Excerpt: ...of Pg 104 Roald once more, Tom stood behind Vidac with Hardy and watched the instruments begin their strange gyrations again. The cadet glanced at Hardy, whose face was impassive. "Sir," asked Tom quietly, "isn't there something we can do?" "Keep quiet, Corbett," snapped Hardy. "That's what you can do!" "Yes, sir," replied Tom. He turned away to climb into the nearest acceleration chair and strap himself in. He knew it was possible for the Polaris to land successfully. He felt sure he could have made a touchdown ...
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Excerpt: ...of Pg 104 Roald once more, Tom stood behind Vidac with Hardy and watched the instruments begin their strange gyrations again. The cadet glanced at Hardy, whose face was impassive. "Sir," asked Tom quietly, "isn't there something we can do?" "Keep quiet, Corbett," snapped Hardy. "That's what you can do!" "Yes, sir," replied Tom. He turned away to climb into the nearest acceleration chair and strap himself in. He knew it was possible for the Polaris to land successfully. He felt sure he could have made a touchdown on the satellite without trouble, but his first thought had been for the safety of the others aboard the ship. Now it was out of his hands and he grudgingly admired the way Vidac was handling the giant rocket cruiser. "Twenty-five thousand feet to touchdown," reported Roger. So far, Vidac had kept the ship dropping at a steadily decreasing rate. But the tension on the control deck mounted as the surface of Roald loomed closer and closer. "Fifteen thousand feet," reported Roger. Governor Hardy walked to a near-by acceleration chair and strapped himself in. "Ten thousand feet!" yelled Roger. "Power deck, give me three-quarters thrust!" ordered Vidac. Tom heard the whine of the rockets on the power deck increase with a sharp surge. "Seven thousand feet," reported Roger. Vidac remained cool, staring at the control board. Tom wondered what it was he was watching, since there wasn't one instrument that registered properly. "Five thousand feet!" screamed Roger. "Spaceman's luck!" Pg 105 The Polaris landed safely on the surface of the satellite Immediately Vidac ordered Astro to apply full thrust Pg 106 to the main rockets. The great ship bucked under the sudden acceleration, and Tom could feel the tug of war between the cruiser's thrust and the satellite's gravity. The ship continued to drop at slightly lessened speed, but still too fast to land safely. Tom waited for Vidac to order emergency thrust to counter the pull of the satellite. They were...
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Very Good in Good jacket. Copyright page dated 1953, but this printing is ca 1960 or later, with the last title on the DJ's rear panel 'The Blue Ghost Mystery. ' Blue boards very good with rubbing edgewear, light sunning to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket good in Mylar with toning, scuffing, light to moderate edgewear; clipped at top edge of front inner flap. Pages clean and unmarked.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, in dustjacket. No publication date; (1953) copyright. Blue tweed binding. Blue topstain. Spine extremities very lightly bumped. A bit of light sunning along the book spine, and VERY slight at the top and bottom edges. Else the binding is quite clean. Inked name & date on the first blank. Else pages clean. Some shipping at the DJ spine extremities and corner tips. Some sun-toning on the DJ inner spine, but the DJ outer spine does not appear to be sunned. Just a bit of light surface rubbing to the DJ rear panel. Two short (~1/4") closed tears at the top edge of the DJ rear panel. The DJ is price-clipped. The DJ front panel & spine is quite clean & bright. The DJ rear panel lists 15 Rick Brant Adventure titles. Overall, a nice copy.; 27C; 7-1/2" x 5"; 210 pages.
