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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Home is the Spaceman - -Author: George O. Smith - -Release Date: July 15, 2022 [eBook #68533] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOME IS THE SPACEMAN *** - - - - - - HOME IS THE SPACEMAN - - BY GEORGE O. SMITH - - ILLUSTRATED BY FREAS - - Enright was coming home, which should have been - good, since he was the first Earthman ever to go - faster than light. But when he'd been gone eighteen - months in a ship that was supplied for only ten days, - the authorities were just a trifle curious.... - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Rocket Stories, July 1953. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Test Pilot Billy Enright looked down at the Earth so far below and -decided that home had never looked so good to any man. He and his -experimental spacecraft had exceeded the speed of light, he had crossed -the monstrous gulf between stars, and for eighteen months Billy Enright -had walked upon the earth-like planet of another star. He had driven -faster, gone farther, and stayed away longer than any other human, and -now he was happy to be arrowing down towards Mother Earth and home. - -Mingled excitement and joy tickled his stomach. There would be one -royal explosion when he called in for landing instructions; he was -going to create as much fuss as Tom Sawyer had caused a couple of -hundred years ago when he and his boys turned up at their own funeral -services. For Billy Enright had been overdue for eighteen months on a -flight-plan calling for a twelve-hour program. He had probably been -listed as "Missing" for more than sixteen of the eighteen months. - -It would be more dramatic if he just barrelled down unannounced and -walked in to the commandant's office with an air of unconcern. But -on the other hand, the story he had to tell about his flight and the -explanation of his overdue return wanted a large audience whose minds -had already recovered from the first shock. So instead of letting shock -pile upon shock, Billy Enright flipped the radio on and called: - -"Interstellar Spacecraft One calling Mojave Base, I.S.-1 calling -Mojave. Test Pilot Enright requesting landing instructions. I.S.-1 -over." - -Forty seconds later--Enright was still so far from Earth that the -radio waves took twenty seconds to travel in each direction--his -receiver chattered into life and an excited voice spluttered, -"Billy Enright--where the--er--Mojave Operations to I.S.-1. Look, -Enright--we--My God!" - -There was an abrupt click and another, calmer voice took over. "Captain -Enright from Mojave. Commodore Hogan here. Are you all right? Any -distress? Hogan over." - -Enright snapped the "talk" button and said: "Enright to Commodore -Hogan. Good morning, Commodore. I am not in distress. I am in more -than fine shape and glad to be coming in. Please slip me the landing -instructions so that I can kiss Mother Earth softly and gently and walk -away from my ship, will you? Also will you please notify my parents -that I am all in one healthy piece and that I will be seeing them as -soon as I can? Enright over." - -Billy Enright spent the next forty seconds wondering what kind of a -stew was going on down at Base. He made a mental bet that there were -wires burning and tables being pounded. - -Commodore Hogan's voice came back. "Mojave to I.S.-1. You will land on -Runway Nine. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Wind Northeast at four -miles. Barometer twenty-nine point seven. Traffic: Luna Three taking -off, one Orbital Station Shuttle in flight pattern. All other traffic -being held. You will land, Captain Enright, and then you will seal your -spacecraft for investigation and inventory. You will not log in at -Operations, but present yourself to the Officer of the Day to deliver -your report and explanations. You will not converse with anyone or -discuss your--ah, adventures, until you have been granted permission. -Confirm this, Captain Enright. Hogan over." - -Billy grabbed the microphone and snapped, "Enright to Base. Look, -Commodore, I confirm the landing instructions and will comply with -the personal orders, but aren't you overlooking the fact that an -experimental mission, undertaken with calculated risk, with success -highly controversial, cannot be subject to strict timetable? You sound -as though I'm being charged with awol." Enright pronounced the initial -letters as a word. - -The reply came, as formal as before. "Mojave to Enright. There has been -no formal charge of being absent without official leave logged against -you, Captain Enright. All official action will be held in abeyance -until your account has been reviewed by the Court of Inquiry, which -will convene upon your arrival. Mojave Operations, Commodore Hogan in -command, over and off!" - -Billy Enright grunted. Commodore Hogan was a boiled collar and if he -wanted to play this game as though he had caught one of his men buzzing -a State Capitol Building instead of being delayed on a mission across -the galaxy by half-a-hundred light years, then he, Billy Enright, was -more than willing to go along. - - * * * * * - -Enright set the interstellar spacecraft down on the runway without -a bump and rode the brakes to a stop. With a resentful flourish he -parked his hat at an angle on his skull, ironed his cheerful features -into a mirthless stoneface, and left his ship. He sealed the spacelock -carefully. Then he dropped to the concrete parking block and waited for -the official spaceport car to come along the taxiway for him. - -The driver greeted him with a grin. "Glad to see you back, Captain." He -held out a hand which Enright shook firmly. "How was it--out There?" - -The other man in the car frowned and snapped, "Captain Enright, do not -answer! Mister Forrester, you will open and show me your right hand!" - -Enright grunted. He knew the other man and so he said, "Look, Tom, I'm -not playing any games. Or should I address you as Executive Horne? I -did not pass Ed Forrester any notes, data, or pictures. I was merely -shaking hands." - -"We're all under orders," said Horne. "And your orders are to say -nothing to anybody. Even me." - -"Call me Captain Clam," said Billy Enright. "Is there any ruling -against you passing me a cigarette?" - -"Er--Mister Forrester, you will witness this. I have been asked for a -cigarette. I am going to comply. However, you will note carefully that -Captain Enright did light this cigarette and smoke it, thus burning its -contents and obviating any possible exchange of information from me to -him. Agreed?" - -Enright blurted: "What the hell am I, a prisoner of war?" - -"No comment. Please follow your orders," said Executive Horne. He did -hold out a lighter for Enright, who puffed deeply with appreciation. -The car delivered them to the Administration Building of Mojave -Spaceport by the time Enright finished his smoke. He snubbed the butt -carefully and handed it to the driver, along with a small pile of gray -ash. "Preserve these remains, Mister Forrester. At least until I have -been paroled. Affirmed, Executive Horne?" - -"Affirmed. Now, come along, Captain." - -He led Billy Enright into the building and upstairs, along a corridor -and into a large conference room. Enright looked at a long table, -around which were most of the big gold braid of Mojave Spaceport, a -couple of space admirals from his project--Operation Interstellar--and -three men in conservative business dress. The man at the head of the -table was Space Admiral Meldrum, who had been the first man to set a -foot on the Moon some forty years ago. - -"Gentlemen, this is Captain William Enright, test pilot of the -Interstellar Spacecraft One, Operation Interstellar. Captain Enright, -the Board of Inquiry." The admiral named them around the table. The -only one Billy knew was Commodore Hogan; the rest he only recognized -by name, other than the top brass of his own project. He nodded -affably, then Billy frowned and asked: - -"This looks formidably formal, sir. Am I to be represented by someone -appointed in my favor?" - -Admiral Meldrum shook his head. "This is no Court Military," he said. -"This is a Court of Inquiry. You would have faced this court if you -had returned home on schedule, to deliver your report. There have been -no charges made formally. If your explanation is adequate, there will -be none. This meeting will be informal. If you can show just cause -for returning eighteen months late from a twelve-hour mission, no -charges will be made. Now, Captain Enright, please deliver your report, -beginning at the beginning?" - -"Certainly. At 1200 hours, on 4 March 2014, I took off from the Earth -in the first spacecraft capable of driving faster than the velocity of -light. I--" - -"One moment, Captain," asked one of the men in civilian dress. Enright -blinked and saw that the man's name was Harness. E. D. Harness, -Senator, Chairman of the Committee on Special Affairs and so forth. -Enright nodded, and the senator went on: "My scientific knowledge is -sketchy. I was taught that nothing can exceed the speed of light." - -"You were taught prior to Bergenholm's discovery of the nullification -of mass," smiled Enright. "Mass increases, in accordance with -Einstein's equations, as the velocity approaches the speed of light, so -that the mass becomes infinite when the velocity of light is reached. -But when mass is nullified, or reduced to zero--" Billy Enright spread -his hands amusedly, "--you can multiply it all night and a hundred -billion times zero is still zero." - -"And the drive?" - -"A standard reaction motor of the rocket type. Since the ship's mass is -zero, its inertia is also zero and therefore the thrusting force of an -infant can move zero mass and inertia if need be." - -Senator Harness nodded. "Then with any kind of reaction thrust you -could achieve infinite velocity because the mass and inertia are zero?" - -"If we were passing through a completely unresisting medium, what you -say would be true. But even the deepest part of interstellar space -still contains a good many atoms per cubic centimeter. We found this -almost-perfect vacuum a resisting medium to a spacecraft going faster -than light." - -"And so what was your estimated