"I've got some ideas for a manned ship," he'd written.
Moving it farther than any manned ship, no matter the design, should have been impossible.
Jesus, Nola, it's only sixteen years since the first manned ship landed here at all.
With its weapons and defenses under the immediate control of a positronic brain, it would be more maneuverable than any manned ship.
"Obviously this craft was built to be a manned ship, but it was sent out unmanned."
Grissom was surrounded by reporters in a news conference after his space flight in America's second manned ship.
What if conditions here are so inimical to their form of life that they couldn't send a manned ship?
In a manned ship you'd need enormously greater control of the plasma fields.
Eric, think a moment about the tests they run on a manned ship before they'll let a man walk into the lifesystem.
The Engineer interrupted him: "You ask for a manned ship that can reach the same speeds.