 Why did Capt. Lawler and Lt. Chandler return with a fifty-five gallon drum of calking compound rather than the needed cup?
General Finogenov notified Major Winship that the underground blast was scheduled for the following morning. Lt. Chandler mounted one of the bunks to give them more room. Capt. Lawler ascended. "The only way you can check is to extrude it," Lt. Chandler said, "and if it does extrude, you've ruined it." II Capt. Lawler and Lt. Chandler took the land car to Base Gagarin. The Soviet base was situated some ten miles toward sunset at the bottom of a natural fold in the surface. At that point, the best pathway angled left and made an S-shaped descent to the basin. "I'll load you," Capt. Wilkins volunteered wearily. "Finogenov had a clay samovar sent up.
 They could only obtain the 55-gallon drums
 The steel drum offered the extra, needed weight.  They could only obtain the 55-gallon drums  They needed the full fifty-five gallons for repairs  They needed the drum for a chair.