Project Gutenberg 2023-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 103 Dye, Charles 1925 1960 Dye, Charles Dudley Momentum $aUnited States :$bColumbia Publications, Inc., $c1951. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Momentum" by Charles Dye is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story centers around a tense confrontation between two men, Ballard and Walton, who are working on an asteroid to install navigational equipment. The narrative explores themes of greed, suspicion, and survival in the context of space exploration. In "Momentum," Ballard realizes that his partner Walton intends to kill him after discovering the valuable rotenite nuggets. Locked outside their ship, the "Minnow", with limited oxygen, Ballard must devise a way to get back inside before he suffocates. He faces various obstacles, including equipment failures and Walton's treachery, but his determination and ingenuity lead him to use the momentum of a heavy plate to break into the ship. Ultimately, Ballard survives and takes revenge by throwing the precious rotenite nuggets away into space, thwarting Walton's plans for wealth and leaving him to face the consequences of his betrayal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220529064326dye 1951 US Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mines and mineral resources -- Fiction Asteroids -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 42920 2025-06-28T04:02:16.472105 text/html 42171 2023-03-22T05:24:17 text/html 340048 2025-06-28T04:02:18.967117 application/epub+zip 338841 2025-06-28T04:02:17.428139 application/epub+zip 163910 2025-06-28T04:02:16.846127 application/epub+zip 831218 2025-06-28T04:02:20.185117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 823705 2025-06-28T04:02:18.556155 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36489 2025-06-28T04:02:16.341102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36233 2023-03-22T05:24:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18194 2025-06-28T04:02:20.313092 application/rdf+xml 32952 2025-06-28T04:02:17.104122 image/jpeg 5513 2025-06-28T04:02:16.972102 image/jpeg 13915 2023-03-22T05:24:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 924258 2023-03-22T05:24:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 926362 2025-06-28T04:02:16.486125 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