Outer Space #19

A spacecraft crew uses magnetic grapplers to trap a fast-moving object while approaching an asteroid belt. A journalist on his first space assignment witnesses scientists at a university conference discussing a meteorite that may burn up or crash, prompting officials to consider using a hydrogen bomb to divert it, though military leaders refuse to authorize such a warhead in space. A character named Accra receives leave of absence and lands on a remote part of a great planet, where he contemplates developing his inner urges to change all things his way.