Space Tug
Murray Leinster
Read by Mark Nelson
Joe Kenmore heard the airlock close with a sickening wheeze and then a clank. In desperation he turned toward Haney. "My God, we've been locked out!"
Through the transparent domes of their space helmets, Joe could see a look of horror and disbelief pass across Haney's face. But it was true! Joe and his crew were locked out of the Space Platform.
Four thousand miles below circled the Earth. Under Joe's feet rested the solid steel hull of his home in outer space. But without tools there was no hope of getting back inside. Joe looked at his oxygen meter. It registered thirty minutes to live. (Summary from Gutenberg text) (6 hr 18 min)
Chapters
| Chapter 01 | 49:51 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 02 | 35:44 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 03 | 46:32 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 04 | 37:39 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 05 | 16:25 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 06 | 39:25 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 07 | 18:47 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 08 | 41:21 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 09 | 38:41 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 10 | 29:17 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Chapter 11 | 25:04 | Read by Mark Nelson |
Reviews
Well Done!
A LibriVox Listener
Another outstanding performance by Mark Nelson. The story moved quickly and holds your intrest the entire time. I also enjoyed the the effects used when the characters communicated via radio. I now choose my books by searching for Mark Nelson.
Space Tug
David R. Smith
Well read. Enjoyable yarn of good vs evil taken to outer space. Fast paced heroic style story. Enjoyable and interesting to learn of how before outer space exploration took place - this SCIFiI author imagined the technology to travel to orbit around earth. Fun, thanks!
space development goes at rocket speed in the 60s!
darthlaurel
Top secret assignments, Soviet aggression, and making a date with your girl from the moon. Great, utterly implausible stuff! Go along for the ride.
One of My favorite Murry Leinster story
Sherie Black
Great old scifi. And even a sense of humor secretly thrown in with a sardine can. Excellent reading Mark!
Space Tug
Stew Knoles
For a book written so long ago, this is very good even today. It is a good read for sure.
Space Tug
Kamala Harris
Great book. Good reader
A jolly tale of all American heroes
Akku
Enjoyably read by the marvellous Mark Nelson, this is a ripping yarn of the type where the bad guys are bad and the good guys are good and there's no complications or nuance. I enjoyed it, its good humoured and has some good ideas. its written in a different era, and it should be enjoyed in that context. I look forward to discovering more by this author and this reader
On-cover Sequel note would've been nice.
Juan Morris
Finding out after the fact that "Space Platform" is its predecessor. Glad the gang was 'mostly' all there. I missed Brick Talley (the co-pilot), from whom Joe poached his insights. For that reason, & others, I never gained an affinity for Joe. Plus the spacial maneuvers that saved the platform from the single man unit, would have seemed more believable coming from Brick's skill set rather than Joe's.