The project makes little progress into 1944. He is appointed to head a secret, top-priority project with unlimited funding, with the aim of developing a nuclear weapon before the Nazis do so.

In 1941 Manning is recalled to active duty with the rank of Colonel, and takes DeFries as his adjutant. DeFries chose the congressman because 'he was liberal was tough-minded' enough to attract conservative support. Manning, a freshman congressman and military veteran who received a medical discharge for a heart condition. John DeFries, the narrator, is the campaign manager of Clyde C.

An Italian translation appeared in 1967 and a German translation in 1972. Heinlein in 1966, Expanded Universe in 1980, and the Science Fiction Book Club omnibus Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. The story is collected in The Worlds of Robert A. ' Universe' appeared in the same issue under Heinlein's name. Campbell quickly accepted the piece, changing the title to 'Solution Unsatisfactory' it appeared in the May 1941 issue, under Heinlein's 'Anson MacDonald' pseudonym. Heinlein discarded Campbell's scenario, and wrote a story he called 'Foreign Policy', submitting it to Campbell in December 1940 with the comment 'I turned the original idea upside down, inside out, shook it, and have turned out an entirely different story'. Campbell had suggested that Heinlein write a story about the use of radioactive dust as a weapon, proposing a detailed scenario. In November 1940, Astounding editor John W. The story was first published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine, with illustrations by Frank Kramer. It describes the US effort to build a nuclear weapon in order to end the ongoing World War II, and its dystopian consequences to the nation and the world.

' Solution Unsatisfactory' is a 1941 science fiction short story by American writer Robert A.

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