velocity?" - -"About sixty-three light years per hour," replied Billy Enright. - -The senator nodded as though he were satisfied, but he asked one more -question: "Captain Enright, do you know the main purpose of your -mission?" - -"Certainly. Until the discovery of the faster than light drive, mankind -was forever trapped on the Earth. One by one we have landed on the -several planets and their satellites only to find them hopelessly -airless, poisonous of atmosphere, utterly cold and inhospitable, or -deadly to human life in other ways. The explosive increase of Earth's -population made it necessary to find another frontier, another hope -for colonization and expansion. The massless space drive offered this -hope to us. My mission was to test the drive, to test the crossing of -interstellar space, and if at all possible return with some tale of -hope." - - * * * * * - -Commodore Hogan grunted. "Must have been some sweet paradise you found, -Captain Enright." - -Admiral Meldrum rapped the gavel on the table. "Please. No -personalities, Commodore. Why do you take that sarcastic tone? Captain -Enright may have good reason for his delay, you know." - -The commodore grunted again. "The I.S.-1 was stocked with only enough -food, water, and air for a trip of ten days' duration. I ask you all, -how did Captain Enright sustain himself for an eighteen-month jaunt? -Unless, of course, he landed and made himself at home for a year and a -half. Or, he may be able to explain all about subjective and objective -time!" he snapped, whirling back to face Billy Enright. - -The young spaceman shrugged. "No," he said. "The Einstein Equation of -time versus velocity is also obviated when mass is reduced to zero. No, -Commander Hogan, I did not get involved with this at all." - -"You made no stop for repairs, no delay because of technical -difficulties?" - -"No." - -"Captain Enright, please outline your orders carefully." - -Billy Enright cleared his throat and took a sip of water. "At 1200 -hours I was to take off, heading for a small, insignificant Type G-Zero -dwarf in Hercules, the exact coordinates I've forgotten for the moment. -This star was selected over the more familiar celestial objects because -it was closest to the Sun in size and radiation, and therefore many -believed that it was most likely to have a set of planets similar to -the planets of Sol. I was to test the drive and make observations on -the process of exceeding the velocity of light, recording them. I was -to approach this star--" - -"Sixty light years distant?" interrupted Commodore Hogan. - -"Yes." - -"An hour's trip each way," said the commodore pointedly. - - * * * * * - -"--I was to ascertain if this star had any planets, and if so, whether -there was one at about ninety million miles from the luminary. If this -was so, I was to approach and attempt to land. Then contingent upon the -success of the previous set of 'ifs' I was to tackle the following. -I was to take samples of the air and the water and the ground. I was -to measure the temperature. I was to dig up a plant or two and I was -to see if I could catch a small animal alive. I was to remain on that -hypothetical planet for no longer than six hours. Then I was to take -off and return to Earth." - -"I see. And in the case of emergency, either there or en route?" - -"I was to turn immediately and return to Earth." - -"And you did not." - -"Commodore, may I point out that mine was a mission of rather -extraordinary nature? I was a volunteer. Willingly I put myself in a -position that no other man had ever been in before. I went into the -Deep Unknown, across the limitless depths of galactic space, and my -return was subject to considerable doubt. Now, the fact that I have -returned at all is in itself a statement of success, even though I may -have been delayed." - -"I am sorry, Captain Enright. But your statements have not yet given us -one reason for your delay. In fact, everything you have said indicates -that you could, at any time in the past eighteen months, have returned. -Instead, you seem to have deliberately remained out of touch with the -people who entrusted you to perform a difficult mission." - -Billy Enright drawled, "Well, not exactly, Commodore. I did send an -explanatory message, but that was in deep space and I am afraid that -the radio waves will not reach the Earth for about fifteen years more." - -Commodore Hogan faced Admiral Meldrum. "I consider this to be -rank insolence and insubordination. This man was entrusted with a -billion-dollar spacecraft, the first and so far the only one of its -kind. It took five years of hard work to build it and another three -years to fit it out for its maiden trip. This Captain Enright went out -with the hopes and prayers of all mankind, but instead of following -orders he apparently went gallivanting all over the galaxy. I presume -that his idea was that his very return would cause us to forget his -absence for a year and a half. I--" Commodore Hogan whirled and faced -Billy Enright. "Captain," he asked acidly, "did you take off as -ordered?" - -"I did." - -"And you did go into deep space on course?" - -"I