Accidental Flight (Dunda Books Classic) pptx

[...]... half Earth-normal gravity," Cameron said "Isn't that correct?" Engineer Vogel nodded "It isn't important why those limits were set," Cameron continued "Perhaps it's easier on the weakened bodies of the accidentals There may be economic factors." "No reason for those limits except the gravital units themselves," Vogel said "Theoretically it should be easy to get any gravity you want Practically, though,... seventy-five Whatever it is, it just is and we have to be satisfied." The big engineer shrugged "I hear the units were designed especially for this asteroid," he went on "Some fancy medical reason Easier on the accidentals to have less gravity change, you say Me, I dunno I'd guess the designers couldn't help it and the reason was dug up later." Cameron concealed his irritation He wanted information, not a heartto-heart... even the aged were attractive and youthful-seeming until the day they died No more ill-formed limbs, misshapen bodies Everyone was handsome or beautiful No exceptions None to speak of, at least 25 The accidentals didn't belong, of course In another day most of them would have been candidates for a waxworks or the formaldehyde of a specimen bottle Nona fitted neither category; she wasn't a repair job... dazzling speed and crashed against the flesh of the fat woman Docchi could hear the thud No ordinary person could take that kind of punishment and live Anti wasn't ordinary; she was strange, even for an accidental, living far inside a deep armor of flesh It was possible that she never felt the crushing force of those blows Amazingly, she grasped the robot and drew it to her And the geepee lost the advantage... Anti interrupted irritably "Except me I'm too pragmatic, I suppose, but I want to know when we start the rockets and be on our way." "It isn't that easy," sighed Jordan "A retracted combustion cap in flight generally means at least one burned-out tube." He made his way to the instrument panel and looked at it glumly "Three." "A factor." Docchi nodded "But I was thinking about the robot." Anti was impatient .