This allowed us to trace how his tampering was done and
therefore where the signal came from-at least in a general direction.
After he sent his second message, the one to Earth yesterday evening,
the signal was traced again. We have learned that his base is moving
toward Earth and we have an idea of the speed his base is moving and
its direction. The information the Starmen provided confirms what we
had learned through our investigations.
"Of course, our figures are somewhat imprecise, and we still have a lot
of searching to do, but we have an excellent chance of locating him. It
is highly logical that the asteroid he harnessed is from a place in the
Belt close to his own asteroid. From what the Starmen reported, he just
didn't have time to locate an asteroid as large as he claims to have
launched toward Earth from any place too distant from his own base. The
probes will therefore be cast in a net in the space between Earth and
the area of the Asteroid Belt in which the pirates' asteroid was found."
Richard Starlight, Robert Nolan, and others had a number of technical
questions for Dr. Hoshino regarding the manufacture and deployment of
the probes and the time schedule necessary to achieve their goal. At
the end of the discussion it was agreed that the two companies, with
others, would begin to manufacture the probes according to Stephen
Hoshino's design.
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