... strapped in his chairand thought unhappily of many things. He came to feel unclean, as19 Operation: Outer Space Leinster, MurrayPublished: 1958Categorie(s): Fiction, Science FictionSource: http://www.gutenberg.org1people ... stagnant—the journey would have been insupportable.There was nothing to see, because ports opening on outer space werenot safe for passengers to look through. Mere humans, untrained to keeptheir minds ... "free fall," which was the technical term for a rocketcoasting upward or downward in space. But Cochrane braced himself,and his stomach-muscles were tense when the rockets stopped...