"Lee Edgar - Andromeda Time" - читать интересную книгу автора (Edgar Lee)

down by tonight.тАЩ
тАШThatтАЩs good. We may need to use one or two of them for a little
project which has been proposed.тАЩ
Cassi frowned. тАШA project?тАЩ
тАШIs there not someone more suitable?тАЩ interjected Doctor Schmidt.
тАШThis girl is far too young for what I am suggesting. She looks no more
than a child and seems to have little experience in either life or the
practical application of the sciences.тАЩ
Cassi felt the beginnings of anger start and felt her cheeks redden
in embarrassment. She started to lean forward but felt a restraining
hand on her arm. The bearded man next to her winked and pursed his
lips. Cassi relaxed.
тАШMrs Hardy is our most experienced astronaut,тАЩ the Director was
saying in her defence. тАШI would go so far as to say that, without her,
the current programme would be grounded and what you are proposing
would be impossible.тАЩ
тАШJust what is it that is being proposed?тАЩ asked Cassi quietly.
For almost a minute, the older scientist stared at her for daring to
speak.
тАШYou would not understand,тАЩ he said eventually.
тАШTry me.тАЩ
тАШMy company...тАЩ He paused. тАШ...my research organisation, is proposing
to experiment with time. We have heard that Wayfarer One went back in
time on her last trip. We wish to evaluate the data and...тАЩ
тАШWayfarer is not a time machine, Herr Schmidt,тАЩ Cassi interrupted.
тАШBut it did go back in time, didnтАЩt it?тАЩ
тАШNot meaningfully.тАЩ
тАШPerhaps I could help,тАЩ suggested the elderly gentleman beside Cassi.
тАШI have studied the data brought back by Wayfarer in her computer and
have reached some staggering conclusions.тАЩ
тАШSuch as?тАЩ
тАШThat at a speed approaching that of light, time dilation occurs.тАЩ
тАШOf course,тАЩ the scientist sneered. тАШWe worked that out in the
nineteen-nineties.тАЩ
тАШBut what was not worked out at that time was that upon reaching the
speed of light, a reversal occurs. Time is compressed quite
dramatically. On the first Wayfarer voyages, they flew to Andromeda and
back, a distance each way of over two million light years, in just four
weeks.тАЩ
тАШHow sure are you that this incredible trip took place?тАЩ
тАШI have seen the data log on both ships. There is no doubt
whatsoever. Massive time compression takes place upon exceeding light
speed. And the faster you go, the greater the compression.тАЩ
тАШAt what point does time actually stand still?тАЩ
тАШThe precise calculus is not yet available, but it is believed to be
around fifty thousand times the speed of light. Commander Duncan, in
Wayfarer Two, reached a speed of just over eighty-thousand times the
speed of light.тАЩ
тАШAnd went back how far in time?тАЩ
тАШFive years.тАЩ