Science fiction; Short stories; Space pirates -- Fiction; Space ships -- Fiction
"The wind that blows between the worlds," said Carrel solemnly. "Solar
radiation. Its pressure will move a ship if you provide a sail that's
big enough and light enough--and that's what we did."
"It's impossible," muttered Albrekt, crouching back against the
automatic pilot.
"Not impossible, just extremely unusual this far out," said Carrel.
"If they ever let you out of prison, Albrekt, I think a trip to Venus
would be worth your while. I think you'd find the annual space regatta
particularly interesting."
End of Project Gutenberg's Blow the Man Down, by Charles L. Fontenay
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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