false 64703 7 Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us:SATURNEarth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the nerve and skill to run the risks. Now the governments of Earth are encouraging many of their most incorrigible dissidents to join a great ark on a one-way expedition, twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and has fascinated astronomers ever since.But humans will be human, on Earth or in the heavens-so amidst the idealism permeating Space Habitat Goddard are many individuals with long-term schemes, each awaiting the tight moment. And hidden from them is the greatest secret of all, the real purpose of this expedition, known to only a few...... 2566821 2003 Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet (The Grand Tour) total:133|5:28|4:39|3:51|2:10|1:5| 133 474 177 15 2 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 17:42:15 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 17:45:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 20:16:02 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 20:17:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:58:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:59:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 08 04:59:57 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:00:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 14:42:41 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 19:29:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 19 09:51:33 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 12:07:03 -0700 2008
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