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Bezig met laden... On to the Asteroiddoor Travis S. Taylor
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"Realistic thriller crackling with action and danger as an asteroid threatens the Earth, and dedicated astronauts and scientists try to save the planet. LOOMING DESTRUCTION FROM SPACE! It's the beginning of a new golden age of space exploration. Finally, humanity is taking the commercialization of space to the next level--mining asteroids. The new gold rush of the commercial space era has begun. Another commercial venture, an attempt to put a hotel on the Moon, is seeking the space tourism gold of the ultra wealthy. And it seems as if the dream of finally sending people to Mars is finally going to happen using a ship propelled by a powerful nuclear rocket. But space travel isn't cut and dry, and there is nothing routine about it. In order to mine an asteroid the goal is to bring it closer to Earth, but orbital mechanics are tricky and close to Earth proves to be far too close for comfort--with looming destruction from space about to become a grim reality. Now astronauts, scientists, engineers, and people in all the burgeoning space businesses must team together to stop the asteroid before it is too late for humanity and the planet it calls home. About Travis S. Taylor: "[E]xplodes with inventive action."--Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor's The Quantum Connection. "[Warp Speed] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum.You won't want to put it down."--John Ringo About Rescue Mode by Ben Bova and Les Johnson: "... a suspenseful and compelling narrative of the first human spaceflight to Mars."--Booklist"--"It's the beginning of a new golden age of space exploration and humanity is taking the commercialization of space to the next level--mining asteroids and attempting to put a hotel on the Moon. But space travel isn't cut and dry and in order to mine an asteroid the goal is to bring it close to Earth. Unfortunately, orbital mechanics are tricky and close becomes too close to Earth. Now astronauts, scientists, engineers and people in the burgeoning space business must team together to stop the asteroid before it is too late for Earth and humanity"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (2.93)
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Travis Taylor evidently likes working with co-authors. He has worked with Ben Bova, John Ringo, and here Les Johnson. For all I know, there may be more. In On to the Asteroid, Taylor and Johnson tell the story of a mission to save the Earth after a failed attempt at asteroid mining puts the rock on a collision course with the Earth. The Back to the Moon cast returns with a few additions. Both authors have some good science background, so the space technology is believable, they have figured out some ingenious ways to move an asteroid. The story has good suspense, but dialogue is wooden, and some character and plot elements stretch a reader’s credulity. 3.5 stars. (