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THE ROBOT ROCKET
By CAREY ROCKWELL
A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure
WILLY LEY Technical Adviser
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York
COPYRIGHT 1956 BY ROCKHILL RADIO
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


The Tom Corbett series:
STAND BY FOR MARS!, 1952
DANGER IN DEEP SPACE, 1953
ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES, 1953
THE SPACE PIONEERS, 1953
THE REVOLT ON VENUS, 1954
TREACHERY IN OUTER SPACE, 1955
SABOTAGE IN SPACE, 1956
THE ROBOT ROCKET, 1956


ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece
Obediently Astro hauled Roger down
Roger stepped forward to accept the medal
The jet taxi flashed along a beautiful jungle trail
They blasted off in a jet boat
Working against time, Monroe collected the valuable data
Tom jumped across the gap of space



CHAPTER 1

"Hey, Fellas!"
Space Cadet Roger Manning raced down the hall of the dormitory building at Space
Academy, U.S.A., pursuing his two unit mates of the Polaris crew.
"What's up, Roger?" asked Tom Corbett, the curly-haired command cadet of the unit.
"Yeah, hot-shot," growled Astro, the giant Venusian power jockey, "what are you fusing
your tubes about?"
The blond astrogator stopped beside them. "We don't have to worry about fixing up the
dormitory room for Captain Strong's party," he announced proudly.
"We don't?" asked Tom, throwing a puzzled glance at Astro. "Why not?"
"Because," replied Roger idly, brushing his nails on his blue Senior Cadet tunic, "I have
just made a deal with the Capella unit for their Earthworms to do it for us."
"A deal?" asked Tom. "What kind of deal?"
"I don't like this," growled Astro. "Any time Manning gets involved in a deal, I always end
up on the losing end! All right, Manning, let's have it."
"It's simple, my Venusian bird-brained friend," Roger explained. "Tony Richards wanted
to borrow my celestial tables-the ones I sent to New Chicago for-that cost me forty-three
credits-"