us launches space shuttles from florida.
us launches space shuttles from florida.
where does the us launch space shuttles from?
florida
as nasa puts harry and his crew through a short and rigorous 12-day astronaut training program at the johnson space center, harry and his team re-outfit the mobile drillers, named the "armadillos", that will be used on the asteroid. when a meteorite from the asteroid wipes out the coastal area of shanghai, nasa is forced to reveal their plans to the world before harry and his crew go to florida for training revisions and last-minute preparations. afterwards, two of the latest x-71 space shuttles, called the "freedom" and the "independence", are launched from the kennedy space center in cape canaveral in florida. once in orbit, the shuttles dock with the 11-year old modified russian space station mir manned by lev andropov (stormare) to refuel. a fire breaks out during the transfer and the station is evacuated just before it explodes, with lev and a. j. making a narrow escape. after 60 hours, the shuttles slingshot around the moon in order to land on the backside of the asteroid. traveling through the asteroid's debris field independence's hull is punctured and crashes onto the rock and oscar, noonan, air force colonel davis, air force captain tucker and munitions specialist lieutenant halsey are killed during the crash. grace, watching from nasa headquarters, is distraught by a.j.'s apparent death.
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space shuttles (anthology)









































space shuttles is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by isaac asimov, martin h. greenberg and charles g. waugh as the seventh volume in their isaac asimov's wonderful worlds of science fiction series. it was first published in paperback by signet/new american library in october 1987.









































the book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by asimov.









































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bullet::::- "introduction: shuttles" (isaac asimov)









































bullet::::- "truck driver" (robert chilson)









































bullet::::- "hermes to the ages" (frederick d. gottfried)









































bullet::::- "pushbutton war" (joseph p. martino)
space shuttles (anthology)