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Book SynopsisRapid Response Team Memorandum Top Secret/Do Not Photocopy To: Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) From: U.S. Space Defense Operations Center, Colorado Situation Report: Unmanned Soviet Kvant-3 space laboratory destroyed by defective U.S. Orbital Weapons Platform. Communications inoperative. Soviet retaliation imminent unless immediate action taken. Target: U.S. Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE)—the most powerful weapon in orbit. Equipped with SECRET hydrogen-fluoride, five megawatt chemical laser, LODE 4-meter firing mirror, and Teal Ruby AFP-888 aiming mechanism. Current Status: 38 degree circular orbit at 130 nautical miles FULLY ARMED AND OUT OF CONTROL. Operation: U.S. astronauts Colonel William Parker and Lt. Commander Jacob Enright to fly Space Shuttle Endeavor in mission to deactivate LACE. Risk Factor: HIGH Special Orders: In event of mission failure, U.S. shuttle crew to be terminated with EXTREME PREJUDICE. Brief: Presidential briefing NOT RECOMMENDED.
Trade ReviewThe Glass Lady is a technical masterpiece and a great story. . . . There have been writers of the sea who were this good, but Douglas Savage has set the standard for the literature of spaceflight. -- Gordon Baxter, Contributing Editor, Flying Magazine
[The Glass Lady] is written with exquisite attention to creating realistic shuttle operations, right down to detailing every switch and panel on the checklist. . . . [T]he reader flies the mission . . . as it is really flown. -- Richard Berry, Editor-in-Chief, Astronomy Magazine
[A] unique approach. . . . Thoroughly researched, the book describes the mechanical complexities of the Shuttle and the wonders of space. . . . There is interesting information here. * Publishers Weekly *
To read The Glass Lady is to fly the Space Shuttle. The book is a remarkable achievement in the literature of flight. -- Allan Fritche, Editor, STS Mission Profiles Magazine
