The fated sky a Lady Astronaut novel

Continuing the grand sweep of alternate history laid out in The Calculating Stars, The Fated Sky looks forward to 1961, when mankind is well-established on the moon and looking forward to its next step: journeying to, and eventually colonizing, Mars. Of course the noted Lady Astronaut Elma York woul...

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Main Author: Kowal, Mary Robinette, 1969-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Tor Books, 2018.
Series:Kowal, Mary Robinette, 1969- Lady Astronaut novels ; 2.
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520 0 |a Continuing the grand sweep of alternate history laid out in The Calculating Stars, The Fated Sky looks forward to 1961, when mankind is well-established on the moon and looking forward to its next step: journeying to, and eventually colonizing, Mars. Of course the noted Lady Astronaut Elma York would like to go, but could the International Aerospace Coalition ever stand the thought of putting a woman on such a potentially dangerous mission? Could Elma knowingly take the place of other astronauts who have been overlooked because of their race? And could she really leave behind her husband and the chance to start a family? This gripping look at the real conflicts behind a fantastical space race will put a new spin on our visions of what might have been. 
650 0 |a Women astronauts  |z United States  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Meteors  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Manned space flight  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Interplanetary voyages  |v Fiction. 
691 0 |a United States  |x Social conditions  |y 20th century  |v Fiction. 
691 0 |a United States  |x Race relations  |y 20th century  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Space colonies  |v Fiction. 
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800 1 |a Kowal, Mary Robinette,  |d 1969-  |t Lady Astronaut novels ;  |v 2. 
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