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

Senator Tomlinson’s Office

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

Lady Cecilia

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

Isaiah Knowles

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

Tor Books by Ben Bova

About the Author

Copyright