Voyage

Voyage
Stephen Baxter

What if John F. Kennedy survived?President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars.Aboard, Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the chance to go to space; Phil Stone, former X-15 test pilot; and Ralph Gershon, a Vietnam War hero intent on being the first African American to reach another planet.Exploring mankind’s presence in the extra-terrestrial expanse, VOYAGE chronicles the incredible story of what could have been.

STEPHEN BAXTER

VOYAGE

THE NASA TRILOGY

Copyright (#ulink_97fb118e-b26b-5835-b118-6752597bd9e9)

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 1996

Copyright © Stephen Baxter 1996

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Praise for Stephen Baxter (#ulink_494deee1-a446-5974-b51a-6f92d3a16504)

‘Tom Clancy meets Tom Wolfe.’

Kirkus Reviews

‘If you liked The Right Stuff you’ll like this too.’

Interzone

‘Voyage is a splendid nostalgia trip to times when astronauts were still the Right Stuff.’

New Scientist

‘For SF fans it encapsulates not only the traditional “sense of wonder”, but also – because the story it tells was this close to being true – a warm and thrilling sense of “I wonder …” A brilliant book.’

SFX

‘Based on NASA’s actual shelved Mars plans, but throughout, Baxter concentrates on the people involved, not just their hi-tech ventures, and the result is a compulsive and intelligent page-turner.’

Focus

‘Baxter is emerging as the most credible heir to the hard sf tradition previously monopolized by Clarke and Asimov.’

Time Out

Dedication (#ulink_35fcf92a-f2ad-5874-b15d-ff4cd12446eb)

For my nephew William Baxter

Contents

Cover (#u990c981b-580a-5473-9b66-67e4d8f1a791)

Title Page (#u34ec1e91-de22-58fb-a627-0e4d55ce6541)

Copyright (#u9d322320-d639-59ee-bbb3-6fbb15bc6c6f)

Praise for Stephen Baxter (#u9ea3cd19-c9de-5696-ba26-3e84fb235e51)

Dedication (#ulink_4aeb1c7b-23f0-5b5f-99f3-ddd8e14aae04)

Book 1 Decision (#ufbe9ec68-5730-574f-9a1c-f1de58e33fe1)

Book 2 Trajectories (#u3852b517-b055-52d8-9e20-ee00fc637467)

Book 3 Apollo-N (#litres_trial_promo)

Book 4 Approaches (#litres_trial_promo)

Book 5 Ares (#litres_trial_promo)

Book 6 Mangala (#litres_trial_promo)

Afterword (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)