“We’re all for it!” Garry answered, and Patch nodded his head vigorously.
“Come aboard then. The Carefree welcomes you!”
“What about the flier?” Garry asked. “We don’t want to be charged with stealing a space craft.”
“I’ll have Ben Dawes come aboard and set her adrift toward the satellite so that she can be picked up easily,” the captain said.
“I think we blew something out when we tried to start her,” Patch said.
“Ben’s a genius,” Captain Eaton replied. “He’ll get her to running, no matter what’s wrong with her.”
With this taken care of, the boys were anxious to board the Carefree and see if her interior were as strange and unusual looking as her outer hull. They removed their bulky magnetic shoes and entered the air lock of the Carefree.
Captain Eaton first explained the purpose of the webbing that lined the walls of the tube.
“As you boys saw us move in, you probably know that this is the rear of the ship, and this tunnel is in the center. It goes the full length of our ‘tin can’ and comes out front into the flight deck. We have to leave and enter the ship through the rear end of this tube. Understand?”
“Yes, Sir,” the boys answered together.