Anchorite

A 1960 science fiction short story by Randall Garrett, published under the pseudonym Johnathan Blake Mackenzie. It follows Captain St. Simon, an asteroid miner who performs careful calculations before setting an anchor on a rapidly spinning rock in the asteroid belt.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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SciFi, Fantasy, and Webnovels›Space and adventure science fiction›Spaceships and the people who fly them›Spacemen's lives, loves, and homecomings

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Adults›SciFi, Fantasy, and Webnovels›Space and adventure science fiction›Spaceships and the people who fly them›Spacemen's lives, loves, and homecomings