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The return

The return

by Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes

2000Space stationsManned space flightFictionSpace rescue operationsFiction, science fiction, space opera
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A NOVEL OF TODAY -- ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES OF TOMORROW Former astronaut Scott Blackstone's dream of opening outer space to visits from everyday people is under attack. His pilot program has been marred by a fatal accident, he's out of a job, and he's being sued for a billion dollars. And it's beginning to seem that the "accident" wasn't at all accidental. Then the endless conflict between India and Pakistan heats up...and Pakistan explodes a nuclear device in the upper atmosphere, frying electronics on earth and in space, and putting the crew of the International Space Station at risk. With the Shuttle fleet grounded, only a secret skunkworks project known to Scott and his old friends can save the space station's stranded crew.

Themes & subjects

Space stationsManned space flightFictionSpace rescue operationsFiction, science fiction, space operaFiction, technological
First published 2000

About the authors

Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin

1930

American astronaut, born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.

John Barnes
John Barnes

1957

Authors

Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes

First published

2000

Pages

352

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Tor Books

ISBN

9781250255648

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