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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Test Rocket! + +Author: Jack Douglas + +Release Date: November 28, 2007 [EBook #23651] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TEST ROCKET! *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, dpcfmander, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="notebox"> +<p>Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from _Amazing Science +Fiction Stories_ April 1959. Extensive research did not uncover any +evidence that the U. S. copyright on this publication was renewed.</p> + +</div> + +<p class="center">It's amazing how much you can learn +about absolute strangers if you just +stop to think about the kind of an +animal they'll put in a ...</p> + +<h1>TEST ROCKET!</h1> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="400" height="552" alt="Warning from the stars written above picture of man fleeing a rocket launch" title="Cover" /> +</div> + + +<h3>By JACK DOUGLAS</h3> + +<p>Captain Baird stood at +the window of the laboratory +where the thousand parts +of the strange rocket lay strewn +in careful order. Small groups +worked slowly over the dismantled +parts. The captain wanted +to ask but something stopped +him. Behind him Doctor Johannsen +sat at his desk, his +gnarled old hand tight about a +whiskey bottle, the bottle the +doctor always had in his desk +but never brought out except +when he was alone, and waited +for Captain Baird to ask his +question. Captain Baird turned +at last.</p> + +<p>"They are our markings?" +Captain Baird asked. It was not +the question. Captain Baird +knew the markings of the Rocket +Testing Station as well as the +doctor did.</p> + +<p>"Yes," the doctor said, "they +are our markings. Identical. But +not our paint."</p> + +<p>Captain Baird turned back to +the window. Six months ago it +had happened. Ten minutes after +launching, the giant test +rocket had been only a speck on +the observation screen. Captain +Baird had turned away in disgust.</p> + +<p>"A mouse!" the captain had +said, "unfortunate a mouse +can't observe, build, report. My +men are getting restless, Johannsen."</p> + +<p>"When we are ready, Captain," +the doctor had said.</p> + +<p>It was twelve hours before +the urgent call from Central +Control brought the captain +running back to the laboratory. +The doctor was there before +him. Professor Schultz wasted +no time, he pointed to the instrument +panel. "A sudden +shift, see for yourself. We'll +miss Mars by a million and a +quarter at least."</p> + +<p>Two hours later the shift in +course of the test rocket was +apparent to all of them and so +was their disappointment.</p> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p>"According to the instruments +the steering shifted a +quarter of an inch. No reason +shows up," Professor Schultz +said.</p> + +<p>"Flaw in the metal?" Doctor +Johannsen said.</p> + +<p>"How far can it go?" Captain +Baird asked.</p> + +<p>Professor Schultz shrugged. +"Until the fuel runs out, which +is probably as good as never, or +until the landing mechanism is +activated by a planet-sized +body."</p> + +<p>"Course? Did you plot it?" +The doctor asked.</p> + +<p>"Of course I did," Professor +Schultz said, "as close as I can +calculate it is headed for Alpha +Centauri."</p> + +<p>Captain Baird turned away. +The doctor watched him.</p> + +<p>"Perhaps you will not be quite +so hasty with your men's lives +in the future, Captain?" the doctor +said.</p> + +<p>Professor Schultz was spinning +dials. "No contact," the +professor said, "No contact at +all."</p> + +<p>That had been six months +ago. Three more test rockets had +been fired successfully before +the urgent report came through +from Alaskan Observation Post +No. 4. A rocket was coming +across the Pole.</p> + +<p>The strange rocket was tracked +and escorted by atomic armed +fighters all the way to the +Rocket Testing Station where it +cut its own motors and gently +landed. In the center of a division +of atomic-armed infantry +the captain, the doctor, and +everyone else, waited impatiently. +There was an air of uneasiness.</p> + +<p>"You're sure it's not ours?" +Captain Baird asked.</p> + +<p>The doctor laughed. "Identical, +yes, but three times the size +of ours."</p> + +<p>"Perhaps one of the Asian +ones?"</p> + +<p>"No, it's our design, but too +large, much too large."</p> + +<p>Professor Schultz put their +thoughts into words. "Looks +like someone copied ours. Someone, +somewhere. It's hard to imagine, +but true nevertheless."</p> + +<p>They waited two weeks. Nothing +happened. Then a radiation-shielded +team went in to +examine the rocket. Two more +weeks and the strange rocket +was dismantled and spread over +the field of the testing station. +The rocket was dismantled and +the station had begun to talk to +itself in whispers and look at the +sky.