Manic Monday Triple Overtime--The Top 7 Billion Reasons To Increase SETI's Funding

Poor Robert Walden is trying to overcome government funding cuts by building his own poace exploration program!

But perhaps it has been working just a little bit better than he thought...

Phew...it's a good thing the guy paused to give his "Make it so!" gesture!!

Not that Robert knows that he saved our bacon:

The most important thing about this story, though?

The "second target in the third galaxy" was Krypton.

Now you know...the rest of the story.

(OK, smartypants, prove that it wasn't Krypton!!)

From Alarming Tales #5 (1958)