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    Tight Squeeze
    Tight Squeeze
    Tight Squeeze
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    Tight Squeeze

    By Dean Charles Ing

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Tight Squeeze - Dean Charles Ing

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Tight Squeeze, by Dean Charles Ing

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      Title: Tight Squeeze

      Author: Dean Charles Ing

      Release Date: November 5, 2007 [EBook #23337]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TIGHT SQUEEZE ***

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      TIGHT SQUEEZE

      BY DEAN C. ING

      Illustrated by Freas

      [Transcriber note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction February 1955. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      He knew the theory of repairing the gizmo all right. He had that nicely taped. But there was the little matter of threading a wire through a too-small hole while under zero-g, and working in a spacesuit!

      MacNamara ambled across the loading ramp, savoring the dry, dusty air that smelled unmistakable of spaceship. He half-consciously separated the odors; the sweet, volatile scent of fuel, the sharp aroma of lingering exhaust gases from early morning test-firing, the delicate odor of silicon plastic which was being stowed as payload. He shielded his eyes against the sun, watching as men struggled with the last plastic girders to be strapped down, high above the dazzling ground of White Sands. The slender cargo doors stood open around Valier's girth, awaiting his own personal O.K.

      This flight would be the fourth for Major Edward MacNamara; as he neared the great, squatting shock absorbers he could feel the tension begin to knot his stomach. He had, of course, been overwhelmed by the opportunity to participate in Operation Doughnut. The fact that he had been one of the best mechanical engineers in the Air Force never occurred to him at the time. He was a pilot, and a good one, but he had languished as C.O. of a maintenance squadron for nearly two years before he was given another crack at glory. Now, he wasn't at all sure he was happy with the transition. They needed master mechanics for Operation Doughnut, but he felt they should be left on the ground when the towering supply rockets lifted.

      He stopped, leaning against scaffolding as he saw a familiar figure turn toward him. He cupped his hands before his face.

      Hey, douse that butt! Can't you ... oh, Mac! The commanding voice trailed off in a chuckle. Better to clown his way through the inspection, MacNamara thought, than

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