Accidental Flight

ive him considerable assistance, if he would. There was no reason why he shouldn't; but any m

f Earth-normal gravity," Camer

r Vogel

n continued. "Perhaps it's easier on the weakened bodi

ant. Practically, though, we get between a quarter and almost full Earth gravity. Now take the fluctuations. The gravital computer is se

went on. "Some fancy medical reason. Easier on the accidentals to have less gravity change, y

'm sure, is no exception." He paused thoughtfully. "Now, there are three separate gravital units on the asteroid. One runs for forty-five minutes while the other two are idle. Then it cu

e engineer. "That's what

erlapping so that for five minutes we have Ear

setup like this that worked any better." He added defensively: "Of cour

xious to make myself look silly. I have a sound reason for

as wider than the rem

redly. "Suppose you tell me

suddenly got double or triple gravity or maybe none at all. But there's another reason. Now take a gravital unit.

the gravity and is simple and just about indestructible. Part three is the gravital control. It calculates the relationship between the amount of power flowing through the gravital coil and the strength of the created gravity field in any one micros

to rest an hour and a half to do forty-five minutes of work. Naturally they don't want anyone tinkering with it. It's non-repairable. Crack the cas

urce of trouble. "Then we can forget about the gravital units," said Ca

ean to

g that's

l." Vogel scratched his head. "There is something dangero

ron was alert.

an impulse into the computer and change the direction of the field...." Vogel was very grave. "You could pick up H

he engineer seemed to regard the occasion as merely a social call

things like that with any gravital system. They got monitor

verrides it. If that fails, they send a jammer impulse an

lp or information from Vogel. "All right," he

ravity-generating chamber far below the