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"I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Repulsor Screen | ||
| Diverts troublesome asteroids. |
| A special repulsor screen, such as the space ships used, diverted plunging meteors from their destructive paths. |
| Technovelgy from Crystalized Thought,
by Nat Schachner. Published by Astounding Stories in 1937 Additional resources -
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The perfect thing to protect your space craft or space laboratory.
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