Mission to the Moon : A Science Fiction Novel Hardcover – January 1, 1956
Jim Stanley, who had helped to build the first space station, was
thrilled to return to it as a member of the crew selected to erect the
ships which would fulfill Man's age-long dream to reach the Moon. A
total effort was being made to surpass the progress achieved in outer
space by an enemy Combine. It was believed that if this foreign group
scored the initial landing and gained control of the cold planet, the
world would be threatened. The desperate effort to forge ahead of the
Combine suddenly turns into a race against death when a young,
space-happy boy takes off alone for the Moon in an inadequate ship.
Although hampered by accidents, false rumors, and conflicts on Earth
below, the crew works with frantic haste and grim determination to get
the ships underway and to the boy in time. Jim Stanley, as mechanic and
pilot, contributes a major share in the task of construction and on the
tense rescue journey. Here is a gripping account of pioneers in space by
one of science fictions best known and most skillful writers. Jim
Stanley's adventures on the first flight to the Moon make a lusty and
exciting tale for all who love to envision man's ultimate conquest of
space.