.:11illld e . and' besides, t h i s "bi r d" is ex er-
i;e area of the m.inc field in n few ;,~conds, c;ls lnt;. ·
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m;'t factor cn n he ,lls rP;::n ,·<lr <l. What b<Jth Prll (111 Jli\~es 406- -tOi o f volume 30 o.f t h e same
Is t he 1>rohlem h()w the mines could he ~~•<!t pu blication there is som e further circumstan-
~u: wlth,,a Yelocit,,· cxnctly equnl to Ille sllql R tia l e\'id-<'nce for a second satellite for the
,l c~ T_hnt speed is assnmed to b<', _nhont l•.lart h, namely th a.t certain ot h el'wise unex-
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:; -:-- 5 _m,lrR per secornl. ;11uzzie vclo<-1(H•~ ,;t p la ined spols o n Lhe s un seem to b e relnted.
~u!]s w ,11 he between 011e nncl- p OSHi hJ.,·- nn~ lllr. W o rlltinS"ton also po ints ou t th e c urious
,.'.' : n h111r m iles p e r seconil. .And ~.-r11 llw fa<I in h is arlic le t h at Jup ite r's flfLh m oon i s
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SCIEnCE DISCUSS1ons 1 O\'eJ fnstrr thou, R1n· three miles JlP.r , .,,,_ 2.1; radii from the p la net·s center: PhoboR is
;;-.is molec ul~s In the rockPt exhaust ,lo uot
2.7G radii fro m Ma rs' cente1· and t h e ou ter
oull. H . a Uleth ocl couid' he foun,1 to ~hoot tb::
Bt>nce mines nwny Crom t he ship w it h 20- 2a t'dl;'.- or :,,,uurn's r ing is 2.49 'ra d ii fro m S a t-
urn·:-e (•ent er. By a na log~, the Earth n1ig l1 t _be
'tn'llctls per second, tba t method s hould be appli~d e-x{'e l'l.id lo have a sat ellite at a. s imllnr cl•:<:
Experts transposed? 0 • ll'OW RhelJs. t:u,c.-. rr this d istan ce w ere 2.66 E :i r th 1·arl1_1,
Id Since I h nyo sta rted criticizing o t h er people's th.: p1>1 iod would b e six h ours.-John Dan s
Dear. Mr. Campbell: n e~ts, l mig ht us 'well sa v n r ew wortls a hou l Hutld hu ...
'l'b1tt tile problems or space war anti space ,o ert lieinlPin's enjoTnhle storv " Mil<fll."
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war tactic~ n 1·e ivfe~tcd witb wide gnps ot G?( _r111y spenking, I t hink that · m oving n n
knowlecJ:;e and with d itllculties of u.lJ kind,; is as e, '! d for the purpoHc of n fiing it n~ a stn-
1)ro ,·en by one [act : I r ecomme1Hl guus, wbile tion 111 space ls a very wns ti•fn( h us l n .. ,s. It
n u old i;;u11nc1·.v expe r t likt> i\Cnl(,oJw, 1nmcson would lnk_e muc h less tnel to' trn nR()Orl hnil d - M aybe Disney will now introduce
pref('1·s rocket Lo11icdocs ! It it we1·c tbe oth er }11g matel'1nl to thc ch osen s pot in ,;pncr Cro m
" ay rouud, nohotl,v wcJnl<l be. s urprised. •artb or lllnrs. A n a ste roid poHseases nn nwr11 1 L emuel L ocomotive?
l\Jy •r easons for recou11;11cndrng Slllm were nl- ~monnt of useless mnss that has fo hP h •antl-
•·eady stated in m.r n r t l c!P '"Spn ce Wa r ." the l orted, OH<l enclt pound of m nss r equire~ Ro n ,•a r :\Ir. ('llUl))b~II :
p 1•incl pal on~ br ing t ha t guns with ammunition :(Dd so much fuel. Jt i s somcwhn I lil«• 111ov- l l\ttl'lld<•(I ll lech tre (Ill I be ",•oco(l(o r" I he
a re lig ht e r an ti ll'SS b ulky tbnn r ocket t o rpc- ~ng n la rge mountain (~om onP <'on fi11t•n t t o o l hn n igh l- l hat being t b~ 11at11 e Cot• lhe l';ad-
,1,,.,~. p rovided thu t an apprecia ble number ot 1 _nother because t h el'c is n forest g rnw ln;, ou i:••I d ,·,<·ril>l'd in n re,•cn t HIie r in L ,.t-ou1ul1ng.
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rou nds is to be caH led. And since my compa rJ- trP,. / the mountnln and thP lnrgPr fl'('<'!l <or I 1hn111:1tt yuu 1ui;::h t he Interested. Y~•ur lilkr
''°n ,w_nij t,a sctl 011 rocl:ct_ lorpedoea cnpo bte of I ll orcst (ll'C to be llSNl to build II ro fl. d i•ln' t cover t he lrn lf of il R pos~ibll1t:ics- pn_r•
0 Ha1n1ng l hP ,-:mme ,-eloc1ty ns gun nrojc.(lt ltcs t But c,·en l f we concede to the w11ste of fnel tl•·nh rl_v Its pos~ibilies fo r radio nntl rnov,c
J tll!.nk t ho t l he nri;urnc_nt Is_ Htill \'a lid, Jr the "on _move I he astoroid, there is no rcnfon f o no1111d tric·ks.
