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03333aam a22003618i 4500 001 99F77372F41511E683FB1E97DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170216010023 008 160516s2016 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2016018024 020 $a 1476781524 020 $a 9781476781525 (hardback) 040 $a KHPB566 $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3620.A98 $b O5 2016 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 084 $a FIC028000 $a FIC028010 $a FIC028000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Taylor, Travis S., $e author. 245 10 $a On to the asteroid / $c Travis S. Taylor & Les Johnson. 263 $a 1608 264 1 $a Riverdale, NY : $b Baen, $c [2016] 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 7 $a FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Science Fiction / General. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Johnson, Les $q (Charles Les), $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010015625.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804022730.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=99F77372F41511E683FB1E97DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search