William T. Powers

spacegram n.	1950 W. T. Powers Meteor in Astounding Science Fiction Sept. 111/2 ‘Don’t worry, though. We don’t miss on these big ones.’ Twenty-one hours later, he was staring at another spacegram, remembering his comforting words of the day before. The heading was EMERGENCY; the spacegram was direct from the Stag Head detector station. METEOR 842M2055 OUT OF CONTACT. EAST STATION INOPERATIVE, STAG HEAD STATION HORIZONED. LAST ACCURATE ORBIT—