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Orbit
Orbit
Author: John J. Nance
The year is 2009. For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American Space Adventure?s first commercial spaceflight is a dream come true. One grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. It?s a bittersweet moment of triumph, however, muted by his wife?s terror over his accepting the prize. The day of the launch, Kip tries to re...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781469253794
ISBN-10: 1469253798
Publication Date: 10/2/2012
Edition: Unabridged
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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I really enjoyed this book and the way it featured an ordinary citizen being able to inspire so many others all across the world.
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A layman wins a trip on a sub-orbital civilian flight that turns out to be a very exciting and unexpected ride. Holds your interest very tightly
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Imagine you are a civilian orbiting the earth in a space ship, and a miniscule particle pierces the hull and kills your pilot. There you are...all alone...no radio, but you do have a laptop computer. You decide to write your memoir as you wait for air to run out, and as you are writing down your memories, they are being transmitted to earth.
A little too much on the technical side for me, I would have liked more about Kip's life and how people in his past felt about reading about themselves; but it was a nice read.


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