Davis, Hank (ed) - Space Pioneers / Дэвис, Хэнк (ред) - Пионеры космоса [2018, EPUB, ENG]

Third Stage / Третий этап short story by Poul Anderson Becalmed in Hell / Штиль в аду short story by Larry Niven Delilah and the Space-Rigger / Далила и космический монтажник short story by Robert A. Heinlein Expedition / Экспедиция short story by Fredric Brown Not Yet the End / Ещё не конец short story by Fredric Brown Superweapon short story by David Drake In from the Commons short story by Tony Daniel Home Front novelette by Jeff Greason and Sarah A. Hoyt Incident on Calypso short story by Murray Leinster All the Traps of Earth / Все ловушки Земли novelette by Clifford D. Simak The Cave of Night short story by James E. Gunn He Fell Into a Dark Hole novelette by Jerry Pournelle What's It Like Out There? / Как там, в небесах? novelette by Edmond Hamilton The Man Who Lost the Sea / Человек, потерявший море short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Parliament of Owls novelette by Christopher Ruocchio Quietus / Благодетели short story by Ross Rocklynne Men Against the Stars novelette by Manly Wade Wellman Over the Top short story by Lester del Rey Kyrie short story by Poul Anderson

IN SHIP NUMBER FIFTY-ONE, halfway from Moon to Mars, four stubbled faces turned to a common, grinning regard as the pounding roar of the rockets died away at last. The skipper, the rocketman, the navigator, the spacehand. “So far so good,” said the skipper grimly. “We’ve reached speed. But the fuel may decide to go any minute. And that’ll be—that.” Even as he spoke, the fuel—frightful unstable solution of atomic hydrogen—went. Four men—the flimsy metal shell—the hopes, determination and courage that sought to conquer the stars—all were gone. For an instant, a warm, ruby glow, sprinkled with stars of incandescent metal, blossomed in space. The men did not mind. They did not know. . . .