Project Gutenberg 2011-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 208 Clifton, Mark 1906 1963 Clifton, Mark Irvin Apostolides, Alex 1923 2005 Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Progress Report Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction July 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Dianna Adair and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Progress Report" by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides is a science fiction narrative written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a critical test flight of a new spacecraft, exploring themes of human ambition, the scientific quest for knowledge, and the political machinations that can influence technological progress. The backdrop of Cold War anxieties and technological advancements serves to heighten the stakes and tensions throughout the plot. The narrative follows Colonel Jennings and his team as they prepare for a crucial test of their spacecraft, with a politically motivated senator, O'Noonan, observing the proceedings. The tense atmosphere is amplified by the senator's ignorance and dismissive attitude toward the scientific efforts at play, as he seeks personal glory and relevance. Just as the spacecraft successfully launches, it inexplicably loses contact, raising alarms about what could have gone wrong. The ending reveals that the ship had been tampered with, suggesting external intervention, represented by the cryptic message "Not yet." This twist underlines the complexities of man's pursuit of progress while hinting at unknown forces that may decide humanity's readiness for space exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36867/36867-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 61894 2025-06-15T05:54:54.783700 text/html 58255 2011-07-27T08:07:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 231441 2011-07-27T08:07:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 224301 2025-06-15T05:54:57.763590 application/epub+zip 222866 2025-06-15T05:54:55.618565 application/epub+zip 85299 2025-06-15T05:54:54.942572 application/epub+zip 331337 2025-06-15T05:54:59.240561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322886 2025-06-15T05:54:57.001579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118030 2022-09-17T03:51:30.534931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53259 2025-06-15T05:54:54.629547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53172 2011-07-27T08:07:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20329 2011-07-27T08:07:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20647 2025-06-15T05:54:59.396529 application/rdf+xml 25412 2025-06-15T05:54:55.043625 image/jpeg 4317 2025-06-15T05:54:54.982545 image/jpeg 232707 2025-06-15T05:54:54.800555 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 en.wikipedia