Power Challenges

It is time to start the colonizing the solar system. Ex-astronaut, current space advisor, and all-out trouble shooter for the President, Jake Ross, is determined to make it happen.

And what better way to return to America's glory than by returning to the moon and setting up a permanent moon-base which can then serve as the launching pad for Mars and beyond.

But as usual, political intrigue and conflicting priorities are threatening the whole program. Add to that a President who is about to die, a strong contingent in the legislative body which thinks that money spent on a moon-base is money wasted and the general apathy of the public, and you have an almost impossible task.

Even NASA, natural enthusiasts of a project like this, are dragging their feet because they have lost control of the top spot in the project.

However, none of those opposing forces have contended with the resolve and the skill of Jake Ross. He will create the base on the moon. He will send humans out to many worlds.

He was a true giant of the field having authored of more than 125 works of science fact and fiction. Ben Bova was a six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog Magazine, a former editorial director of Omni as well as the president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Some of his other accomplishments include: Involved in science and high technology since the 1950's; President Emeritus of the National Space Society; Past president of Science Fiction Writers of America; Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Arthur C. Clarke Foundation; Frequent radio and television commentator, widely-popular lecturer; Award-winning editor and executive in the aerospace industry; Guest of Honor, World Science Fiction Convention 2000 in Chicago; Winner of the John W. Campbell Award for TITAN in 2006.

Much of his writing has been predictive, and his fiction anticipated developments like the space wars of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, and electronic book publishing, among and more. He was given the Robert A. Heinlein Award for "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature" in 2008.