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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aDye, Charles,
_d1925-1960
245 1 0 _aMomentum
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Future combined with Science Fiction Stories July 1951
500 _aRelease date is 2023-03-22
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Momentum" by Charles Dye is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story centers around a tense confrontation between two men, Ballard and Walton, who are working on an asteroid to install navigational equipment. The narrative explores themes of greed, suspicion, and survival in the context of space exploration. In "Momentum," Ballard realizes that his partner Walton intends to kill him after discovering the valuable rotenite nuggets. Locked outside their ship, the "Minnow", with limited oxygen, Ballard must devise a way to get back inside before he suffocates. He faces various obstacles, including equipment failures and Walton's treachery, but his determination and ingenuity lead him to use the momentum of a heavy plate to break into the ship. Ultimately, Ballard survives and takes revenge by throwing the precious rotenite nuggets away into space, thwarting Walton's plans for wealth and leaving him to face the consequences of his betrayal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1951
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aMines and mineral resources -- Fiction
653 _aAsteroids -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Future combined with Science Fiction Stories July 1951
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70347
999 _c111073
_d111073