"We'll need more information first."
"What kind of information?" General Sanders demanded suspiciously.
His suspicions were reinforced by Smith's terse dictum:
"Eddie must have all the facts on the X-15."
"Impossible!"
Dr. Smith's sniff indicated he nurtured utter disbelief in the concept of the impossible.
"Eddie operates on facts," he reminded the General.
General Sanders didn't sleep much that night. Neither did Amos Busch. They talked and argued until three in the morning, when the General poured one last drink and raised his glass.
"O.K.," he said grimly. "I've gone this far and I've got to go the rest of the way!"
They drank, and he continued: