Steven Baxter could draw his cues and inspirations from today and maybe even have his own Elon Musk equivalent or equivalents! Hey, Dr Baxter - are you reading this?!
The book is amazing - I've read it several times. I wish Baxter would do an immediate sequel, but perhaps that wouldn't give us much in the way of satisfaction. I'd prefer he did a sequel set perhaps 25 years after Ares where the world is treating the mission as a previous generation's folly and oddity and that space exploration has become a bit stagnant - maybe even idiotic conspiracy nuts could have something to say about it?! I'd like to see the Ares Astronauts involved with or perhaps figureheads pining for a revitalized world space program and the prospects for a new Commercial space race to the Moon and beyond. Perhaps Natalie York could be a slightly reclusive Armstrong-like person but her crewmates more passionate about space and agitating for more political and commercial interest and involvement? (Aldrin anyone?)Steven Baxter could draw his cues and inspirations from today and maybe even have his own Elon Musk equivalent or equivalents! Hey, Dr Baxter - are you reading this?!
But Ron, have you thought of sending photos of your work to Baxter?
Was Skylab a wet lab in the book?
Quote from: Dalhousie on 02/13/2015 11:46 pmWas Skylab a wet lab in the book?Skylab and Moonlab were both wet. The only dry lab was the Mission Module of Ares.
Quote from: Ronpur50 on 02/13/2015 11:47 pmQuote from: Dalhousie on 02/13/2015 11:46 pmWas Skylab a wet lab in the book?Skylab and Moonlab were both wet. The only dry lab was the Mission Module of Ares.Page reference?