Sources close to the Swerdludlian Aeronautic Research [Z.
Group have announced the discovery of an apparently
non-natural satellite, about the size of our moon, or-
biting the planet Jupiter. Scientists speculate that

this alien world differs from our own in that it exper-
iences none of the effects of gravity. Inhabitants,

they claim, live completely weightless lives as their
environment '‘envelope' falls perpetually in orbit about
its huge parent world.

"Jupiter", says Dr. Titfertat Havermasher, of the Swer-
dludlian Institute of Space, "would be an inhospitable
environment indeed to those life forms consistent with
terrestrial mode of habituation. In order to exist
within the framework of known chemical laws complex
biological structures tied to Jovian electrified atmos-
phere of that planet, though they may have originated
there. Thus millenia hence Jovians have conquered the
gravitational constraints of their mother planet and
moved into orbit." He goes on to paint a remarkable
picture of what life might be like in what he calls a
"“eravity-free-zone".

‘Energized by fusion reactors drawing their fuel from
the hydrogen-rich skies of the'star-that-never-made-it'
below and constructed in such a way as to cancel out
the accrued gravitational effects of its contents, the
satellite, possibly a spere, would be protected from
the limitless vacuum of space by a'skin' of ionized
gases, much like our own ozone layer but held in place
by powerful electromagnets.

‘Inhabitants would live out their lives tumbling freely
as the mysterious fifth planet with its swirling red spot
passes below while their every need would be catered to
by a legion of mutant robuts and environment modules.
Life would be clean and effortless. Powerful computers
would monitor the activity of everything in the spere,
dispatching special disposal units, for example, to elim-
inate all waste. These roaming garburators, appearing on
the scene instantly if so much as a candy wrapper were
released from the hand of a careless child, would recon-

gtitute all garbage and noxious substances into more

elementary forms for reuse. Efficient, but luxurious
modules (restaurants) could be available to anyone with

a personal micro-comp to summon them up. Even special

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Sources close to the Swerdludlian Aeronautic Research [Z.
Group have announced the discovery of an apparently
non-natural satellite, about the size of our moon, or-
biting the planet Jupiter. Scienti speculate that

this alien world differs from our own in that it exper-
iences none of the effects of gravity. Inhabitants,

they claim, live completely weightless lives as their
environment ‘envelope’ falls perpetually in orbit about
its huge parent world.

"Jupiter", says Dr. Titfertat Havermasher, of the Swer-
dludlian Institute of Space, "would be an inhospitable
environment indeed to those life forms consistent with
terrestrial mode of habituation. In order to exist
within the framework of known chemical laws complex
biological structures tied to Jovian electrified atmos-
phere of that planet, though they may have originated
there. Thus millenia hence Jovians have conquered the
gravitational constraints of their mother planet and
moved into orbit." He goes on to paint a remarkable
picture of what life might be like in what he calls a
"“gravity-free-zone".

Energized by fusion reactors drawing their fuel from
the hydrogen-rich skies of the'star-that-never-made-it'
below and constructed in such a way as to cancel out
the accrued gravitational effects of its contents, the
satellite, possibly a spere, would be protected from
the limitless vacuum of space by a'skin' of ionized
gases, much like our own ozone layer but held in place
by powerful electromagnets.

Inhabitants would live out their lives tumbling freely
as the mysterious fifth planet with its swirling red spot
passes below while their every need would be catered to
by a legion of mutant robuts and environment modules.
Life would be clean and effortless. Powerful computers
would monitor the activity of everything in the spere,
dispatching special disposal units, for example, to elim-
inate all waste. These roaming garburators, appearing on
the scene instantly if so much as a candy wrapper were
released from the hand of a careless child, would recon-
stitute all garbage and noxious substances into more
elementary forms for reuse. Efficient, but luxurious
modules (restaurants) could be available to anyone with
@ personal micro-comp to summon them up. Even special
(This also is on the next pace.)