{"id":305,"date":"2026-01-03T20:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-martian-crown-jewels-anderson-poul\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:32:32","slug":"the-martian-crown-jewels-anderson-poul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-martian-crown-jewels-anderson-poul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Martian Crown Jewels – Anderson, Poul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE SIGNAL was picked up when the ship was still a quarter million miles away, and recorded voices summoned the technicians. There was no haste, for the ZX28749, otherwise called the Jane Brackney, was right on schedule; but landing an unmanned spaceship is always a delicate operation. Men and machines prepared to receive her as she came down, but the control crew had the first order of business.<\/p>\n

Yamagata, Steinmann, and Ramanowitz were in the GCA tower, with Hollyday standing by for an emergency. If the circuits should fail – they never had, but a thousand tons of cargo and nuclear –<\/p>\n

powered vessel, crashing into the port, could empty Phobos of human life. So Hollyday watched over a set of spare assemblies, ready to plug in whatever might be required.<\/p>\n

Yamagata\u2019s thin fingers danced over the radar dials. His eyes were intent on the screen. \u201cGot her,\u201d<\/p>\n

he said. Steinmann made a distance reading and Ramanowitz took the velocity off the Dopplerscope. A brief session with a computer showed the figures to be almost as predicted.<\/p>\n

\u201cMight as well relax,\u201d said Yamagata, taking out a cigarette. \u201cShe won\u2019t be in control range for a while yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

His eyes roved over the crowded room and out its window. From the tower he had a view of the spaceport: unimpressive, most of its shops and sheds and living quarters being underground. The smooth concrete field was chopped off by the curvature of the tiny satellite. It always faced Mars, and the station was on the far side, but he could remember how the planet hung enormous over the opposite hemisphere, soft ruddy disc blurred with thin air, hazy greenish – brown mottlings of heath and farmland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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