Rockets in Ursa Major Author:Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle It is the early twenty-first century. Man is seeking signs of life elsewhere in the universe, but all exploratory ships have been lost without a trace--except for DSP 15. Thirty years after leaving Earth, and given up for lost, DSP 15 suddenly appears on radar screens at the space station in Mildenhall, England. — Her crew has been frozen to prev... more »ent aging, and as the ship settles to a landing, Dr. Richard Warboys eagerly waits with other scientists for word of what DSP 15 has found. But there is no crew, only a message scratched into a metal surface, signed by the captain:
"If this ship returns to Earth, then mankind is in deadly peril--God help you--"« less