Men on the Moon by Donald A. Wollheim

Author:Donald A. Wollheim [Wollheim, Donald A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jerry eBooks
Published: 2015-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

He twisted his neck until he could get his lips on the thin rubber hose sticking up to the left of his chin. He closed his teeth on the clamp, and sucked up a few swallows of water from his tank. It was not particularly tasty, but at least it was cool. It would have been a lot colder if carried uninsulated, he reflected. The night temperature of Luna was something like minus one-fifty Centigrade, and it dropped like a shot as soon as the surface was shaded from the sun.

Refreshed, he started out again at a bounding run, rejoicing in his strength. He felt as if he were just jogging along, but the ground rolled back under his feet swiftly. Had he been on such a bleak desert on Earth, he knew he would be slogging ankle-deep in sand—if he could move at all. His own weight was between a hundred and fifty and a hundred and sixty pounds. With what he was wearing and carrying, he was probably close to three hundred. It did not bother him here.

“It isn’t bad at all,” he thought with satisfaction. “Feels like jogging around the track in school, warming up for a race. One … two … three … four—still got pretty good form! Not even breathing hard!”

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