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the sample return lab. So, when the 
scientists findinteresting samples that 
they want to send back to Earth, they 
load them into miniature rockets that fly them up 
to the lunar space station. You should be able to 
see one on the launch pad outside that window to 
your right.”
You walk over and look outside. It doesn’t look 
much like a normal rocket. It’s a cylinder with a 
blunt end but you suppose that there’s no air so it 
doesn’t matter. Also, the whole thing is only about 
one metre in height. Adebeyo keeps talking.
“It was loaded up with samples yesterday. It’s just 
waiting for the space station to pass over head. I’ve 
done the calculations and we can hit the spacecraft 
with it.”
You frown and say, “Will it really do much damage? 
It’s not very big.”
“It doesn’t have to be big. It just has to go really fast 
and this thing will.”
“Won’t that be dangerous, then?” you ask. “I mean, 
crew will wake up. Trouble is that the transmitter 
isn’t working and they’ve sent Kamari out to deal 
with it.”
“Out?” you say in surprise. “As in, in a spacesuit out 
on the Moon?”
“Exactly. Someone who has never spacewalked 
before being told how to something by Devon - a 
kid with no qualifications. Also, when they get 
ready to jam, it will use so much power you won’t 
be able to speak to Earth anymore.”
You frown. This doesn’t sound like a good idea. Not 
when the crew’s lives are on the line. You say this to 
Adebeyo and add “Isn’t there something else we 
can do that is less risky?”
She smiles. “Yes there is. We can just shoot it 
down.”
“Shoot it down?! How? I thought there were no 
weapons on the Moon.”
Adebeyo nods. “That’s right but we can use other 
things if we have to. That’s why I’ve brought you to 

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