Authentic Science Fiction, December 1951 — page 67: what you’re looking at

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

THE MOON IS HEAVEN 65 at the’suit on her bunk, shrugs and turns away. You're glad she’s able to see reason. So many women you’ve known aren’t like that. : _ Outside the dome you go over Schnabel’s equipment. He seems to have left a good deal of it up by the rocket. But the small reactor from the second trailer rocket is still here. ‘That reactor had better be taken up,’’ Atah. says. ‘‘ We'll be needing power.”’ : You and Leeson grab the nuclear reactor and start up th rocks with it, followed by Atah and Clavier bearing the smaller items. It’s not so easy getting the reactor up the rock-face, but herculean effort on Leeson’s part helps a lot. After a good deal of mild cursing you arrive at the ship with it. . ; “ Good show,’’ Atah commends, ‘“‘ That’s a big job done. Doesn’t look much, perhaps, but power is essential and you've supplied it.’’ Okay, you think, okay. Now let’s get cracking on that door. Closer examination shows that a jagged rock point must have clouted the air-lock because there’s a sharp in- dentation in the outer door. Then it must have taken a whack from a blunt prominence which buckled the whole thing, ripped it in places and tore it away from the valves. To you, it looks hopeless. Not so to Atah. He stands back and gives the door a long stare, thumping it once or twice with his gloved hand before turning to face the rest of you. “Not so bad, really, you know. Shouldn’t take as long as I thought. I expect Schnabel realised that. I. suggest we take the door right off.’’ oe You don’t argue. You don’t know anything about it. But you can’t help wondering what Schnabel was doing up here. while you were all resting. Nothing seems to have been accomplished. : ~ Anyway you take the job assigned to you and plug the grinder, into: the reactor. Then you bring the revolving head up to the rivets and grind them down flat. It’s not quite as. comicbooks.com