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Hearing what Kahl said, Deker began to laugh. He laughed until a wave of weakness stopped the laughter in a choking cry. He felt different after that. The face of Kahl was clearer, as was his voice.
"The research was started long ago, Deker," Kahl was explaining. "But according to our Council Judiciary Code, unless scientific discoveries or inventions are known to contribute directly to the progress of the city, they are not exploited. It is obvious that it would be a waste of city energy and time to develop interplanetary travel unless it could be shown to be of some benefit to the city. So far, no such benefit had been apparent until the concept of space flight was applied to the problem of our Unstables.