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Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions. Indeed, it was doubted if the problem ever would be solved.
Mankind was about to receive the first visitor from the stars.
Tutankhamen had been buried only yesterday—not even four thousand years ago; Rama might be older than mankind.
What we have here is undoubtedly a ‘space ark.’
The two mottoes on his desk summed up his philosophy of life. One asked, WHAT HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? The other said, HELP STAMP OUT BRAVERY.
Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were too damn distracting.
Yet if there were no hazards there would be no achievement, no sense of adventure.
It seemed altogether unfair and unreasonable that the sky should be so hard.
It was a good plan—and it failed completely.
