"In the operation of small exploration vehicles, the fuel cell of the 4-H Clubs in Hanford and Bitteroot Creek will compete with the chemical energy of recombination for the prize sweet potato trophy."
Even John O'Hara Smith looked startled. But he recovered his aplomb instantly.
"Must be a circuit crossover," he explained. "No trouble to adjust it...."
While he probed into the interior of Eddie with a glass-handled screwdriver, General Sanders took out a fresh cigarette and shredded it between his fingers.
At 2:51, Eddie had this to report:
"Just as the basic physical precept of invariancy to reflection is not necessarily true, Newton's laws of motion may not always apply under certain circumstances. This would make it possible to penetrate and misdirect a navigational system based on the concept of inertial guidance."
General Sanders had been tilted back in his chair, half dozing. He bounced forward with a jar.
"What was that?"
Dr. Smith replayed this portion of the output tape.
"We talked about that at the hospital," he sternly recalled to the General. "And if the long-range missiles fired from Florida can be taken over in flight, what's to prevent their being guided to a submarine at sea?"