Part Three: Beta Pac: Chapter 25 Summary

Harvey Sills leads the mission to recover Maggie's body. They find parts of Jake's clothing and equipment, but no signs of George. Hutch goes as a guide, but requires tranquilizers in order to do so. Carson and Janet are treated by the ship's physician. Harvey comes to see Frank and gives him the lunar alignment regression he had asked for. Carson wanted to know the last time the four moons were in alignment so that he might date the photograph found in the space station. Harvey tells him it was 4743 BC. As far as Carson is concerned, that is much too soon, but the time before that alignment occurred is roughly a hundred thousand years previously. He writes it all out and realizes again that all three planets have discontinuities that are eight thousand years...