CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
Tomlinson Mansion
American Airlines Flight 222
Staff Meeting
Senator Tomlinson’s Office
Inspiration
Perspiration
Tomlinson Residence
Shooting for the Moon
Isaiah Knowles
Campaign Manager
Zacharias Karamondis
White Sands, New Mexico
Harold Quinton
Nicholas Piazza
Lady Cecilia
The Chairs
The Announcement
The Mars Lobby
National Air and Space Museum
Iowa
Dinner with Amy
Sleepless and Alone
Mending Fences
NASA Middle Management
NASA Top Management
Subcommittee Hearing
Bloviating Billy
Campaign Headquarters
Help
Herbert Manstein
A Finger in the Dike
Job Opportunity
Billy Trueblood
Halfway to Mars
The First Debate
Reaction
Interview
Firestorm
Damage Control
Halloween
Dora Engels
Thanksgiving
The Second Debate
Welcome Home
Manstein … and Sebastian
Return to Washington
Finance Committee
National Defense
New Hampshire
Back to DC
Breaking News
Q and A
Iowa Caucus
The Wave of the Future
Accident?
Charleston, South Carolina
Reactions
The Third Debate
Super Tuesday
Evidence
Campaigning
Suicide Flight
The Plunge
Aftermath
California
Fresno
American Airlines Flight 19
Back-Channel
Détente?
Philadelphia
Deadlocked
Bargaining
The Vice Presidency
A Bucket of Warm Piss
Give and Take
Facing the Future
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About the Author
Copyright