Larry snorted and dialed the Department of Records. He’d never heard of Frank Nostrand before, so he got Information.
The bright young thing who answered seemed to have a harried expression untypical of Records employees. Larry said to her, “I’d like the brief on a Mr. Frank Nostrand who is evidently an expert on rockets. The only other thing I know about him is that he recently got in the news as the result of a controversy with Senator McCord.”
“Just a moment, sir,” the bright young thing said.
She touched buttons and reached into a delivery chute. When her eyes came up to meet his again, they were more than ever harried. They were absolutely confused.
“Mr. Franklin Howard Nostrand,” she said, “currently employed by Madison Air as a rocket research technician.”
“That must be him,” L
