Astounding Science Fiction (British edition) — page 26: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

AS Na \ ‘ 4 , \ : AS OEN AR RAS TAYE ay : RN NAN + SY SS x A PIONEER By LEE CORREY The first man to take that first tricky, uncertain, rickety contrap- tion, Rocketship #1, outside Earth’s atmosphere will, of course, be a Hero, doing the dangerous job because of high dedication to the purpose... Illustrated by van Dongen “HAS anybody taken it yet?” ** What do you think?” “Good. Ill take the job.” Donald L. Karlter of the Aircraft and Rocket Division, Karlter Ship & Drydock Company, sat up quickly and grinned at the stocky little test pilot standing before the desk. ‘Fine! I knew you'd change your mind, Dick.” He got up, pocketing his ciga- rettes and lighter. “‘Let’s get out to the field. We’ve only got seven hours.” Dick Crowell sat down on the edge of the desk instead. “‘Let’s talk money first.” “We already have,” Don said as he froze in the act of picking up his bat- tered hat. “That was before the gyros burned out in the Nomad.” “So what? The ship will still perform.” 24 conniclooolkks.c© in