Reach for Mars

By  G. F. Sheridan
Publisher  Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN  9781612047232
Published in  Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy, Literature & Fiction/General, Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Book Description

When the first manned space flight to Mars is launched, a series of unexpected and shattering events unfold and they can never return to Earth. They must fly on to Mars and complete their mission for their own survival. What surprises await them on Mars? Will they survive and therefore ensure that the human race does not become extinct?
Ride-along with the Astronauts and find out in Reach for Mars!

Sample Chapter

SCIENCE OR FICTION?
Ever since man dropped out of the trees and started walking around on two legs he has always looked up at night and gazed at the stars in wonder. Sitting at his fire outside his cave, as large creatures blundered around him in the dark, or Eons later sitting at his campfire after riding the range all day herding and driving large creatures, and as they blundered around him in the dark, he would look up and gaze at the stars in wonder.
He saw groups of stars that he thought made shapes and gave them names. He used them to explain previously unexplainable events on our planet Earth. He used them to navigate his way around our planet Earth, even used them to predict our future (for better or worse!) He invented telescopes so he could look at them more closely, which he made larger and larger so he could look at them even more closely. Today he fires telescopes into Space so he can look at them really closely!
As man progressed, a new breed of man evolved. Men who dreamed of flying to the stars, then wrote stories about their dreams. You and I call their stories Science Fiction. Men with names like Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and the list goes on.
Their stories have enthralled and inspired generations of young children and teenagers to dream of flying to the stars. Some of those grew up to follow that dream and became Scientists specializing in Astrophysics and Rocket Propulsion Technology to try and make the dream come true.
The writers posed the question - 'What if we could?'
The Scientists developed the Technology - So we could!
All the Technology described in this novel to fly my Astronauts to Mars, keep them alive while they're there, and fly them back home again exists and is well known to many N.A.S.A. scientists. Admittedly, it is as yet unproven, and will remain so without funds to prove it.
If the major Governments of the world cut back on the funds they pour into developing weapons of mass destruction and used those funds to explore and Terra-form Mars into a livable environment for Man, surely that would be a better future for Mankind.
Anyway,as you read this novel ask yourself:
"IS IT SCIENCE OR IS IT FICTION?"
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Excerpted from "Reach for Mars" by G. F. Sheridan. Copyright © 2012 by G. F. Sheridan. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.