 What is the crew’s mission?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories November 1952. After the first shock of looking out, I accepted the fact that I was in a space ship, yet I couldn't read the maps that were fastened to a table, nor understand the function or design of the compact machinery. Everything lay in readiness, fastened down star charts, instruments, glittering equipment. It waited for human hands to make it operate. What speeds and perhaps, what distance? It meant the engine or engines took up half the ship, cut off from the forward half by the instrument studded shield. "No gravity," he grunted and sat back. "You are, sir.
 To explore possible planets to support life
 To conduct tests about life in space  To experiment with suspension and memory  To return to Earth as quickly as possible  To explore possible planets to support life