did." - -"And you approached this star, found this hoped-for planet, landed, -and--er--then was captured by some tribe of savages who kept you -prisoner?" - -"Hardly. I did not reach my destination star and so I still do not know -whether it has any planets." - -"You were unavoidably detained?" - -"You can put it that way." - -"Suppose you tell us in what manner, before I ask that a formal charge -of absent without official leave be logged against you." - -Captain Enright nodded. "I took off under normal rocket take-off -procedure, dropping my first stage after nine minutes. At the start -of the second stage, the mass-nullifying field was turned on, -which brought my velocity up to the estimated constant velocity -of sixty-three light years per hour. Once my velocity reached its -constant, I turned off the reaction motor to conserve fuel for my -return, leaving only the tiniest trickle of power running from an -auxiliary rocket to maintain speed. I made observations and recorded -them as directed. - -"Then," said Billy Enright, "when I was out about fifteen minutes, I -caught sight of a teardrop shaped spacecraft closing in from one side -and catching up from behind. It was painted in bright enamel in panels. -From the pointed tail there came a faint halo of pale blue light. It -caught up with me as though I were standing still, and as it came -alongside, a bright green searchlight stabbed out and swept along my -hull, stopping near my astrodome. - -"Then to my complete shock and dismay I heard a gruff voice snap: 'Pull -'er over to one side, Buster!' - -"Wondering what to do, and how he could talk to me, I blubbered, 'Huh?' - -"He said, 'Just pull her over and don't give me that _huh_ stuff.' - -"I told him, 'But we're in free flight. I can't.' - -"At this point he swore in an unintelligible voice and the green -searchlight turned to bright red. It must have been a tractor beam -because he started hauling and I could see the stars spinning and I -could feel a definite deceleration forward that almost pulled me out of -the astrodome and into space itself. Then there was a metallic clink -and in another half minute a tall man in polished leather came in and -waved me back to the pilot's chair. - -"'Realize you were doing sixty?' - -"'Sixty?' - -"'Sixty light years per hour in a forty light zone. Let's see your -license!' - -"'License?' I asked blankly. - - * * * * * - -"He pulled out a pad and started to scribble. 'Sixty lights in a forty -light zone and driving without a license. Boy, oh boy! Say! What kind -of a crate is this anyway?' - -"'It's a standard reaction drive with mass nullifiers.' - -"His eyes gleamed brighter. 'You know that free flight is just plain -coasting?' - -"'Of course,' I said angrily. - -"'Spacecraft running out of control," he said, scribbling some more. - -"'But you can't do this to me,' I cried. - -"The gleam in his eyes grew hard and scornful. 'Suppose you're the -best pal of the Sector Senator, play knolla with the Commissioner -of Spacelanes, and will get me patrolling a beat along the Lesser -Magellanic Cloud, huh?' He looked down at his pad and grunted again. -'Better come with me,' he said sourly. 'We couldn't accept your bail, -with no known address and not wearing a license. Boy, you've had it!'" - -Captain Billy Enright took a deep breath and grinned. "No, gentlemen, -my delay was legal, not technical. They slipped me eighteen months, by -the time they'd finished adding up the charges. I was not gallivanting, -I was doing time at what they please to call 'Educational Labor.'" - -Everybody looked a bit slack-jawed. Commodore Hogan leaped in front of -Billy Enright and waved a finger under his nose. - -"Of all of the incredibly fantastic--" his voice failed. He took charge -of himself. "You sent a radio message?" he asked calmly. - -"Yes. The whole thing is coming in via radio." - -"And you expect us to swallow this bucket of foul fish unsupported for -the next fifteen years? I suggest that you spend the intervening time -in jail so we'll know where to send our apologies." - -"Won't be necessary," smiled Billy Enright. "I've proof here." He -dipped into his hip pocket and took out a small plastic folder. He -flipped it open to display an ornate metal shield that glowed with some -inner light completely beyond Earth science. He showed it around the -conference table and then said, "Gentlemen, what they call 'Educational -Labor' means just that. Due to my incarceration for eighteen months, I -have qualified for the position of Sector Patrolman. And so help me, -the first man that tries deep space without qualifying for a license -gets heaved into the clink. And whether or not this Human Race is going -to be permitted to colonize our nearer stars depends only upon how -fast we cotton to the idea of becoming a junior member of the Galactic -Council. - -"Good day, gentlemen." - -Sector Patrolman Billy Enright walked out of the Board amid a stunned -silence. Home had never looked so good. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOME IS THE SPACEMAN *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law 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. