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Little did I know what industrious creature they were.  They seemed dull but it was really just a different way of assimilating knowledge.  I later learned they developed very few original Ideas and what technology they had was the result of trial and error of lucky accidents.  Thurgieans were very good at putting existing technologies together in ways that complemented and optimized its uses.  And then there were the physical advantages they had. For one, they were natural hibernators; this meant they could travel immense distances through space.  There was no hibernation technology needed.  The other was the range of visible light available to them.  They could literally see radio waves.  The third and final advantage was their telepathy, through this they could communicate great distances, on the order of light years.  So as they were sitting in my house watching TV they were also communicating with technicians on their home world.

Newly unclassified document from space.

In my younger days I was involved in the U.N.'s effort at colonization of Jupiter. 

The nuclear propulsed  Aldebaran, a ship that I have spent time on, and will always have a place in my heart.

My good old space propulsion calculator - very handy for in course corrections - I would have been caught dead without it.

Once on Jupiter the Soviets were responsible for the equipment used, that's a nuclear powered stratospheric zeppelin - a great number of these were lost in the inhospitable Jovian atmosphere.  The artist wasn't told of the operational conditions the zeppelin would encounter, hence  the earth like surroundings in the pamphlet.

One of Von Braun's rockets, I saw one take off  and it was a sight I will never forget.  

This was a postcard handed out to new recruits,  it simplified our space craft as a subway map simplifies the system it seeks to communicate.  For instance, I could say " I'll take the space stick and you can watch the televisor for awhile." and they wouldn't get lost in all the technical jargon. 

 A cut away of the typical Jovian high orbit station,  I have also spent extended time periods aboard these ill designed cans.  I do not recall anything pleasant about that structure, except for the cut-away artwork that was supposed to represent that malfunctioning tub.

The last image is of the Soviet Jupiter shuttle.  Its mission was to transport cargo from the cans, (Jovian orbit space station) to the zeppelins.  The flight consisted of a gradual descent through the upper atmosphere of Jupiter; the frantic hunt  by coordinates for the zeppelin we were looking for (radio communication is bad to non-existent); and then the landing.  If you look closely at the zeppelin you will notice that the landing pad was a little space on top,  hair raising!

   That's all of the unclassified info I have at this time.  Maybe someday soon my entire story can be told.

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This guy is driving like pizza's getting cold.

Virgil Finlay created this as an homage to his favorite pizza delivery driver,