"William Forstchen - Into the Sea of Stars" - читать интересную книгу автора (Forstchen William R)

Understanding the extreme limitation on crew spaceand taking into consideration the isolation fromany
higher authority, it should be realized that the crew must deal with all contingencies related toestablishing
contact with human colonies whileout of contact with Earth. Crew proposal is asfollows:

1. Pilot of the Alpha 3 unit with previous experience in deep space flight and isolation.

2. Medical/biological technician with an understanding of medical situations unique to the twenty-first
century, since all units contacted will have beenisolated with their particular varieties of microbesfor the
last 1107 years.

3. Sociological/psychological personnel capableof dealing with the ramifications of cross-cultural
exposure and shock.

4. Assistant to the program director, capable of logging all reports, administering to all reporting,filing,
and data management.

5. Program director, versed in twenty-first-century history, in particular relating to all aspectsof the
establishment of the self-contained coloniesstarting in 2019 until the decision to flee near-Earthspace in
the year 2078. The program director must be familiar with each of the colonial units in question, their
engineering, sociological backgrounds,cultural makeup, and administrative organizations.



Sweat broke out on lan's forehead. He stopped for amoment to look up at the Chancellor and was met
witha glacial stare. He returned to his reading.



The program director should have a full under-standing of the process leading to the decision bythe
seven hundred colonial units to abandon Earth on the eve of the Holocaust War. The program di-rector
should be familiar with the trajectories se-lected by the units when evacuating near-Earth spaceand have
reasonable estimates of distance traveled by each unit since departure. All such data is cur-rently on file
with the author and is available uponrequest.



Ian groaned softly and looked up imploringly at theChancellor.

"Look at that signature," the Chancellor hissed.

Ian did as ordered and stared numbly at the signature and personal seal placed upon the last page of the
pro-posal. They were his, all right.

"Can you explain this?!" the Chancellor demanded.

Ian could only shake his head.

"Are those your signature and personal seal?"