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part -of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm -concept and trademark. 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But when he'd been gone eighteen<br /> -months in a ship that was supplied for only ten days,<br /> -the authorities were just a trifle curious....</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Rocket Stories, July 1953.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Test Pilot Billy Enright looked down at the Earth so far below and -decided that home had never looked so good to any man. He and his -experimental spacecraft had exceeded the speed of light, he had crossed -the monstrous gulf between stars, and for eighteen months Billy Enright -had walked upon the earth-like planet of another star. He had driven -faster, gone farther, and stayed away longer than any other human, and -now he was happy to be arrowing down towards Mother Earth and home.</p> - -<p>Mingled excitement and joy tickled his stomach. There would be one -royal explosion when he called in for landing instructions; he was -going to create as much fuss as Tom Sawyer had caused a couple of -hundred years ago when he and his boys turned up at their own funeral -services. For Billy Enright had been overdue for eighteen months on a -flight-plan calling for a twelve-hour program. He had probably been -listed as "Missing" for more than sixteen of the eighteen months.</p> - -<p>It would be more dramatic if he just barrelled down unannounced and -walked in to the commandant's office with an air of unconcern. But -on the other hand, the story he had to tell about his flight and the -explanation of his overdue return wanted a large audience whose minds -had already recovered from the first shock. So instead of letting shock -pile upon shock, Billy Enright flipped the radio on and called:</p> - -<p>"Interstellar Spacecraft One calling Mojave Base, I.S.-1 calling -Mojave. Test Pilot Enright requesting landing instructions. I.S.-1 -over."</p> - -<p>Forty seconds later—Enright was still so far from Earth that the -radio waves took twenty seconds to travel in each direction—his -receiver chattered into life and an excited voice spluttered, -"Billy Enright—where the—er—Mojave Operations to I.S.-1. Look, -Enright—we—My God!"</p> - -<p>There was an abrupt click and another, calmer voice took over. "Captain -Enright from Mojave. Commodore Hogan here. Are you all right? Any -distress? Hogan over."</p> - -<p>Enright snapped the "talk" button and said: "Enright to Commodore -Hogan. Good morning, Commodore. I am not in distress. I am in more -than fine shape and glad to be coming in. Please slip me the landing -instructions so that I can kiss Mother Earth softly and gently and walk -away from my ship, will you? Also will you please notify my parents -that I am all in one healthy piece and that I will be seeing them as -soon as I can? Enright over."</p> - -<p>Billy Enright spent the next forty seconds wondering what kind of a -stew was going on down at Base. He made a mental bet that there were -wires burning and tables being pounded.</p> - -<p>Commodore Hogan's voice came back. "Mojave to I.S.-1. You will land on -Runway Nine. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Wind Northeast at four -miles. Barometer twenty-nine point seven. Traffic: Luna Three taking -off, one Orbital Station Shuttle in flight pattern. All other traffic -being held. You will land, Captain Enright, and then you will seal your -spacecraft for investigation and inventory. You will not log in at -Operations, but present yourself to the Officer of the Day to deliver -your report and explanations. You will not converse with anyone or -discuss your—ah, adventures, until you have been granted permission. -Confirm this, Captain Enright. Hogan over."</p> - -<p>Billy grabbed the microphone and snapped, "Enright to Base. Look, -Commodore, I confirm the landing instructions and will comply with -the personal orders, but aren't you overlooking the fact that an -experimental mission, undertaken with calculated risk, with success -highly controversial, cannot be subject to strict timetable? You sound -as though I'm being charged with awol." Enright pronounced the initial -letters as a word.</p> - -<p>The reply came, as formal as before. "Mojave to Enright. There has been -no formal charge of being absent without official leave logged against -you, Captain Enright. All official action will be held in abeyance -until your account has been reviewed by the Court of Inquiry, which -will convene upon your arrival. Mojave Operations, Commodore Hogan in -command, over and off!"</p> - -<p>Billy Enright grunted. Commodore Hogan was a boiled collar and if he -wanted to play this game as though he had caught one of his men buzzing -a State Capitol Building instead of being delayed on a mission across -the galaxy by half-a-hundred light years, then he, Billy Enright, was -more than willing to go along.