Space: James A. Michener

A bringing to life of the dreams and daring of countless men and women - people like Stanley Mott, the engineer whose irrepressible drive for knowledge places him at the center of the American exploration effort; Norman Grant, the war hero and U.S. senator who takes his personal battle not only to a nation, but to the heavens; Dieter Kolff, Hitler’s rocket scientist, whose specialty is a rare commodity in this new era; Randy Claggett, the astronaut who meets his destiny on a mission to the far side of the moon; and Cynthia Rhee, the reporter whose determined crusade brings their story to a breathless world. Michener blends fact, fiction and future possibilities into this saga of America's exploration into space via the background of the Gemini and Apollo manned flights, the Viking landings on Mars, the Columbia and other achievements of the space programme.