A collection of short fiction by some of science fiction's most acclaimed authors explores the conquest of the solar system in tales by Charles Sheffield, Gregory Benford, John Ringo, James P. Hogan, Wen Spencer, Margaret Ball, Jack McDevitt, Travis ...
The early days of space travel -- the tragic deaths, the explorers who disappeared without a trace, the many heroisms-- were now relegated to a few pages in history textbooks. The Solar System, from Mercury out to the cometary Oort cloud, was as thor...