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Enright set the interstellar spacecraft down on the runway without -a bump and rode the brakes to a stop. With a resentful flourish he -parked his hat at an angle on his skull, ironed his cheerful features -into a mirthless stoneface, and left his ship. He sealed the spacelock -carefully. Then he dropped to the concrete parking block and waited for -the official spaceport car to come along the taxiway for him.</p> - -<p>The driver greeted him with a grin. "Glad to see you back, Captain." He -held out a hand which Enright shook firmly. "How was it—out There?"</p> - -<p>The other man in the car frowned and snapped, "Captain Enright, do not -answer! Mister Forrester, you will open and show me your right hand!"</p> - -<p>Enright grunted. He knew the other man and so he said, "Look, Tom, I'm -not playing any games. Or should I address you as Executive Horne? I -did not pass Ed Forrester any notes, data, or pictures. I was merely -shaking hands."</p> - -<p>"We're all under orders," said Horne. "And your orders are to say -nothing to anybody. Even me."</p> - -<p>"Call me Captain Clam," said Billy Enright. "Is there any ruling -against you passing me a cigarette?"</p> - -<p>"Er—Mister Forrester, you will witness this. I have been asked for a -cigarette. I am going to comply. However, you will note carefully that -Captain Enright did light this cigarette and smoke it, thus burning its -contents and obviating any possible exchange of information from me to -him. Agreed?"</p> - -<p>Enright blurted: "What the hell am I, a prisoner of war?"</p> - -<p>"No comment. Please follow your orders," said Executive Horne. He did -hold out a lighter for Enright, who puffed deeply with appreciation. -The car delivered them to the Administration Building of Mojave -Spaceport by the time Enright finished his smoke. He snubbed the butt -carefully and handed it to the driver, along with a small pile of gray -ash. "Preserve these remains, Mister Forrester. At least until I have -been paroled. Affirmed, Executive Horne?"</p> - -<p>"Affirmed. Now, come along, Captain."</p> - -<p>He led Billy Enright into the building and upstairs, along a corridor -and into a large conference room. Enright looked at a long table, -around which were most of the big gold braid of Mojave Spaceport, a -couple of space admirals from his project—Operation Interstellar—and -three men in conservative business dress. The man at the head of the -table was Space Admiral Meldrum, who had been the first man to set a -foot on the Moon some forty years ago.</p> - -<p>"Gentlemen, this is Captain William Enright, test pilot of the -Interstellar Spacecraft One, Operation Interstellar. Captain Enright, -the Board of Inquiry." The admiral named them around the table. The -only one Billy knew was Commodore Hogan; the rest he only recognized -by name, other than the top brass of his own project. He nodded -affably, then Billy frowned and asked:</p> - -<p>"This looks formidably formal, sir. Am I to be represented by someone -appointed in my favor?"</p> - -<p>Admiral Meldrum shook his head. "This is no Court Military," he said. -"This is a Court of Inquiry. You would have faced this court if you -had returned home on schedule, to deliver your report. There have been -no charges made formally. If your explanation is adequate, there will -be none. This meeting will be informal. If you can show just cause -for returning eighteen months late from a twelve-hour mission, no -charges will be made. Now, Captain Enright, please deliver your report, -beginning at the beginning?"</p> - -<p>"Certainly. At 1200 hours, on 4 March 2014, I took off from the Earth -in the first spacecraft capable of driving faster than the velocity of -light. I—"</p> - -<p>"One moment, Captain," asked one of the men in civilian dress. Enright -blinked and saw that the man's name was Harness. E. D. Harness, -Senator, Chairman of the Committee on Special Affairs and so forth. -Enright nodded, and the senator went on: "My scientific knowledge is -sketchy. I was taught that nothing can exceed the speed of light."</p> - -<p>"You were taught prior to Bergenholm's discovery of the nullification -of mass," smiled Enright. "Mass increases, in accordance with -Einstein's equations, as the velocity approaches the speed of light, so -that the mass becomes infinite when the velocity of light is reached. -But when mass is nullified, or reduced to zero—" Billy Enright spread -his hands amusedly, "—you can multiply it all night and a hundred -billion times zero is still zero."</p> - -<p>"And the drive?"</p> - -<p>"A standard reaction motor of the rocket type. Since the ship's mass is -zero, its inertia is also zero and therefore the thrusting force of an -infant can move zero mass and inertia if need be."</p> - -<p>Senator Harness nodded. "Then with any kind of reaction thrust you -could achieve infinite velocity because the mass and inertia are zero?"</p> - -<p>"If we were passing through a completely unresisting medium, what you -say would be true. But even the deepest part of interstellar space -still contains a good many atoms per cubic centimeter. We found this -almost-perfect vacuum a resisting medium to a spacecraft going faster -than light."</p> - -<p>"And so what was your estimated velocity?"