SF story bleg
Somewhere in the back of my brain exist memories of a story about a mission to Jupiter or Saturn. Someone had discovered that there existed beings on whichever gas giant it was that were trying to escape the gravity and pressure so they could destroy or at least fight with Earth. Of course no materials existed that would withstand the pressure, so scientists/engineers developed forcefields with the required strength which turned out to be unstable. So they dismissed the idea as impossible and quit, writing off the invasion as ‘Impossible”
An individual took the data, and made a force field that flickered, like a fluorescent light, so that it was only “On” for time periods far too short to become unstable. it nearly cost him his life but he succeeded where the engineers/scientists chose not to proceed.
I cannot remember the name of that to save my bacon. Anyone?
I remember the that story also. I seem to remember it being some time in the ’50’s whenI read it.
Probably about right
Allow a master of Google-fu to help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Final!
Is that it?
Nicely done Mark!
I got good Google_Fu, but I couldn’t spot that one.
Glad to be of service! You’ve certainly given me enough thru this blog over the years, happy to give something back.
My wife is constantly amazed that I can find what I want on the ‘net using google. If it’s out there, and I’m determined enough, I’ll find it.
Was thinking of another one. Don’t recall reading that one.
Although the force field would also allow a premptive attack, which since we are humans, would be more likely.
Yes, google can find anything. One reason they are so popular.