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Powell
's
fist
balled
,
"
Damn
it
,
we
need
a
vacation
.
"
"
Oh
,
you
'll
get
it
.
Two
weeks
,
I
think
.
"
He
was
donning
the
heavy
space
gloves
in
preparation
for
his
term
of
duty
here
,
and
his
thick
eyebrows
drew
close
together
.
"
How
is
this
new
robot
getting
along
?
It
better
be
good
,
or
I
'll
be
damned
if
I
let
it
touch
the
controls
.
"
Powell
paused
before
answering
.
His
eyes
swept
the
proud
Prussian
before
him
from
the
close-cropped
hair
on
the
sternly
stubborn
head
,
to
the
feet
standing
stiffly
at
attention
--
and
there
was
a
sudden
glow
of
pure
gladness
surging
through
him
.
"
The
robot
is
pretty
good
,
"
he
said
slowly
.
"
I
do
n't
think
you
'll
have
to
bother
much
with
the
controls
.
"
He
grinned
--
and
went
into
the
ship
.
Muller
would
be
here
for
several
weeks
.
The
vacation
was
longer
than
two
weeks
.
That
,
Mike
Donovan
had
to
admit
.
It
had
been
six
months
,
with
pay
.
He
admitted
that
,
too
.
But
that
,
as
he
explained
furiously
,
was
fortuitous
.
U.
S.
Robots
had
to
get
the
bugs
out
of
the
multiple
robot
,
and
there
were
plenty
of
bugs
,
and
there
are
always
at
least
half
a
dozen
bugs
left
for
the
fieldtesting
.
So
they
waited
and
relaxed
until
the
drawing-board
men
and
the
slide-rule
boys
had
said
"
OK
!
"
And
now
he
and
Powell
were
out
on
the
asteroid
and
it
was
not
OK
.
He
repeated
that
a
dozen
times
,
with
a
face
that
had
gone
beety
,
"
For
the
love
of
Pete
,
Greg
,
get
realistic
.
What
's
the
use
of
adhering
to
the
letter
of
the
specifications
and
watching
the
test
go
to
pot
?
It
's
about
time
you
got
the
red
tape
out
of
your
pants
and
went
to
work
.
"
"
I
'm
only
saying
,
"
said
Gregory
Powell
,
patiently
,
as
one
explaining
electronics
to
an
idiot
child
,
"
that
according
to
spec
,
those
robots
are
equipped
for
asteroid
mining
without
supervision
.
We
're
not
supposed
to
watch
them
.
"
"
All
right
.
Look
--
logic
!
"
He
lifted
his
hairy
fingers
and
pointed
.
"
One
:
That
new
robot
passed
every
test
in
the
home
laboratories
.
Two
:
United
States
Robots
guaranteed
their
passing
the
test
of
actual
performance
on
an
asteroid
.
Three
:
The
robots
are
not
passing
said
tests
.
Four
:
If
they
do
n't
pass
,
United
States
Robots
loses
ten
million
credits
in
cash
and
about
one
hundred
million
in
reputation
.
Five
:
If
they
do
n't
pass
and
we
ca
n't
explain
why
they
do
n't
pass
,
it
is
just
possible
two
good
jobs
may
have
to
be
bidden
a
fond
farewell
.
"
Powell
groaned
heavy
behind
a
noticeably
insincere
smile
.
The
unwritten
motto
of
United
States
Robot
and
Mechanical
Men
Corp.
was
well-known
:
"
No
employee
makes
the
same
mistake
twice
.
He
is
fired
the
first
time
.
"
