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The return of a space-ship to earth would seem to present insurmountable obstacles. What is to prevent this rocket-machine of Wolfram steel or other metal from being consumed like any tiny meteorite upon contact with the thick envelope of the atmosphere? Provision, however, has been made for this, and the possibility of landing accepted—in theory. The peak of the torpedo-like space cruiser would contain an enormous double or triple parachute with ropes attached to the nose of the vessel.

‘She flies, dearest, like a ray of light for speed and like a bit of thistle-down for lightness. We’ve been around the moon!’… Both investors were moved more than they could have told by their achievement, by the complete success of the great space-cruiser upon which they had labored for months with all the power of their marvelous intellects.

The automatic pilot of his space-cruiser had jammed on four gravities acceleration when a short-circuit developed somewhere in its inwards, and when the main fuel-tanks were empty and Steve could stir from the flat of his back, he had only his emergency fuel left.

The conversation between Doc Thorndon and Kathy had been a lengthy one, and the officers and crew of the space cruiser New Taos would have been surprised at the ship’s doctr [sic] they thought they knew so well for his gentle kindliness.

Rick, you’re this team’s pilot. Can you fly a Beta class space cruiser?

Surrounded as they are by the might of the twelve intergalactic battlestar space cruisers, they consider themselves invulnerable on this, a mission of peace.

He stood on the gleaming control decks of Nimmitz’s brand-new top of the line space cruiser, immobilized by an automatic ship’s security stasis field, threatening bloody revenge at the imbecilic ex-partner smiling at him from the opposite side of the control room.

They have a single space cruiser parked in the designated zone. The ship is small and had to have come from a relatively short distance away.