By Earthlight by Bryce Walton, Science Fiction, Fantasy

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The rocket skin was like a dun-colored wall in the dim light under the hill. Three anonymous men who were beyond suspicion, who had worked on the rocket, were taking Barlow up in the elevator, up along the rocket’s curving walls.

Earlier, scores of men had climbed up many ladders to various platforms where doors opened into the rocket’s compartments for the insertion and repair of the many highly-specialized instruments.

One of the three men was talking, explaining things to Barlow about the rocket, about the pressure-suit he was to wear. Barlow listened and got it all straight. Barlow was helped into the suit. It weighed 700 pounds, and after they had encased him in it – all but the huge helmet-plate – he lay there absolutely helpless, on a dolly, waiting to be rolled into the rocket’s compartment.