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FTI: Beginnings
The Future is
Richard Schneider forms a new company to develop a space launch system. His philosophy is don't cut corners; find better ways. His main rival, however, operates on a different philosophy. Originally written as near-future SF, the story is now alternate history, a tale of what might have been.
Match
Set some years after The Future is Now, top ranked tennis player Tom Stryker is stricken with a neurological disorder that slows reflexes. No longer able to compete in professional tennis on Earth, he decides to try his hand at the low-G variant of the game, finding himself in a rivalry with the top-ranked low-g player in a match on the Moon.
Richard Schneider forms a new company to develop a space launch system. His philosophy is don't cut corners; find better ways. His main rival, however, operates on a different philosophy. Originally written as near-future SF, the story is now alternate history, a tale of what might have been.
Match
Set some years after The Future is Now, top ranked tennis player Tom Stryker is stricken with a neurological disorder that slows reflexes. No longer able to compete in professional tennis on Earth, he decides to try his hand at the low-G variant of the game, finding himself in a rivalry with the top-ranked low-g player in a match on the Moon.
66 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 22, 2014
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July 21, 2021
Very Fun!
In 2021, watching SpaceX push the boundaries of space exploration and commercialization, far past its nearest competition, this story becomes a fun "what if?" In the long run, it may well turn out that knowledgeable writers like Burkhead and Jerry Pournelle were pretty spot on about the eventual path human spaceflight takes to normalize working and living in our solar "near abroad."
In 2021, watching SpaceX push the boundaries of space exploration and commercialization, far past its nearest competition, this story becomes a fun "what if?" In the long run, it may well turn out that knowledgeable writers like Burkhead and Jerry Pournelle were pretty spot on about the eventual path human spaceflight takes to normalize working and living in our solar "near abroad."
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