During the next ten days, Eddie scanned microfilm on all the newspapers published since X-15's disappearance. Also marshalled before the scanner was every pertinent reference work available at public, private and university libraries in California. At length, even John O'Hara Smith seemed satisfied. He shut off the scanner, turned on the selector mechanism and the vocader switch. For two hours, Eddie did nothing, except hum contentedly, like a miniature washing machine. Occasionally, a weird, flickering pattern of multi-colored lights would trace across the scanning screen. At 11:06 A.M., October 19, 1955, a flat, toneless voice came from the vocader grill: "Laminar flow equilibrium temperature at mach 8.0, altitude 150,000 ft., of a point 10 ft. back from the leading edge is 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, assuming skin has 0.85 emissivity." There was a small, whirring noise, and the vocader circuit clicked off. "What the devil does that mean?" demanded the General. "Your aerophysicists might like to know!" came back the tart reply. At 1:34, Eddie clicked into action again: "In flight between two planets, the theory of minimum energy orbit should be discarded in favor of acceleration at reduced speed for calculated periods of time." "By the time we're flying between planets," General Sanders commented bitterly, "the record of my court-martial will be ancient history!" Twenty minutes later, Eddie added: "In the operation of small exploration vehicles, the fuel cell of the 4-H Clubs in Hanford and Bitteroot Creek will compete with the chemical energy of recombination for the prize sweet potato trophy." Even John O'Hara Smith looked startled. But he recovered his aplomb instantly. "Must be a circuit crossover," he explained. "No trouble to adjust it...." While he probed into the interior of Eddie with a glass-handled screwdriver, General Sanders took out a fresh cigarette and shredded it between his fingers. At 2:51, Eddie had this to report: "Just as the basic physical precept of invariancy to reflection is not necessarily true, Newton's laws of motion may not always apply under certain circumstances. This would make it possible to penetrate and misdirect a navigational system based on the concept of inertial guidance." General Sanders had been tilted back in his chair, half dozing. He bounced forward with a jar. "What was that?" Dr. Smith replayed this portion of the output tape. "We talked about that at the hospital," he sternly recalled to the General. "And if the long-range missiles fired from Florida can be taken over in flight, what's to prevent their being guided to a submarine at sea?" The General frowned in deep concentration, then relaxed and shook his head. "Even if something like that would be possible, we've got nothing to worry about. Every missile carries a device which can be used to destroy it if the missile goes off course."