lor11ed0Ps we1•e to a t ta in highe r SJlPe<fa they "S;s() .. m or e . tha n b:tlf or u ,n t f u t'{ i ll giv i II~
\\O Uld be £till J1ea,•jo,1• Olltl still bulkier. Si<le fn ~l-h.se_ries ot' gentle p o ts, nlwn.\'s 0 11 fh<• J:a, it·ally, as the fill er ex11Jnl nctl, I he ,·oeo{ler
.'- n~ wPrj11g fi r~t (o ;\Jr, J ,tmeso n'H le ltcl' l ace 1 eijt from t he S un " W h n t h a s f'o lw ls 11 vot.lcr plu~ an nutoma tlc nnnl,\'1.e,r l (l 011•
l.:11<te11 lo ass...-t t hat l do utJl thin k t h 11 t t he I ,implls h•cl Is to Rl ow down t h e o rhll 11 I ·v,•- t•rul t' it. '.l'he \"Oder bcin; :111 electrical equivn- IF I Send vau
lt•nl of lh!' ,•olce mecbnnis m ,,f a huma n lw ing ,
wPi;:,:ht of l:n ge l'oliber guns cotild bP rPduced :i~~~l~t9f t he asteroid so f hat the g 1·n vi I nlit111al t h•• ",•orlt•r·· 11u r l might he comparctl to th('
, ,·1·y m u,·h_. u ule8s uy (he use of DPW nllo~·s. I drnw$ :r i°' f he Sun g PtR the Ul)l)Cl' hn nd :rnd THIS FINE SUIT-
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"-'"~ spenln ng or sma ll gu ns, 7fi mlllimetn nn(I Jn SPt t · c ~er . \Vhlch is <lone most c fl'edi n l ,v 11~rvc•s whl•·ll :1etl\•111 e I he m4:cho n k 11l \'Oi<:e
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i.-ss. n n c1 f st ill _hold that ! nm right. '.l'he n e-w t hn' - lllg olf 1he r ocket cb nr ges fo s u rl1 11 i\·n,, H"'"'" lh<• human uses. l\otlcc i t s till lncks "
1:ru l n, whic·h leaves room for the rollot spe•
antJ-tank go11s 1n nil n rmu!s p rove (hn l point. Jin/ <i!~Y Point "ahead ,'' a t righ t n n g les to lir"e
l hey :1 1•P mucb ligh ter tha n nn.rtbing h11ilt so 1 'l'h<' ciali:-.t:--.
re, uJti wn rom th e nstci·oid l o t he Snn.
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fn r. (J may _nd <l t hat_ those o.f t h P. Swi~s a rmy c.,1 c )g niovcme nt woulcl be nloug n n ellipti- 'l'lll' h11rnnn voir•e sysl em in 1•ol v/'s n p owrr
nre als <J equipped w1tJ1 n 1·ecoil cllmiua tor) not l1I ve- somcwl111 t distorted to bP ~\lr<'--llll t Mo11r .. r (1·um pr~S8NI a ir from 1111' J1111~s). a lo ne-
A n<l I b:ll t h<>~- a re ctfrcth·e en oug h hna u1enii- ror ~ h y perbolic cu r vP. A1)cl 'th cr e Is n o n,,r,1
lirne bel'o dcmoust rnte,1 by the new 37-mllli- 8 1 1f thP u_&IHoi,1
m.,tc•· nn ti-tn nk guus of tbc U. S. nrmy t hat Rl10,1Jdc11,;~uw~cessn ~.v :tCCUl'tl(•y.
orblfnl vPf ,) possess a f ew bundre,J feel ot
" ,llsintrgrnterl" }J,,.inc>h ~tee! llrmor pin ti'.' at • 11 1>01·t n nt ocity ll)or e or less. is reall.v nu hn-
f h ous nncl yards \\11 bout a m omPDt's lics itntlon hl•entv · -~t would make n tlilfer l'n cc o f tPn or STOPvouRRupture
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'l'ltllt 1,fJOfJ-fnr() rang/' lllPn·ns , OC COlll'SP. in nlr 11,,. n'v"l'ng cs""j7or C\'cn• fifty nr n J11111tlrl'd-- in
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. fo r spncP rorulii ions it m ighf sn.fel y Jw mul- no· renRon " < stn nce from the S1Jn. 'l'hi:rl' is
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.A ll fnr os !nr-tli•S of <:om bat a rP l'Oncrrned, )Ont!(• OrPan rr 1:'hPther nu isl a n cl in the At-
r. having 11,>1fllPr "":)P,:1·1PIH'l' nor th ~or,'\Ucnl nol · it oni,, 8 o lf a m ile f n r th N ' wE>l>t (}r Ul • sf See This Perfected
,ruining , h n,·I' fo bP CJU11.'t. l cnn rlot help bu t It is. Besfdc~lO~hers th!l,t Captn lnll 1"10'!\' Wb<-re
f •"'l. l H>W''''l'J', I hnl t hP tac·ti<:s of ~I'll 01· nl!r•ln) he COl'rCNPd a l e or b_t or I b<' ns tHOJd eo11lt1 ffOrr1e . Rupture Invention
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; 11 ,t $tenm('l'S tbllt t rn\'el ot \\"ill, bu t rrttl1r1· blc wl th orll<'ll'se 1~\t~t' i naue. 'J'h ~ rrnl t.-011- of t he weak.cnrd m uscles. T housnuds mndc happy. W eig hs b ut o few 011nc1"1>,
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<'ttno,.s in gwlf• an1l pow,-rrut l'111•rPnlR. T hese 0,nn lbc "Grnv I lbey hstw• to l)f' i;h(H·l er l• in,onsplruous nnd •3nllory. No tllff sprlnr.1 or hord 1todo, No aal•c• or plasten. J>urable.~heao.
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