Danger in Deep Space

dred sixty-five pounds. Blue eyes. Blond hair. Last seen wearing dress blues. Cadet Manning broke confinement to quarters on Venus space station and is believed to be heading back to Earth. He is

ard, Space Academy, Earth. This alert is t

bes darken. He turned to one side and saw Astro. The big Venusian wa

could take that guy Manning and

Loring and Mason's trickery and had innocently walked into their trap, the two cadets felt that his escape was a breach of trust. Roger had given his spaceman's word that h

ould save him now would be absolute clearance by the investigation. But since he's run out, I guess it must be the other

ttention. Tom turned to see Major Connel stride into the room. It was at Co

to hear any sympathy for a man w

to the major," said Astro in a d

comes," he thought. "Well, I've handled rebellion of this sort before." He stepped close to Astro. So

n to speak, man to

he relaxed and brought his eye

It was strong and full of emotion, yet controlled. "And as long as I am a hum

nished?" sn

. And I respectfully request of the major that if his feelings for Cadet Manning are so violent that he finds it diffic

ack. "And if I d

r command, sir, and if that is not grante

asked

-" Astro

det Astro?" r

more to say, s

range seriousness of Astro's manner and tone, now found it equally

it was made of. And he was secretly satisfied. Any cadet who would offer to resign from the Academy in defense of his unit-mate was a true spaceman. Connel wasn't going to a

el the same way,

sir," s

uld make your lives mise

f that, sir," s

g. And just for your own sake, Astro," said Connel, stepping back in front of the big cadet, "never ask to talk to a Solar Guard officer man to man again. As long as you're still a member of the Cadet Corps such disrespect will n

mbled Astro. "

"in fifteen minutes. I'm going to put you through your p

g to make the trip to

rs another cadet is arriving from the Academy to replace

t Higgins is a friend of mine. He carries the nickname

go, I want you to know this. In my personal opinion, Manning had nothing to do with the crash. I think the whole trouble was caused on the ship. I

of the crash and Roger's disappearance as Tom, a

sive type. Not very definite in his attitude and emotional

brain!" growled Astro. "In this outf

ll the shoes of a cadet, who, Alfie had to admit, had everything. Alfie Higgins' mother didn't raise any stupid children, he said to hims

would appreciate it if you could describe the basis of this new feature in space trave

get used to that kind of chatter, Astro," said

?" asked Alfie, wrinkling up his nose a little

about hyperdrive

you'd be so ki

your trap long enough,

waited, hands clasp

ped by Joan Dale back at the Academy. And it's so blasted

eat talent on the power deck, Astro, but

toms inside the spaceship. So you can have as much thrust as you want and no one will feel a thing. Even if the ship were to accelerate a million times faste

sounds all right as a principle

u-you-" sno

e," said Tom. "It's

provement, though,

se that big mouth! How do you like that, Tom? We get rid

rance there hadn't been time to forget their old unit-mate and get accustomed to a new personality. Astro sensed Tom's feelings and i

-by order of Major Connel-stand by to blast off immediately. This is

ds, made their way to the landing-port deck where the great gleaming spacesh

but we've got a still tougher job to do. This is to be a scientific expedition and we'll need every ou

r," repl

blast off in