human
What's on your mind, Mr. Weston?
gpt
I had a talk with Willy last night. He wants to tell you everything.
human
Fine,
gpt
I've taken the liberty of asking him to come here,
human
The news reports are not good this morning. That freighter will have to be abandoned sometime this evening if they don't get it off the course it's on now.
gpt
I heard the news.
human
There is no way they can jettison that cargo either. Strange, isn't it. Of all the other points in and around space, that ship has got to pick Mars to smack into, and the only densely populated part of Mars at that. Fate, I guess.
gpt
Not so strange, said Goil.
human
It was enroute to Mars.
gpt
Sure, I said,
human
No navigator-computer combination is good enough to plan a one-shot course like that. It's just an unfortunate coincidence that the industrial area is to be hit.