“It’s a serious one.”
“Okay.”
“I mean, considering all I went through up there.”
“Uh-huh.”
“And because I’ve been your poster boy ever since.”
“You’ve done very well for us, Kip, especially considering the various ways we tried to kill you.”
“I’m glad you appreciate the danger I was in.”
“I do. Wedo. So, what’s the question?”
He glances skyward, then back to her, eye to eye.
“So, when can I go up again?”
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Final Approach
Scorpion Strike
What Goes Up
On Shaky Ground
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Splash of Colors
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright (c) 2006 by John J. Nance
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nance, John J.
Orbit / John J. Nance
1. Space flights—Fiction. 2. Space vehicle accidents—United States—Fiction. 3. Space rescue operations—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3564.A546O73 2006
813’.54—dc22 2005057553
ISBN: 0-7432-8909-9
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