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Название: Voyage

Автор: Stephen Baxter

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Научная фантастика

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isbn: 9780007445400

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      STEPHEN BAXTER

      VOYAGE

      THE NASA TRILOGY

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      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.

      HarperVoyager An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 1996

      Copyright © Stephen Baxter 1996

      Cover photo © NASA

       Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015

      Stephen Baxter asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780008134518

       Ebook Edition © JUNE 2012 ISBN 9780007445400 Version: 2017-04-25

       Praise for Stephen Baxter

      ‘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

      For my nephew William Baxter

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Book 3 Apollo-N

       Book 4 Approaches

       Book 5 Ares

       Book 6 Mangala

       Afterword

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       Also by the Author

       Author’s Note

       About the Publisher

      This is Ares Launch Control, Jacqueline B. Kennedy Space Center.

      We have passed the six-minute mark in our countdown. Now at T minus five minutes, fifty-one seconds and counting.

      Ares waits ready for launch on Launch Complex 39A.

      We are on schedule at the present time for the planned lift-off at thirty-seven minutes past the hour.

      Spacecraft test conductor has now completed СКАЧАТЬ