Getting there may be half the fun ... but it is also all of a society's chance of survival! "As one god to another—let's go home," Jack Bates said. Bill Farnum raised a space-gloved hand in negligent acknowledgment to a hastily kneeling native, and shook his head at Bates. "Let's try Deneb—it's almost in line on the way back—and then we can call it quits." "But I want to get back and start making some profit out of this. The Galaxy is full of Homo sapiens . We've hit the jackpot first trip out.