The Flight That Disappeared story
When his flight disappears, a rocket scientist finds himself on trial in the future for his part in designing a bomb that has destroyed all life on Earth.
14 total · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien abduction | major | Three scientists were abducted by aliens and put on trial in the future for their part in designing a bomb that has destroyed all life on Earth. |
| alien overseers | major | Powerful aliens put three scientists on trial in the future for their part in designing a bomb that has destroyed all life on Earth. |
| arms race | major | Walter Cooper advocated constructing a "beta bomb" and dropping it on the enemy before the enemy did it to them first, but others, including Dr Carl Morris, disagreed. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | Dr Carl Morris came up with the idea for the ultimate weapon: a multistage nuclear bomb that was so powerful that it could obliterate any nation it was launched against using Tom Endicott's single stage rocket with a pinpoint guidance system. |
| the dangers of unfettered scientific advancement | major | Eminent scientist Dr Carl Morris lamented that nuclear scientists had unleashed forces that science could not control. |
| time freeze | major | Eminent scientist Dr Carl Morris, mathematician Marcia Paxton, and rocket scientist Tom Endicott were frozen in time and put on trial in the future for their part in designing a bomb that has destroyed all life on Earth. |
| what it is like on a passenger flight | major | The drama unfolded aboard Trans-Coast Airways Flight 60 from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. |
| blindness | minor | Helen Cooper was blind. |
| engaged couple | minor | The flight attendant was engaged to the co-pilot. |
| female independence | minor | Mathematician Marcia Paxton told Tom Endicott that she wasn't interested in getting married and didn't need to depend on a man. |