on to the asteroid

Very Good+ 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 levelâ”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 comfortâ”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. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Travis S. Taylor: "[E]xplodes with inventive action."â”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."â”John Ringo About Rescue Mode by Ben Bova and Les Johnson: "...a suspenseful and compelling narrative of the first human spaceflight to Mars."â”Booklist Travis S. Taylor, Ph.D. is the co-creator and star of the National Geographic Channel's hit series, Rocket City Rednecks and can be seen on the Weather Channel on 3 Scientists Walk into a Bar. Taylor is a physicist who has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past twenty years. His expertise includes advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies and next generation space launch concepts. Taylor is als

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