Project Gutenberg 2007-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 116 Douglas, Jack Test Rocket! Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories April 1959. Produced by Greg Weeks, dpcfmander, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Test Rocket!" by Jack Douglas is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative revolves around the mysterious circumstances surrounding a rocket that appears to have come from an unknown source, which closely resembles the design of a test rocket developed by Captain Baird and his team. The story delves into themes of exploration and the potential for extraterrestrial life, highlighting the uncertainties faced by those involved in space research. In the story, Captain Baird and his colleague, Doctor Johannsen, are grappling with the arrival of a strange, oversized rocket that has landed at their testing station. As they investigate, they discover that the rocket's components are identical to their own design, yet the materials and its crew—a man who cannot read or understand the instruments—are entirely alien to them. The narrative unfolds through the tension between the characters as they confront the implications of this unexpected development and grapple with the fear of an unknown enemy or an unexpected encounter from another world. As the captain ponders the man’s role and the purpose of the rocket, they are left with deep questions about the future of space exploration and the existence of life beyond Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 31951 2025-07-10T04:27:32.795548 text/html 28110 2021-01-03T04:49:02 text/html 141391 2025-07-10T04:27:34.143529 application/epub+zip 140178 2025-07-10T04:27:33.048551 application/epub+zip 74731 2025-07-10T04:27:32.906537 application/epub+zip 171611 2025-07-10T04:27:35.172537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164871 2025-07-10T04:27:33.993537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99577 2022-09-11T06:31:13.871931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26256 2025-07-10T04:27:32.724536 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26123 2021-01-03T04:49:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 240851 2007-06-12T17:10:34 application/octet-stream 47360 2007-06-12T17:10:34 application/octet-stream 67279 2007-06-12T17:10:34 application/octet-stream 57295 2007-06-12T17:10:34 application/octet-stream 19238 2025-07-10T04:27:35.288503 application/rdf+xml 28135 2025-07-10T04:27:32.964511 image/jpeg 4580 2025-07-10T04:27:32.935530 image/jpeg 134887 2021-01-03T04:49:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 9815 2021-01-03T04:49:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 135227 2025-07-10T04:27:32.802517 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog