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A better mousetrap Mike Resnick1 Topof page Abstract The appliance of science. Men have always talked about building a better mousetrap, just the way they talk about a car that runs on water rather than gasoline, or nuclear fission that doesn't have any harmful by- products. But it wasn't until they reopened the Heisenberg Space Station out between Europa and Callisto that they realized they really needed a better mousetrap. The first team of scientists — four men and two women — docked their ship there on 2 November 3014 AD, at exactly 7:43 p.m. H.T. (Heisenberg time). They buttressed the hatch up against the entrance to the station, sealed it, then opened both doors and stepped into the station, the first humans to do so in more than 900 years. Exactly 43 seconds later, one of the women screamed, and the other jumped onto a chair that was bolted into the floor. Three of the men started cursing, and the fourth, a wimpy little fellow, fainted dead away. It seemed that some of the station's inhabitants |
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