Japanese Build UFO

File: UFO326

IN A SPACE FEAT THAT STAGGERS THE IMAGINATION, A MANNED, JAPANESE BUILT STARSHIP MADE AN INCREDIBLE ROUND TRIP FLIGHT TO THE PLANET VENUS - MAKING THE 600 MILLION MILE JOURNEY IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS! THE AMAZING FLIGHT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL STARSHIP XRS-1 PROVED BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT MAN CAN TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT. BY COMPARISON, NASA'S UNMANNED PIONEER VENUS SPACE CRAFT, LAUNCHED FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN MAY 1978, TOOK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS JUST TO REACH THE PLANET. IN DOING WHAT EINSTEIN SAID WAS IMPOSSIBLE, THE STARSHIP USED THE POWER OF CONTROLLED NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS TO PROPEL IT AT 379,000 MILES PER SECOND! OUR SHIP TRAVELED SO FAST THAT WE WARPED TIME. WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD IN TIME, DECLARED CHIEF TEST PILOT ANAKI SUMAZUKI, WHO COMMANDED THE SIX MAN CREW ON THE HISTORIC MISSION. WHEN I BLINKED, MY EYES DIDN'T OPEN FOR WHAT SEEMED MANY MINUTES AND EACH BEAT OF MY HEART CAME AN ETERNITY APART. THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE TRAVELING SO FAST....MORE THAN TWICE THE SPEED OF LIGHT. SUMAZUKI SAID HE PUT THE XRS-1 INTO ORBIT AROUND VENUS 75 MILLION MILES FROM THE PLANET'S SURFACE WHILE TESTS WERE MADE TO MAKE SURE THE STARSHIP COULD SAFELY ENTER THE VENUSIAN ATMOSPHERE. WE LAUNCHED PROBES WHICH CONFIRMED EARLIER DATA THAT THE PLANET'S SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 900 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WE COULD LAND ON IF NECESSARY. OUR SHIP IS CAPABLE OF ENDURING 100 TIMES THAT TEMPERATURE. WE FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE THE XRS-1 DOWN TO WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE SURFACE TO TEST THE SHIP'S MANEUVERABILITY IN THE PLANET'S INCREDIBLY HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE. THE SHIP PERFORMED WITH TEXTBOOK PERFECTION. THE SUCCESS OF THAT TEST MEANS THE XRS-1, WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS, WILL BE LAUNCHED ON A MANNED JOURNEY TO THE SUN WITHIN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. THOUGH THE JOURNEY TO VENUS MAKES NEAL ARMSTRON'S FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON PALE IN COMPARISON, NOT ALL OF THE DATA OBTAINED ON THE FLIGHT MAKES FOR GOOD NEWS. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO CONFIRM SOMETHING WHICH SHOULD CONCERN EVERYONE ON OUR PLANET, SUMAZKI EXPLAINED. VENUS INFERNO LIKE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS CAUSED BY THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT. I BECAME SICK IN MY STOMACH WHEN IT STRUCK ME THAT THE LIFELESS, FIERY SURFACE OF VENUS IS WHAT EARTH WILL BE LIKE UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE - AND QUICKLY - TO CLEAN UP AND PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. THE FLIGHT OF XRS-1 SHOWS WHAT MAN CAN DO WHEN HE SETS HIS MIND TO THE TASK. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE ACCOMPLISH - IF WE HAVE THE TIME?