Voyage (NASA Trilogy Book 1)

'Safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation …'

More than two million pounds of fuel, a treasure that had taken five years to haul up to Earth orbit, had burned off in sixteen minutes.

If spaceflight gives us nothing else than an awareness of our true nature, he thought, then that alone will justify its cost.

if you're sitting on top of those damn unstoppable Solid Rocket Boosters, it's not a question of if you go, just which direction.