The little prototype rocket engine that could outperform standard, larger engines disappears while exhibited in a science and industry expo. Tempers, already burning, flare.
A small but powerful prototype engine sits sealed in a rotating display case in the middle of a crowded trade-show floor. A power failure cuts the lights for a few seconds, during which the 600-pound rocket engine vanishes. With tempers already burning between inventor and government reps over ownership rights, Banacek must beat his competitor (Carlie Kirkland) to the solution without getting burned in the firestorm.—Anonymous