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| Space Craft Rope Ladder | ||
| Equipment used for debar king from a space craft. |
| After scrambling down the precipitous side of the ship on a rope ladder... |
| From Diabologic,
by Eric Frank Russell. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1955 Additional resources -
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