"Yes."
"Where will it join us?"
"At the Moon. We will be there in thirty hours. Your figures gave that, did they not, Gregg?"
"Yes. And the other ship—how fast is it?"
"Quite fast. In eight days—or nine, perhaps—it will reach the Moon."
She seemed willing enough to talk. There was indeed, no particular reason for reticence; I could not, she naturally felt, turn the knowledge to account.
"Manned—" I prompted.
"About forty men."
"And armed? Long range projectors?"
"You ask very avid questions, Gregg!"