Chapter 32It was five A.M., and we were all up and dressed, ready for the launch. We’d all been up before the alarm and were all just waiting in the upstairs room for further instructions. Roy and Bill were pacing. I was perched on a chair but not settled. Thomas was leaning against the window jamb. We could see outside from there, but everything was pitch black. The only thing lit up outside was the rocket, sitting there, not so silently as the heated air was spewed from the inside pipes. It was slimmer than the ones we saw on TV which had held thousands of pounds of liquid hydrogen and oxygen. This would take about a third of the amount and it was a gaseous fuel, not liquid.
Jake came into the room and assured us that everything was ready. He asked if any of us wanted to say a word or t
