Project Gutenberg 2010-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 76 McKenty, Jack Sibley, Don Sibley, Donald Dibley, Don Wait for Weight Produced by Greg Weeks, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Wait for Weight" by Jack McKenty is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The book explores the challenges and absurdities faced by researchers in a rocket research station as they navigate bureaucratic pressures and scientific breakthroughs. The narrative centers around Dr. Allport Brinton, who must deal with a visiting senator’s potential threat to the station's funding, all while pursuing a groundbreaking discovery in rocket fuel. In the story, Dr. Brinton experiences a series of comedic and chaotic events that highlight both the pressures of his job and the eccentricities of the research environment. After a tumultuous morning and an unexpected accident, he discovers a new fuel with extraordinary properties—capable of existing in a fourth dimension—leading to an innovation that could revolutionize space travel. As he prepares for the senator's visit, Dr. Brinton must balance immediate crises with the potential for monumental success. Ultimately, the tale combines humor with speculation about future technology, concluding with Brinton's realization that his discoveries may lead to his own joblessness, a clever twist on the rewards of scientific achievement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49460 49469 2024-09-14T04:19:44.154049 2023-09-14T09:15:49.848529 text/html text/html 46084 2021-01-06T17:37:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 146625 2021-01-06T17:37:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 198235 2024-09-14T04:19:47.428034 application/epub+zip 197157 2024-09-14T04:19:45.451051 application/epub+zip 68678 2024-09-14T04:19:44.618059 application/epub+zip 300192 2024-09-14T04:19:48.895091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292882 2024-09-14T04:19:46.872057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164044 2022-09-15T05:59:42.260560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43069 42971 2024-09-14T04:19:43.945052 2023-09-14T09:15:49.662510 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42939 2021-01-06T17:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16788 2021-01-06T17:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18320 2024-09-14T04:19:49.023021 application/rdf+xml 13794 2024-09-14T04:19:44.957082 image/jpeg 3575 2024-09-14T04:19:44.786129 image/jpeg 198508 2024-09-14T04:19:44.166048 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog