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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Northwest Publishing presents the exciting new novel Impact, by U.S. Chief of Aerospace Medicine at Vance Air Force Base, Dr. Greg Rogers. This "Airdoc" from Kennedy Space Center has utilized his extensive NASA background to propel his readers into the most intense shuttle mission ever.

Follow the countdown of the space shuttle blast off. Many in NASA don't think Donna Kennedy is capable of her assigment as mission commander. This is her chance to prove herself but catastrophic twists of fate thrust her and the entire crew of the shuttle into a life-threatening situation. Follow the desperate efforts of the NASA ground controllers as they work to disengage the astronauts from their deadly dilemma. The fate of the shuttle crew will eventually fall into the hands of Donna Kennedy, as one person's personal challenge becomes a memorable mission of suspense and unpredictable complications.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Acknowledgments.

-Foreword. Louis A. Kouts.

-Acronyms.

-Prologue.

-Chapters 1-21.

-Epilogue.

OUR REVIEW

Doctor Gregory A. Rogers is one of those people who, when he does not understand something on space flight, asks the astronauts themselves. And he can do it, since his job has been the assistance provided as a doctor to the crews on the ground for many years. He has also worked for the military, so the author has the necessary ingredients to write a novel like Impact. Rated as a "space novel", it has all the characteristics of a fictional work with large doses of realism. Not only we will enjoy ourselves greatly while reading it, but also we will learn with the descriptions that Rogers gives us, both about the space shuttle and of everything related to it. For the fans of astronautics this is an ideal book if what we want is to continue to be immersed in such a fantastic science whenever our second favourite hobby is literature. We may but wonder what would happen if something similar to what is described in Impact happens for real. The author does not appear to be much misguided in some of his assumptions, although he is incredibly reckless in some others. Let us hope that never ever will an astronaut have to face such a dilemma like the one Donna Kennedy fights against in this most wonderful novel.