Publisher's Synopsis
On the 21st of July 2011, after more than 30 years and over 100 missions into outer space, America's Space Shuttle programme came to an end with nothing really fully prepared to replace it. But suppose it had not come to an end? Suppose the machines which had served America's Space Agency NASA, and the American people for so long and so well, had been reinvented to enable them to serve once again as a vital part of America's next space faring adventure - its greatest adventure so far. This is the story of that adventure.This is story of Robert L Carter, an engineering genius, who was tasked by an American President to take America back into space after the end of the Space Shuttle programme.This is the story of multimedia tycoon Cameron Milo, the man who helped keep secret the true goal of America's greatest ever space faring adventure until it was time for the American people to truly know what it was and the true direction it was taking.This is the story of Sharon Applegate, a reporter, who became aware of the secret and who was given the job of bringing that secret out of the dark and into the light by making the American people aware of its existence.And finally this is the story of Paula Travers, a NASA astronaut, and the team she would lead on America's greatest ever space faring adventure so far.This is a story about drive, determination and triumph over adversity. This is the story of how one man was given the chance to make his dream become a reality and take America back into space after the end of the Space Shuttle programme. This is the story of ABIS - America Back Into Space. For my first journey into the world of Science Fiction I have tried to create a story which is based as much as possible on hard Science Fact (Space and Aero-Space) concepts. Since 2004 I have had the great honour and privilege to train on programmes either organised by or supported by NASA, the American Space Agency, firstly at Kennedy Space Centre in 2004 and from 2005 at the US Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville in Alabama. Now using the knowledge I gained whilst on those programmes along with experiences I have picked up in other areas I have worked to create my first work of literary fiction, a story which is backed-up by nearly 500 pieces of artwork I created to support the story.
