US Air Force has got a new kind of plane for patrolling the
mesosphere - "single-manned fusion-propulsed rocketplane". Only, during the first few weeks of manned trials, 3 of these planes have simply vanished while up in the sky; occasionally, a few parts are recovered on the ground later. No one has a clue to reproduce the problem repeatably.
A woman officer, sent by Washington & resented by the boss of male-centric Air Force facility, will eventually debug the problem.
Fact sheet.
First published:
Astounding, March
1955.
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Project Gutenberg,
Manybooks.
Rating: A.
Among
the stories edited by John Campbell for Astounding/Analog.
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