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I adored this book. It's a simple, fast read, and it just packs in so many things that I love. The main character, Elma, is a physicist and a pilot. In 1952! She is married to a brilliant engineer. This is where we deviate from an already exciting reality. Suddenly, a meteorite strikes the Eastern seaboard. A large portion of America is a smoking heap, and there are devastating effects to the global environment. Now, the space race must become an international goal, rather than how it is treated
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3.5 stars.
In the very first pages, a meteor hits 1950s East Coast United States. Scientists expect that there will be a major climate shift on top of the immediate catastrophe, and one logical solution is to try to get to Mars to build a colony and save humanity. Elma is a pilot-mathematician) and her husband is an engineer (both with PhDs), so they are obviously exactly what NASA and the UN space department need in order to move forward. Except for those tiny details of rampant sexism and cripp ...more
In the very first pages, a meteor hits 1950s East Coast United States. Scientists expect that there will be a major climate shift on top of the immediate catastrophe, and one logical solution is to try to get to Mars to build a colony and save humanity. Elma is a pilot-mathematician) and her husband is an engineer (both with PhDs), so they are obviously exactly what NASA and the UN space department need in order to move forward. Except for those tiny details of rampant sexism and cripp ...more
Jun 14, 2019
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it was amazing
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I loved this book and could not put it down. An alternate history where the space program of the 50s and 60s was accelerated and woman pilots strove to be astronauts.
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