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POPSVLJ air taxi business skeptic Wasn't THIS the name of the college professor that gave Fred Smith (Founder of that little flying company named FedEx) a "C" on his exam/paper that was essentially the BLUEPRINT for the start of FEDERAL EXPRESS? Nah....just joking! But no matter WHAT has EVER been done/built/developed, there HAS, and will always BE....someone predicting that it CAN'T be done! Those that CAN.....DO!
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POPSSF Author: Thomas William Cronin
The story starts in 2038. There are two missions on Mars, a small Japanese Space Agency mission in Ares Valley, and a large NASA mission in Kasei Valley, 1700 miles to the west. Early on, the JSA mission suffers a crippling failure, and its sole survivor, an elderly scientist who is also a Zen master, faces certain death from starvation. As the story opens, the NASA landing site is devastated by a catastrophe, caused by a funding shortfall that forces the mission to run risks. There are only two survivors, an American and a Frenchwoman, who were away on a rover expedition. Two of the mission's three long-range, nuclear-powered rovers also survive, but the surviving food will run out in only two weeks. News of the catastrophe is received with shock on Earth. Next day, there is an emergency hearing on the disaster in Washington, attended by the world's space agency chiefs, and watched worldwide. The JSA chief drops the first bombshell, when she reveals that the Zen master in