– Yes, Christian, – the philosopher agreed. – It is very convenient for us.
And, you know, I would leave these terrestrial stories, geography on Earth. We
would create a modern history – about the highest beings, nisshedshy from “sky” on
earth. We would have an authority of divinity. We will be wisely and graciously
to operate our slaves. They will graze our herds, to cultivate ours
vineyards and on Sundays together with us to praise us and
to supreme. Peaceful life on a nature bosom. Any working questions,
strikes, revolutions! Golden Age! Paradise on the earth!
– And – any banks, commercial affairs? Etto., boringly! – told
Marshal.
– Without commerce life does not make sense. But we will bring this
the amendment, the baron, – Stormer told, addressing Marshal, – and I hope that
dear professor Shnirer will agree to this compromise. Private
property, I hope, you do not deny, mister Shnirer? And if is
private property…
Between bankers and the philosopher the dispute erupted. Nobody noticed how
Zander rose and left gallery of ancestors. Destiny of the future social
the device on the new earth had no relation to rocket flight. Besides
all these logomachies, in his opinion, were alien anything practical
sense.
Chapter 7
HANS STUDIES LUNA-PARK
Hans left Vinkler’s house and went to a huge horseshoe. It
it was visible from everywhere.
Finger walked on the ice-covered road and thought:
“The horseshoe is similar to a tuning fork. Yes, it is not lower than the Eiffel Tower, can
to be above. The fork scratching clouds…”
The dense cloud closed a horseshoe half.
“Three hundred meters… The horseshoe costs on the mountain which has not less
five-six thousand meters of height above sea level. Quite good tower. But for
what is it built? Vinkler did not explain. I will try to guess…
Maupassant once complained that the Eiffel Tower pressed his brain of the
platitude. At that time it was, of course, a worthless construction. It
built as “nail” of the World Parisian Fair. And still, if
Maupassant was an engineer, he would like respect and respect to D’Eiffel
to tower. For those times it was miracle of construction art. On
To the Eiffel Tower astronomical and meteorological laboratories,
physical office and powerful radio station. Possibly, and the horseshoe is created
for the similar scientific purposes.
Clouds slowly floated on the West. The top of a horseshoe was accurately drawn
on the clear blue sky. Having thrown the head up, Hans sharp-sightedly peered in
horseshoe, but suddenly stumbled and fell. Someone’s laughter, guttural, melodious
dialect. Hans was faced by Indians in the blankets full of holes thrown on
half-naked body. Hans smiled. Indians smiled in reply, having bared
white teeth. Indians showed a hand on top of a horseshoe and on ice under
legs. Yes, yes. Hans stood gaping. With consciousness of the fault nodded and
rose. Indians passed and several words, possibly shouted following
warning about something. Four Blacks carried by a huge log on shoulders.
“Mechanization!” – Hans grumbled. It stepped aside and, having leaned to
to wall of the timbered lodge smelling of a fresh pine directed again
eyes on horseshoe top. The ends of forks were connected thin as thread,
platform. Over it there passed antenna wires.
“Well certainly, it is meteorological observatory and radio station.
For flight it is necessary to study atmospheric conditions of Stormer-city…”
Suddenly Hans saw the black point falling down. It moved with most
tops, along a strip, without separating from it.
“Here it that! It appears, a horseshoe not only radio – and a meteorological station,
but also laboratory for test of the falling bodies”.
The black point reached to the bottom, got on a curve, flew on
to it, from dispersal flew up on the second strip of a horseshoe, rose up,
departed down, again up and so continued to shake as a pendulum “with
damped oscillations”. When at last the point stopped in the middle
curves, Hans saw that it is a trolley. Perhaps, there, inside
there are people. It is good to rock on such swing! Yes it and
it is necessary. Weeds on the rocket – too take-off and falling. Take-off from Earth in
“sky”, falling from “sky” on the planet… “Yes, we have to study influence
zero gravity on an organism…” Hans already almost ran to a horseshoe. But it all
still was far. He saw how the cabin left the person and almost run
went to office which was occupied by Collins.
Having been out of breath, Hans ran up to the massive concrete basis of a horseshoe.
The trolley already crept up as an elevator cabin. Hans Wsbezhal on a planked footway on
concrete platform also examined a horseshoe curve. Couple of rails. Radius
curves – fifteen meters. If height is three hundred meters, then take-off and
falling have to proceed the whole fifteen seconds. Not bad. But, devil
take! With a height of three hundred meters curve radius fifteen are
the overload because of centrifugal force on a curve in forty turns out
time. Will flatten out, perhaps…
Under the platform rang out, roared, and Hans saw how one strip
huge horseshoe drives off from another. Radius of a curve increased to
sixty meters. “That is another matter. Now the overload will be all in
ten times. Approximately the same that is tested by us when sliding sledge with
abrupt hill”.
Again rumble and noise of motors of a construction. Radius was reduced to twenty
meters. “If only to me not to be late to roll down with this flight…” Hans
hurried to enter the building over which elevator cables lasted. Showed
to the metis in a cervine jacket the blue ticket. The metis nodded and silently waved
hand