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Encyclopedia > Buy Jupiter

Buy Jupiter! is a humorous science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the May 1958 issue of Venture Science Fiction Magazine. The original title of the story was It Pays, though it was never published under this name. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. ...

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The Terrestrial Federation negotiates to sell the use of Jupiter's atmosphere to an energy-based alien race, who plan to utilise it as an advertising medium. Adjectives: Jovian Atmosphere Surface pressure: 20–200 kPa[4] (cloud layer) Composition: ~86% H2 ~13% Helium 0. ...



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