Rocket Science: Science Fiction and Non-Fiction

Edited by Ian Sales.

Rocket Science is a collection of 17 original stories of hard science fiction, accompanied by 5 original non-fiction essays on space exploration.

In the spirit of Mutation's mission to add to bibliodiversity, the stories were selected by an open call for submissions.

The authors, selected from a range of nationalities, are a mixture of published fiction writers, professional astrophysicists and aerospace engineers.

Contents:

• Fiction:
  
  • Tell Me a Story - Leigh Kimmel
  • Fisher's Gambit - Stephen Gaskell
  • Final Orbit - Nigel Brown
  • Incarnate - Craig Pay
  • Dancing on the Red Planet - Berit Ellingsen
  • Pathfinders - Martin McGrath
  • A Biosphere Ends - Stephen Palmer
  • Slipping Sideways - Carmelo Rafala
  • Conquistadors - Iain Cairns
  • Going, Boldly - Helen Jackson
  • Why Barnaby isn't Aboard the ISS Today - Gary Cuba
  • Not Because They Are Easy - Sam S. Kepfield
  • The Taking of IOSA 2083 - C. J. Paget
  • The Brave Little Cockroach Goes to March - Simon McCaffery
  • Sea of Maternity - Deborah Walker
  • The New Tenant - Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon
  • Dreaming at Baikonur - Sean Martin
• Non-fiction:
  • Launch Day - David L. Clements
  • Making Mars a Nicer Place, in Fiction... and Fact - Eric Choi
  • The Complexity of the Humble Spacesuit - Karen Burnham
  • A Ray of Sunshine - Bill Patterson
  • Waverider Entry Spacecraft: A History - Duncan Lunan