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| Transfer Tube Between Ships | ||
| A means of going between ships in space without needing space suits. |
I don't know of an earlier reference to this idea.
| Now Markham was marched up, and the entire group efficiently escorted to the communication lock, where a long, flexible tube between the ships permitted them to go from the passenger liner to the space ship without space suits. |
| Technovelgy from Electronic Siege,
by John W. Campbell. Published by Wonder Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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Compare to the transfer cable from Dead Star Station (1933) by Jack Williamson, the tubular space-gangway from The Star Roamers (1933) by Edmond Hamilton and the space tunnel from The Man Who Bought Mars (1941) by Polton Cross.
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