</p> + +<p>Captain Baird stood now at +the window and looked out at +the dismantled rocket. He looked +but his mind was not on the +parts of the rocket he could see +from the window.</p> + +<p>"The materials, they're not +ours?" the captain asked.</p> + +<p>"Unknown here," the doctor +said.</p> + +<p>The captain nodded. "Those +were our instruments?"</p> + +<p>"Yes." The doctor still held +the whiskey bottle in a tight +grip.</p> + +<p>"They sent them back," the +captain said.</p> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p>The doctor crashed the bottle +hard against the desk top. "Ask +it, Captain, for God's sake!!"</p> + +<p>The captain turned to face the +doctor directly. "It was a man, +a full grown man."</p> + +<p>The doctor sighed as if letting +the pent-up steam of his +heart escape. "Yes, it is a man. +It breathes, it eats, it has all the +attributes of a man. But it is +not of our planet."</p> + +<p>"Its speech ..." the captain +began.</p> + +<p>"That isn't speech, Captain," +the doctor broke in, breaking in +sharply, "It's only sound." The +doctor stopped; he examined the +label of his bottle of whiskey +very carefully. A good brand of +whiskey. "He seems quite happy +in the storeroom. You know, +Captain, what puzzled me at +first? He can't read. He can't +read anything, not even the instruments +in that ship. In fact +he shows no interest in his +rocket at all."</p> + +<p>The captain sat down now. He +sat at the desk and faced the +doctor. "At least <i>they</i> had the +courage to send a man, not a +mouse. Doctor, a man."</p> + +<p>The doctor stared at the captain, +his hand squeezing and unsqueezing +on the whiskey bottle. +"A man who can't read his own +instruments?" The doctor laughed. +"Perhaps you too have failed +to see the point? Like that stupid +general who sits out there +waiting for the men from somewhere +to invade?"</p> + +<p>"Don't you think it's a possibility?"</p> + +<p>The doctor nodded. "A very +good possibility, Captain, but +they will not be men." The doctor +seemed to pause and lean +forward. "That rocket, Captain, +is a test rocket. A test rocket +<i>just like ours</i>!"</p> + +<p>Then the doctor picked up his +whiskey bottle at last and poured +two glasses.</p> + +<p>"Perhaps a drink, Captain?"</p> + +<p>The captain was watching the +sky outside the window.</p> + +<h2>THE END</h2> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Test Rocket!, by Jack Douglas + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TEST ROCKET! *** + +***** This file should be named 23651-h.htm or 23651-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/3/6/5/23651/ + +Produced by Greg Weeks, dpcfmander, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Test Rocket! + +Author: Jack Douglas + +Release Date: November 28, 2007 [EBook #23651] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TEST ROCKET! *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, dpcfmander, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + +[Transcriber's note: This etext was produced from _Amazing +Science Fiction Stories_ April 1959. Extensive research did not +uncover any evidence that the U. S. copyright on this publication +was renewed.] + + + + + It's amazing how much you can learn about absolute strangers if + you just stop to think about the kind of an animal they'll put + in a ... + + +TEST ROCKET! + +By JACK DOUGLAS + +[Illustration: Cover] + + +Captain Baird stood at the window of the laboratory where the +thousand parts of the strange rocket lay strewn in careful order. +Small groups worked slowly over the dismantled parts. The captain +wanted to ask but something stopped him. Behind him Doctor +Johannsen sat at his desk, his gnarled old hand tight about a +whiskey bottle, the bottle the doctor always had in his desk but +never brought out except when he was alone, and waited for Captain +Baird to ask his question. Captain Baird turned at last. + +"They are our markings?" Captain Baird asked. It was not the +question. Captain Baird knew the markings of the Rocket Testing +Station as well as the doctor did. + +"Yes," the doctor said, "they are our markings. Identical. But not +our paint." + +Captain Baird turned back to the window. Six months ago it had +happened. Ten minutes after launching, the giant test rocket had +been only a speck on the observation screen. Captain Baird had +turned away in disgust. + +"A mouse!" the captain had said, "unfortunate a mouse can't +observe, build, report. My men are getting restless, Johannsen." + +"When we are ready, Captain," the doctor had said. + +It was twelve hours before the urgent call from Central Control +brought the captain running back to the laboratory. The doctor was +there before him. Professor Schultz wasted no