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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"Moving
through
Earth's
atmosphere
at
such
speed,
indeed,
one
would
expect
it
to
burn
up
by
its
own
friction
with
the
air.
But
it
does
not,
because
its
own
gravitational
power
would
draw
to
itself
enough
air
to
make
a
dense
little
atmosphere
for
itself
that
would
cling
to
it
and
shield
it
as
it
speeds
through
Earth's
upper
air.
No,
I'm
certain
that
this
second
satellite
exists,
Harding,
and
I'm
as
certain
that
it's
responsible
for
the
vanishing
of
those
four
fliers."
"And
now
you
and
Hackett
have
figured
when
it
will
be
passing
over
here
and
are
going
up
in
an
X-type
yourselves
to
look
for
it,"
Harding
said
musingly.
"Look
for
it?"
echoed
Hackett.
"We're
not
going
to
climb
forty
miles
just
to
get
a
look
at
the
damn
thing--we're
going
to
try
landing
on
it!"
"You're
crazy
sure!"
the
field
superintendent
exploded.
"If
Fellows
and
those
others
got
caught
by
the
thing
and
never
came
down
again,
why
in
the
name
of
all
that's
holy
would
you
two
want--"
He
stopped
suddenly.
"Oh,
I
think
I
see,"
he
said,
awkwardly.
"Fellows
was
rather
a
buddy
of
you
two,
wasn't
he?"
"The
best
that
ever
flew
a
crippled
Nieuport
against
three
Fokkers
to
pull
us
out
of
a
hole,"
said
Norman
softly.
"Weeks
he's
been
gone,
and
if
it
had
been
Hackett
and
I
he'd
be
all
over
the
sky
looking
for
us--the
damned
lunatic.
Well,
we're
not
going
to
let
him
down."
"I
see,"
Harding
repeated.
Then--"Well,
here
comes
your
mechanic,
Norman,
so
your
ship
must
be
ready.
I'll
go
with
you.
It's
an
event
to
see
two
Columbuses
starting
for
another
world."
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