Astronauts -- Fiction; Science fiction; Short stories; Space flight to the moon -- Fiction
"They were watching us with telescopes; remember? They were going to
clear all ships and planes out of the area we were heading for."
"Remember; no speeches 'til we get a rest."
"Yeah, and then I know what I'm going to say."
"We can't do much but we sure can do _something_."
"Stage one: Moon. Stage two: Earth."
"Here they come ... planes!"
"Look dignified."
"Man, look at that rocket out there; it's passing all the rest; coming
down from above them."
"Looks practically wingless. It's going to beat the rest by a
decade ... hey, it's black!"
"Is it ever fast! What country is it? I can't see any identification."
"Say, it's going to pass us right by. Look out, it's diving."
"What's it dropping?"
"Look out! Bomb! Bomb! Bomb! Duck...."
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