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We got some prompt radiation." "When was that? The exact time?" Rip tried to remember. He felt horrible. "It was twenty-three-oh-five." "Bad," the voice said. "He must have taken enough roentgens of gamma and neutrons to reach or exceed the median-lethal dose." Rip found his voice again. "Santos," he said urgently. "On the asteroid. He got it, too. The rest were shielded." MacFife snapped orders.
We got some prompt radiation. I don’t know how much." "When was that? The exact time?" Rip tried to remember. He felt horrible. "It was twenty-three-oh-five." "Bad," the voice said. "He must have taken enough roentgens of gamma and neutrons to reach or exceed the median-lethal dose." Rip found his voice again. "Santos," he said urgently. "On the asteroid. He got it, too. The rest were shielded.
The ship's radiation safety officer had put both Rip's and Santos' dosimeters into his measuring equipment. They had taken over a hundred roentgens of hard radiation above the tolerance limit. This was the result of being caught unshielded when the last nuclear charge went off. "Sir," Rip pleaded, "you can load us with suppressives. It's only a few days more before we reach Terra.
The ship’s radiation safety officer had put both Rip’s and Santos’s dosimeters into his measuring equipment. They had taken over a hundred roentgens of hard radiation above the tolerance limit. This was the result of being caught unshielded when the last nuclear charge went off. "Sir," Rip pleaded, "you can load us with suppressives. It’s only a few days more before we reach Terra.
So maybe he'd dosed himself with a few hundred Roentgens so what? A little radiation never hurt a dead man. But he knew now that there was no possibility of escape. The drive was wrecked, and the only other means of escape, the one-man courier boat that every blaster-boat carried, had been sent out weeks ago and had never returned. If only the courier boat were still in its cradle
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