For two years prior to the beginning of our narration in the central newspapers the message that on the largest artificial
companion of the Earth, "Vejdady JU-i" - "Great friendship", - the Soviet and Chinese masters bezgravitatsionnogo moulding
- moulding in the conditions of weightlessness - have started casting of the case of the first photon rocket has flown. And,
maybe, on this rocket it is fated to Bykovu and its companions to break to venerianskim to deserts... Which "hardly strongly
differ from your favourite Gobi".
Photon rocket or nuclear, sand of Venus from terrestrial differ or not, - but it is obvious that expedition goes not on
gotovenkoe.
Interplanetary flights, and the main thing - work on other planets, has put three times difficult and difficult. For a gain of Venus
and riches of semimythical Uranium Golconda huge knowledge, iron health, unusual endurance are necessary. It is
necessary to be real mezhplanetnikom, that is one of those heroes who show at cinema and meet with colours, or...
Bury in gloomy precipices of infinite space. Whether knowledge, health, endurances at modest engineer Bykova will suffice?
However...
Krajuhinu is more visible. Krajuhin - vice-president GKMPS, the State committee of interplanetary messages. And, if Krajuhin
is assured that Bulls will consult, means. Bulls will consult. Really, these mezhplanetniki the same people! Time they can, it
can also.
Bulls has caught itself that steadfastly looks fool in the face to the pretty girl-librarian behind a little table opposite. The girl has
frowned, then was not kept - has burst out laughing. Bulls has frowned. Yes, it is necessary to send the telegramme to
Ashkhabad that business trip will be long. It is a pity, it is impossible to see before expedition... But what it would give? Unless
it is possible to state about what did not dare to start talking some years some minutes? We will give all to destiny. When it
will return... (In memory there was a photo from an illustrated magazine: heroes of space spaces have returned from difficult
flight - flowers, the smiles lifted for a greeting of a hand...)... When it will return, will take vacation and will go to Ashkhabad. It
will approach to one house, will press the call button, and then...