</p> - -<p>"About sixty-three light years per hour," replied Billy Enright.</p> - -<p>The senator nodded as though he were satisfied, but he asked one more -question: "Captain Enright, do you know the main purpose of your -mission?"</p> - -<p>"Certainly. Until the discovery of the faster than light drive, mankind -was forever trapped on the Earth. One by one we have landed on the -several planets and their satellites only to find them hopelessly -airless, poisonous of atmosphere, utterly cold and inhospitable, or -deadly to human life in other ways. The explosive increase of Earth's -population made it necessary to find another frontier, another hope -for colonization and expansion. The massless space drive offered this -hope to us. My mission was to test the drive, to test the crossing of -interstellar space, and if at all possible return with some tale of -hope."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Commodore Hogan grunted. "Must have been some sweet paradise you found, -Captain Enright."</p> - -<p>Admiral Meldrum rapped the gavel on the table. "Please. No -personalities, Commodore. Why do you take that sarcastic tone? Captain -Enright may have good reason for his delay, you know."</p> - -<p>The commodore grunted again. "The I.S.-1 was stocked with only enough -food, water, and air for a trip of ten days' duration. I ask you all, -how did Captain Enright sustain himself for an eighteen-month jaunt? -Unless, of course, he landed and made himself at home for a year and a -half. Or, he may be able to explain all about subjective and objective -time!" he snapped, whirling back to face Billy Enright.</p> - -<p>The young spaceman shrugged. "No," he said. "The Einstein Equation of -time versus velocity is also obviated when mass is reduced to zero. No, -Commander Hogan, I did not get involved with this at all."</p> - -<p>"You made no stop for repairs, no delay because of technical -difficulties?"</p> - -<p>"No."</p> - -<p>"Captain Enright, please outline your orders carefully."</p> - -<p>Billy Enright cleared his throat and took a sip of water. "At 1200 -hours I was to take off, heading for a small, insignificant Type G-Zero -dwarf in Hercules, the exact coordinates I've forgotten for the moment. -This star was selected over the more familiar celestial objects because -it was closest to the Sun in size and radiation, and therefore many -believed that it was most likely to have a set of planets similar to -the planets of Sol. I was to test the drive and make observations on -the process of exceeding the velocity of light, recording them. I was -to approach this star—"</p> - -<p>"Sixty light years distant?" interrupted Commodore Hogan.</p> - -<p>"Yes."</p> - -<p>"An hour's trip each way," said the commodore pointedly.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"—I was to ascertain if this star had any planets, and if so, whether -there was one at about ninety million miles from the luminary. If this -was so, I was to approach and attempt to land. Then contingent upon the -success of the previous set of 'ifs' I was to tackle the following. -I was to take samples of the air and the water and the ground. I was -to measure the temperature. I was to dig up a plant or two and I was -to see if I could catch a small animal alive. I was to remain on that -hypothetical planet for no longer than six hours. Then I was to take -off and return to Earth."</p> - -<p>"I see. And in the case of emergency, either there or en route?"</p> - -<p>"I was to turn immediately and return to Earth."</p> - -<p>"And you did not."</p> - -<p>"Commodore, may I point out that mine was a mission of rather -extraordinary nature? I was a volunteer. Willingly I put myself in a -position that no other man had ever been in before. I went into the -Deep Unknown, across the limitless depths of galactic space, and my -return was subject to considerable doubt. Now, the fact that I have -returned at all is in itself a statement of success, even though I may -have been delayed."</p> - -<p>"I am sorry, Captain Enright. But your statements have not yet given us -one reason for your delay. In fact, everything you have said indicates -that you could, at any time in the past eighteen months, have returned. -Instead, you seem to have deliberately remained out of touch with the -people who entrusted you to perform a difficult mission."</p> - -<p>Billy Enright drawled, "Well, not exactly, Commodore. I did send an -explanatory message, but that was in deep space and I am afraid that -the radio waves will not reach the Earth for about fifteen years more."</p> - -<p>Commodore Hogan faced Admiral Meldrum. "I consider this to be -rank insolence and insubordination. This man was entrusted with a -billion-dollar spacecraft, the first and so far the only one of its -kind. It took five years of hard work to build it and another three -years to fit it out for its maiden trip. This Captain Enright went out -with the hopes and prayers of all mankind, but instead of following -orders he apparently went gallivanting all over the galaxy. I presume -that his idea was that his very return would cause us to forget his -absence for a year and a half. I—" Commodore Hogan whirled and faced -Billy Enright. "Captain," he asked acidly, "did you take off as -ordered?"