 What didn't happen to McIvers?
I guess I was about ten when Wyatt and Carpenter made the last attempt—that was in 2082, I think. After that, I followed Sanderson’s work in the Twilight Lab up there and began to get Brightside into my blood, sure as death. Did you ever know Tom Mikuta? He was a major in the Interplanetary Service for some years and hung onto the title after he gave up his commission. Four thousand miles of butcherous heat, just to have some joker come along, use your data and drum you out of the glory by crossing at perihelion forty-four days later? “I want to make a Crossing at perihelion and I want to cross on the surface.
 he got lost
 the major turned down his idea  he located the first explorers  he got lost  he took a detour