time, he pointed to +the instrument panel. "A sudden shift, see for yourself. We'll +miss Mars by a million and a quarter at least." + +Two hours later the shift in course of the test rocket was +apparent to all of them and so was their disappointment. + + * * * * * + +"According to the instruments the steering shifted a quarter of an +inch. No reason shows up," Professor Schultz said. + +"Flaw in the metal?" Doctor Johannsen said. + +"How far can it go?" Captain Baird asked. + +Professor Schultz shrugged. "Until the fuel runs out, which is +probably as good as never, or until the landing mechanism is +activated by a planet-sized body." + +"Course? Did you plot it?" The doctor asked. + +"Of course I did," Professor Schultz said, "as close as I can +calculate it is headed for Alpha Centauri." + +Captain Baird turned away. The doctor watched him. + +"Perhaps you will not be quite so hasty with your men's lives in +the future, Captain?" the doctor said. + +Professor Schultz was spinning dials. "No contact," the professor +said, "No contact at all." + +That had been six months ago. Three more test rockets had been +fired successfully before the urgent report came through from +Alaskan Observation Post No. 4. A rocket was coming across the +Pole. + +The strange rocket was tracked and escorted by atomic armed +fighters all the way to the Rocket Testing Station where it cut +its own motors and gently landed. In the center of a division of +atomic-armed infantry the captain, the doctor, and everyone else, +waited impatiently. There was an air of uneasiness. + +"You're sure it's not ours?" Captain Baird asked. + +The doctor laughed. "Identical, yes, but three times the size of +ours." + +"Perhaps one of the Asian ones?" + +"No, it's our design, but too large, much too large." + +Professor Schultz put their thoughts into words. "Looks like +someone copied ours. Someone, somewhere. It's hard to imagine, but +true nevertheless." + +They waited two weeks. Nothing happened. Then a radiation-shielded +team went in to examine the rocket. Two more weeks and the strange +rocket was dismantled and spread over the field of the testing +station. The rocket was dismantled and the station had begun to +talk to itself in whispers and look at the sky. + +Captain Baird stood now at the window and looked out at the +dismantled rocket. He looked but his mind was not on the parts of +the rocket he could see from the window. + +"The materials, they're not ours?" the captain asked. + +"Unknown here," the doctor said. + +The captain nodded. "Those were our instruments?" + +"Yes." The doctor still held the whiskey bottle in a tight grip. + +"They sent them back," the captain said. + + * * * * * + +The doctor crashed the bottle hard against the desk top. "Ask it, +Captain, for God's sake!!" + +The captain turned to face the doctor directly. "It was a man, a +full grown man." + +The doctor sighed as if letting the pent-up steam of his heart +escape. "Yes, it is a man. It breathes, it eats, it has all the +attributes of a man. But it is not of our planet." + +"Its speech ..." the captain began. + +"That isn't speech, Captain," the doctor broke in, breaking in +sharply, "It's only sound." The doctor stopped; he examined the +label of his bottle of whiskey very carefully. A good brand of +whiskey. "He seems quite happy in the storeroom. You know, +Captain, what puzzled me at first? He can't read. He can't read +anything, not even the instruments in that ship. In fact he shows +no interest in his rocket at all." + +The captain sat down now. He sat at the desk and faced the doctor. +"At least _they_ had the courage to send a man, not a mouse. +Doctor, a man." + +The doctor stared at the captain, his hand squeezing and +unsqueezing on the whiskey bottle. "A man who can't read his own +instruments?" The doctor laughed. "Perhaps you too have failed to +see the point? Like that stupid general who sits out there waiting +for the men from somewhere to invade?" + +"Don't you think it's a possibility?" + +The doctor nodded. "A very good possibility, Captain, but they +will not be men." The doctor seemed to pause and lean forward. +"That rocket, Captain, is a test rocket. A test rocket _just like +ours_!" + +Then the doctor picked up his whiskey bottle at last and poured +two glasses. + +"Perhaps a drink, Captain?" + +The captain was watching the sky outside the window. + + +THE END + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Test Rocket!, by Jack Douglas + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TEST ROCKET! *** + +***** This file should be named 23651.txt or 23651.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/3/6/5/23651/ + +Produced by Greg Weeks, dpcfmander, and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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