</p> - -<p>"I did."</p> - -<p>"And you did go into deep space on course?"</p> - -<p>"I did."</p> - -<p>"And you approached this star, found this hoped-for planet, landed, -and—er—then was captured by some tribe of savages who kept you -prisoner?"</p> - -<p>"Hardly. I did not reach my destination star and so I still do not know -whether it has any planets."</p> - -<p>"You were unavoidably detained?"</p> - -<p>"You can put it that way."</p> - -<p>"Suppose you tell us in what manner, before I ask that a formal charge -of absent without official leave be logged against you."</p> - -<p>Captain Enright nodded. "I took off under normal rocket take-off -procedure, dropping my first stage after nine minutes. At the start -of the second stage, the mass-nullifying field was turned on, -which brought my velocity up to the estimated constant velocity -of sixty-three light years per hour. Once my velocity reached its -constant, I turned off the reaction motor to conserve fuel for my -return, leaving only the tiniest trickle of power running from an -auxiliary rocket to maintain speed. I made observations and recorded -them as directed.</p> - -<p>"Then," said Billy Enright, "when I was out about fifteen minutes, I -caught sight of a teardrop shaped spacecraft closing in from one side -and catching up from behind. It was painted in bright enamel in panels. -From the pointed tail there came a faint halo of pale blue light. It -caught up with me as though I were standing still, and as it came -alongside, a bright green searchlight stabbed out and swept along my -hull, stopping near my astrodome.</p> - -<p>"Then to my complete shock and dismay I heard a gruff voice snap: 'Pull -'er over to one side, Buster!'</p> - -<p>"Wondering what to do, and how he could talk to me, I blubbered, 'Huh?'</p> - -<p>"He said, 'Just pull her over and don't give me that <i>huh</i> stuff.'</p> - -<p>"I told him, 'But we're in free flight. I can't.'</p> - -<p>"At this point he swore in an unintelligible voice and the green -searchlight turned to bright red. It must have been a tractor beam -because he started hauling and I could see the stars spinning and I -could feel a definite deceleration forward that almost pulled me out of -the astrodome and into space itself. Then there was a metallic clink -and in another half minute a tall man in polished leather came in and -waved me back to the pilot's chair.</p> - -<p>"'Realize you were doing sixty?'</p> - -<p>"'Sixty?'</p> - -<p>"'Sixty light years per hour in a forty light zone. Let's see your -license!'</p> - -<p>"'License?' I asked blankly.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"He pulled out a pad and started to scribble. 'Sixty lights in a forty -light zone and driving without a license. Boy, oh boy! Say! What kind -of a crate is this anyway?'</p> - -<p>"'It's a standard reaction drive with mass nullifiers.'</p> - -<p>"His eyes gleamed brighter. 'You know that free flight is just plain -coasting?'</p> - -<p>"'Of course,' I said angrily.</p> - -<p>"'Spacecraft running out of control," he said, scribbling some more.</p> - -<p>"'But you can't do this to me,' I cried.</p> - -<p>"The gleam in his eyes grew hard and scornful. 'Suppose you're the -best pal of the Sector Senator, play knolla with the Commissioner -of Spacelanes, and will get me patrolling a beat along the Lesser -Magellanic Cloud, huh?' He looked down at his pad and grunted again. -'Better come with me,' he said sourly. 'We couldn't accept your bail, -with no known address and not wearing a license. Boy, you've had it!'"</p> - -<p>Captain Billy Enright took a deep breath and grinned. "No, gentlemen, -my delay was legal, not technical. They slipped me eighteen months, by -the time they'd finished adding up the charges. I was not gallivanting, -I was doing time at what they please to call 'Educational Labor.'"</p> - -<p>Everybody looked a bit slack-jawed. Commodore Hogan leaped in front of -Billy Enright and waved a finger under his nose.</p> - -<p>"Of all of the incredibly fantastic—" his voice failed. He took charge -of himself. "You sent a radio message?" he asked calmly.</p> - -<p>"Yes. The whole thing is coming in via radio."</p> - -<p>"And you expect us to swallow this bucket of foul fish unsupported for -the next fifteen years? I suggest that you spend the intervening time -in jail so we'll know where to send our apologies."</p> - -<p>"Won't be necessary," smiled Billy Enright. "I've proof here." He -dipped into his hip pocket and took out a small plastic folder. He -flipped it open to display an ornate metal shield that glowed with some -inner light completely beyond Earth science. He showed it around the -conference table and then said, "Gentlemen, what they call 'Educational -Labor' means just that. Due to my incarceration for eighteen months, I -have qualified for the position of Sector Patrolman. And so help me, -the first man that tries deep space without qualifying for a license -gets heaved into the clink. 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