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Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The Tenth PlanetThe Tenth
Planet
Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch



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First Edition: June 1999
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In memory of Richard B. Weaver



Section One
DISCOVERY
1
August 16, 2017 16:04 Universal Time
240 Days Until Arrival
International Space Monitoring Buoy Number Six was alone. Since it had left
Earth over three years ago, it had been alone, traveling through the depths
of
space to the seventh planet, Uranus, then settling into a wide elliptical
orbit.
For the past six months, ISMB 6 had faithfully done its job, taking readings
of
the surface of the planet, using its cameras and sensors and equipment to
explore the outer reaches of the solar system.
ISMB 6 was a hardworking little craft, although from the outside it seemed