{"product_id":"powersat-paperback","title":"Powersat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Bova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly wrong. An experimental low-orbit spaceplane breaks up on reentry, falling to earth over a trail hundreds of miles long. And it its wake is the beginning of the most important mission in the history of space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerica needs energy, and Dan Randolph is determined to give it to them. He dreams of an array of geosynchronous powersats, satellites which gather solar energy and beam it to generators on Earth, freeing America from its addiction to fossil fuels and breaking the power of the oil cartels forever. But the wreck of the spaceplane has left his company, Astro Manufacturing, on the edge of bankruptcy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorse, Dan discovers that the plane worked perfectly right up until the moment that saboteurs knocked it out of the sky. And whoever brought it down is willing and able to kill again to keep Astro grounded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Dan has to thread a dangerous maze. The visible threats are bad enough: Rival firms want to buy him out and take control of his dreams. His former lover wants to co-opt his unlimited-energy ideal as a campaign plank for the candidate she's grooming for the presidency. NASA and the FAA want to shut down his maverick firm. And his creditors are breathing down his neck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaking matters even more dangerous, an international organization of terrorists sees the powersat as a threat to their own oil-based power. And they've figured out how to use it as a weapon in their war against the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping mix of space, murder, romance, politics, secrets, and betrayal, \u003ci\u003ePowersat\u003c\/i\u003e will take you to the edge of space and the dawning of a new world.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction. --L\u003ci\u003eos Angeles Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eVenus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHard-charging... Bova keeps the pages turning. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Rock Rats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Bova\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including \u003ci\u003eAble One, Transhuman, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including \u003ci\u003eTitan\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award \"for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature\" in 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Bova was President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e and former fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eOmni\u003c\/i\u003e. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, America's first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York City's Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Powersat\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739171557439,"sku":"9781250253750","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/85ff595994b940656c1898c79904a045.webp?v=1765155753","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/powersat-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}