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Nov 1, 2000 · ABANDON IN PLACE. by Jerry Oltion ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 2000. What starts out as a pleasant, nostalgic fable grows steadily less amenable, and the mingling of ghosts, religion, and...
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Nov 1, 2000 · On the day that Neil Armstrong passes away, a ghostly Saturn V rocket appears on the abandoned Pad 34, and launches into space, shaking the earth and rattling windows as it goes. It seems real. It shows up on radar. It follows the profile of a cancelled Apollo mission. Is it real? Will it return?
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- Jerry Oltion
But there hasn't been a Saturn V rocket launched from American soil in 30 years: the technological know-how has been lost, and Pad 34 is a broken rusted derelict with the sign "Abandon in Place" posted there as its epitaph.
Adult/High School-Rick, a young astronaut in an aging Shuttle program, is mourning the loss of NASA's glory days of manned space exploration when he sees something impossible-a new Saturn V rocket blasting off from a derelict Apollo launch site long designated "abandon in place."
- Jerry Oltion
Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. ... Abandon In Place. Jerry Oltion. Tom Doherty Associates, Nov 4, 2000 - Fiction - 363 pages.
Feb 1, 2003 · The morning after Neil Armstrong's funeral, a ghostly Saturn V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. It shakes the ground and rumbles with all the fury of a real launch, sending back telemetry all the way to the moon, stopping at the point where a human would have to take control to land.
- Jerry Oltion
Nov 4, 2000 · Adult/High School-Rick, a young astronaut in an aging Shuttle program, is mourning the loss of NASA's glory days of manned space exploration when he sees something impossible-a new Saturn V rocket blasting off from a derelict Apollo launch site long designated "abandon in place."
- Jerry Oltion
