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Updated: May 18, 2025
Now the mass in number-three rocket is building and wildcatting itself. If it gets any higher, it'll explode." "Why didn't your power-deck man dump the mass?" asked Strong. "We didn't know it was wildcatting until after he had tried to repair it. And he didn't tighten the bolts enough to keep it from leaking radiation." The young skipper paused. "He lived long enough to warn us, though."
The chamber is still hot from the wildcatting reaction mass we had to dump back in space." "Well, then, let's start digging," said Tom. He picked up an empty grease bucket and began filling it with sand. "You two get busy loading them, and I'll dump," said Astro. "O.K.," replied Tom and continued digging into the sand with his hands.
The fuel is just hot enough to sustain a steady reaction because of its high intensity. Once that baffle worked loose, the mass started wildcatting itself." "And if it doesn't stop?" asked Roger tensely. "It'll reach a point where the reaction comes so fast it'll explode!" "Let's pile out of here!" said Roger. The three boys made a dash for their space suits and the jet boat.
"It has to do with the pumps," replied the power-deck cadet. "They cool the reactant fuel to keep it from getting too hot and wildcatting. At a D-9 rate the reactant is hot enough to create power for normal flight. Feeding at a D-18 rate is fine too, but you need pumps to cool the motors, and pumps that could do the job would be too big."
"Yeah," said Roger, "then we'll send him one big flash to mean we failed! Bon voyage!" Fifteen minutes later, as the Lady Venus drifted in her silent but deadly orbit, Tom, Roger and Astro still worked feverishly as the Geiger counter ticked off the increasing radioactivity of the wildcatting reaction mass in number-three rocket tube.
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