 What happened to Mr. Palugger?
"We have conquered the problem of small groups in space—witness the discovery of Antheon, for example—but when there are large groups, control is more difficult." Basically, it was an instrument which would open distant vistas to colonization, reducing the shoulder-to-shoulder pressure of a crowded solar system. On loan from Transworld, he will have an observer status." The theft of Carver Janssen's attache case occurred on the thirty-first day out. He said it was significant that all en route had passed stability tests, and that it was to the ship's discredit that someone with criminal tendencies should have been permitted aboard. What did Captain Branson think of those colonists who killed each other on the Weblor I ?
 He died of his illness.
 He was pushed out of the airlock.  He was beaten to death.  The man in the red mask shot him.  He died of his illness.