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With Astro's help, Tom was soon free and clear, standing beside Astro on the jet-boat deck. "Phoooeeeey!" said Tom, spitting out the sand that had filtered into his mouth. "I never want to do that again!" He dusted himself off and flashed his emergency light around the deck. "Look at that!" he said in amazement.

The reaction mass is building fast. Come on, James, we have to rip out the seats in the jet boats to get five people in them." Strong turned back into the jet-boat launching well. "May I have the passenger lists, Captain?" asked Tom, turning to James. The young skipper handed him a clip board with the names of the passengers and crew and followed Strong.

"I thought you went to find him half an hour ago!" "I did," said Tom, "but when I went to the jet-boat deck, one was missing. So I figured he had fixed one and taken it out for a test." "Then he's probably outside in space now!" said Strong. Suddenly the Solar Guard captain caught himself. "Wait a minute! How many jet boats were on the deck, Corbett?" "Three, sir."

That's the side facing the storm! And as soon as we dig a little, the sand falls from that pile. But the opposite side, leading to the jet-boat deck, is free and clear!" "Then all we have to do is force our way through to the top," said Astro. "That's all," said Tom. "We'd be here until doomsday digging our way clear." "I get it!" said Roger.

Stand by to receive me on your number-one starboard jet-boat catapult deck, signed, Strong, Captain, Solar Guard." "Yes, sir!" replied Roger. "Get into your space suit, Tom, and give Astro a hand with the jet boats. I have to get a message back to Space Academy and tell them to send out help right away." "Aye, sir," said Tom.

Instead of getting easier, the courses of study were getting more difficult all the time, and in his speech on the parade grounds, Commander Walters had promised "Emergency!" Roger's voice over the intercom brought Tom out of his reverie sharply. "All hands," continued the cadet on the radar bridge hurriedly, "secure your stations and get to the jet-boat deck on the double! Emergency!"

"Would you see if there is any news of Roger, sir, when you make contact with the Academy?" Connel read the cadet's lips and nodded his head. Tom turned and went directly to the jet-boat deck. Astro and Alfie waited for him inside. "Brought along three space suits, Tom," said Astro. "You can never tell what we might run into." "Good idea," said Tom.

And the window ports on the starboard side of the control deck were pretty high off the ground." "Well, let's not just stand here and talk about it," said Roger. "Let's take a look!" He turned and walked through the jet-boat deck.

He locked the clear plastic airtight covering of the jet boat and began flicking at the control buttons. "Strap in, you Venusian hick. Here we go!" Roger shoved a lever at his side, making the jet-boat deck airtight from the rest of the Polaris, and then, by pressing a button on the simple control board, a section of the Polaris' hull slipped back, exposing them to empty space.

That you can have!" Nearing the first stop in their tour, Tom signaled ahead to Number Twelve to be taken aboard. He waited for the outer portal of the ship's air lock to be opened and then sent his tiny spacecraft into a shallow dive, applying his braking jets expertly to bring it to a dead stop inside the jet-boat deck of the converted space liner.