Powersat (The Grand Tour)
“Dan asked.
Sitting next to him at the round conference table in the corner of Dan’s cluttered office, Lynn Van Buren nodded, her smile bigger than usual because she had found what she’d been searching for.
“Venezuela,” she repeated. “We can land the bird at Caracas and we won’t even have to alter its orbital track very much.”
“It flies over Caracas?”
“Pretty close. On its second orbit.”
Dan started thinking out loud. “We could load the ground control staff and equipment onto a ship, I suppose …...”
Nodding enthusiastically, Van Buren said, “Use the backup equipment and a skeleton crew. You don’t need more than three, four good people.”
“Put them on the ship and don’t tell them where we’re going,” Dan mused, warming to the idea.
“Or why.”
“That way nobody can tip off anybody outside the company about where we’re going to land the bird.”
With a laugh, Van Buren said, “We’ll sail under sealed orders.”
Dan grinned back at her. “That’ll give us tight security, all right.”MoreLess
Sitting next to him at the round conference table in the corner of Dan’s cluttered office, Lynn Van Buren nodded, her smile bigger than usual because she had found what she’d been searching for.
“Venezuela,” she repeated. “We can land the bird at Caracas and we won’t even have to alter its orbital track very much.”
“It flies over Caracas?”
“Pretty close. On its second orbit.”
Dan started thinking out loud. “We could load the ground control staff and equipment onto a ship, I suppose …...”
Nodding enthusiastically, Van Buren said, “Use the backup equipment and a skeleton crew. You don’t need more than three, four good people.”
“Put them on the ship and don’t tell them where we’re going,” Dan mused, warming to the idea.
“Or why.”
“That way nobody can tip off anybody outside the company about where we’re going to land the bird.”
With a laugh, Van Buren said, “We’ll sail under sealed orders.”
Dan grinned back at her. “That’ll give us tight security, all right.”MoreLess
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