

On to the Asteroid
Author: Les Johnson, Travis S. Taylor
Series: Space Excursions #2
Narrator: Derek Shoales
Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 02/11/2020
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure
Synopsis
Another commercial venture, an attempt to put a hotel on the Moon, is seeking the space tourism gold of the ultra wealthy. And it seems as if the dream of finally sending people to Mars is finally going to happen using a ship propelled by a powerful nuclear rocket.
But space travel isn't cut and dry, and there is nothing routine about it. In order to mine an asteroid the goal is to bring it closer to Earth, but orbital mechanics are tricky and close to Earth proves to be far too close for comfort—with looming destruction from space about to become a grim reality. Now astronauts, scientists, engineers, and people in all the burgeoning space businesses must team together to stop the asteroid before it is too late for humanity and the planet it calls home.