Voyage is a
science fiction novel by
Stephen Baxter. Set in an alternative timeline, where
JFK is only
paralysed, and pushes America past the
moon and onto
Mars.
When the the
rocket,
Ares lifts off, carrying two men and one women, it is the culmination of years of
ambition, technical achievment, and political intrigue.
Oh, if things had only been different, perhaps the
stars themselves would have been within our grasp.