Vital Factor
Dimension X · August 16, 1951 · 29 min · 3,849 words
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In space, a broadcasting company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of astounding science fiction, bring you as a man or a woman who hadn't at one time or another, use one of the crowded products, the panopler of a razor blade, of a patented tooth powder dispenser,
of the crowder improved slideless fastener, as a fortune in such products, and Wayne Crowder with the man that squeezed that fortune of and a by penny and he did and in the magazines with write about men of business he was described as a man of ice and stone and ink and steel no warm but a heart to pump blood not feel human
emotion he took some of his money and he built himself a towering skyscraper and he placed his private office at the very peak and he built a battery of buttons into his desk so that when he wanted something all he ever had to do was That's what...
And like Jeannie, springing out of the bottle, these properties now, would come running. Yes, Mr. Crowder. Got my mind, Jean-Eir. Hey, yes, sir. Right away, Mr. Crowder. Mr. Crowder wants his engineers at once. Your engineers, sir.
All right, close the door and get out. Now, gentlemen, sit down, I hired you because you're the best engineers I was able to find. They tell me you can do anything. They tell me if there's a scientific fact known in the world even if it was discovered six hours ago, you gentlemen are up on it.
All right, I don't want to put that to work. Gentlemen, I want you to build me a spaceship. What? A spaceship, sir. That's right. I've decided that I'm going to be the man who gives space flight to mankind. Any questions? Well, I don't know.
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