If at First You Don't...
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If at First You Don't... - John Brudy
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T ...
by JOHN BRUDY
Start Publishing LLC
Copyright © 2012 by Start Publishing LLC
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First Start Publishing eBook edition January 2014
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ISBN 978-1-60977-841-5
To Amos Jordan, Secretary for Cislunar Navigation, no situation was unsolvable. There were rules for everything, weren't there.... Except maybe this thing ...
What's the matter, anyway?
Amos Jordan snapped at his assistant. Is everyone in the Senate losing their mind?
No more than usual,
said Clements, the undersecretary. It's just a matter of sentiment.
Sentiment?
Jordan poured himself a glass of lemonade. What's sentiment got to do with it? It's just a standard procedural problem.
Well, not exactly,
began Clements soothingly. After all, now, '58 Beta was the first long-lived satellite ever launched, and the first successful shot of the old Vanguard series. People are proud if it. It's a sort of monument to our early efforts in astronautics.
* * * * *
Jordan sipped experimentally, adding a little sugar.
But, Clem, the sky's full of the things,
he complained. There must be a hundred fifty of them in orbit right now. They're a menace to navigation. If this one's due to fall out, I say good riddance.
Clements spread his hands helplessly.
I agree, chief. But, believe me, a lot of people have made up their minds about this thing. Some want to let it burn up. Some want to retrieve it and stash it in a museum. Either way it's a decision we're not going to reach in this office.
Jordan tossed down the rest of his lemonade.
"I'd