The Red Stuff

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(Note: The Government is of the opinion that in the present critical situation the widest possible publicity should be given to the facts of the case and the events which gave rise to it. It is, therefore, with official approval and encouragement that the proprietors of WALTERS SPACE-NEWS here reprint in pamphlet form the account first published in both the printed and broadcast versions of the issue of that journal dated Friday, 20th July 2051)

Here is an official Government emergency warning:

“From now until further notice Clarke Lunar Station will be closed to traffic. No vessel of any kind at present on the Station may put to space, nor will any local craft be permit­ted to take off from there. All vessels now in space, whether earth­ward or outward bound, scheduled to call at Clarke must make imme­diate arrange­ments to divert to Whitley. Outward bound craft will ground at the normal Whitley Lunar Station base; earth­ward bound vessels will be directed to the emergency field and must ground there. Any vessel ignoring this instruc­tion will be refused grounding and be dealt with severely. It is empha­sized that any vessel grounding at or near Clarke for any reason whatsoever will be refused permis­sion to leave. This warning is effective imme­diately.”

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