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4.5
Let me state right up front that I've read almost every sci-fi novel 'Doc' Travis has written and the ones I haven't yet are in my stack of books to read. That said, at first I thought this would be something different from him, and I was right. And wrong. :)I thought this would be little more than a thinly veiled attempt to boost interest in NASA's manned space program, and in a way, it is that. But it is also a damned good read, a science and suspense packed thriller. I won't go into the details or plot of the book, others have done that, and I don't want to spoil the book for you.If you have an interest in space travel, if you ever dreamt of going up in spaceship as a kid, or an adult, read this book.I'm wondering how much of some of the details of this book were made up, and how many were carefully 'sanitized' stories of what goes on behind the scenes at NASA? And like other reviewers have stated, the Afterword is direct and to the point. I hadn't realized just how small of a shoestring budget NASA has to work with until now. That needs to change. Humanity needs to get off this one, small mudball and get out into space.
