The Interstellar Slingshot: A Novel Set in the Distant Future

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Product Description Humankind populates the Solar System. Indiscriminate consumption of vital metals, minerals and other natural resources drives Earth and the independent colonies in space to the brink of disaster. Retreat is unacceptable. The decision is to reach for the stars. About the Author Meyer "Mike" Moldeven was a civilian technician and logistics systems analyst with the United States Air Force for 33 years from shortly before World War Two until his retirement in 1974. He served as a senior survival equipment specialist in the Pacific Area during the war. He returned to the Air Force logistics center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio in 1948 as an equipment analyst and technical writer. He then spent several years at an American base in North Africa preparing logistics plans to support U S Air Force 'Cold War' operations throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. During early United States post-Sputnik initiatives to develop a national space program Mike critiqued USAF-NASA-industry proposals for a future U S Air Force in space. Among the studies in which he participated were long-range military infrastructure and capabilities for Space Logistics, Operations, Maintenance and Rescue (Project SLOMAR) and 'Moon Base' (Project LUNEX).