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constellation.

At the same time, we should build an overwhelming force of space ships
capable of delivering lethal blows to the outermost corners of the
universe and return without refueling.

We have seen the futility of meddling in everyone's business on Earth.
Let's not make that mistake in space. We are unalterably opposed to
the UP (United Planets) and call upon the governments of Earth not to
join that Inter-Solar System boondoggle.

We have enough trouble right here.

THE APPENDIX CONFIDENTIAL:

_Blast-off_: The equivalent of the take-off of Terran
aviation. Space ships blast-off into space. Not to be
confused with the report of a sawed-off shot gun.

_Blasting pit_: Place from which a space ship blasts off.
Guarded area where the intense heat from the jets melts the
ground. Also used for cock-fights.

_Spacemen_: Those who man the space ships. See any comic
strip.

_Hairoscope_: A very sensitive instrument for space
navigation. The sighting plate thereon is centered around
two crossed hairs. Because of the vastness of space, very
fine hairs are used. These hairs are obtained from the
Glomph-Frog, found only in the heart of the dense Venusian
swamps. The hairoscope is a must in space navigation. Then
how did they get to Venus to get the hair from the
Glomph-Frog? Read Venus Confidential.

_Multiplanetary agitation_: The inter-spacial methods by
which the Russians compete for the minds of the Neptunians
and the Plutonians and the Gowaniuns.

_Space suit_: The clothing worn by those who go into space.
The men are put into modernistic diving suits. The dames
wear bras and panties.

_Grav-plates_: A form of magnetic shoe worn by spacemen
while standing on the outer hull of a space ship halfway to
Mars. Why a spaceman wants to stand on the outer hull of a
ship halfway to Mars is not clear. Possibly to win a bet.

_Space platform_: A man-made satellite rotating around Earth
between here and the Moon. Scientists say this is a
necessary first step to interplanetary travel. Mars
Confidential proves the fallacy of this theory.

_Space Academy_: A college where young men are trained to be
spacemen. The student body consists mainly of cadets who
served apprenticeships as elevator jockeys.

_Asteroids_: Tiny worlds floating around in