Colonel Ross set a record on the flight, becoming the first person to blast off on seven space flights.
When the connection were completed, Colonel Ross attached a protective cover to each joint.
"Excuse me," said he, turning to Colonel Ross, who had looked at him in some surprise.
"He has been in your service some years, Colonel Ross?"
Colonel Ross met us by appointment outside the station, and we drove in his drag to the course beyond the town.
He works for the brilliant but slightly duplicitous Colonel Ross.
One of them is a letter of instructions from Colonel Ross.
"Colonel Ross did not impress me as a man who would be likely to show much mercy in any case."
The matter does not rest with Colonel Ross.
Colonel Ross's main concern, of course, is getting his horse back safely.