Slingshot
Robert G. Williscroft
Travel to space for the price of a train ticket—to the Moon for a little bit more.
"Slingshot does for the launch loop what Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise or Sheffield's Web Between the Worlds did for the space elevator." —Alastair Mayer Author of the T-Space Series
Slingshot is a love story—about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender bending...and a machine, the largest ever built. Slingshot is a mystery—about a missing aviatrix, a conspiracy, a true-believer. Slingshot is an adventure—about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space. Slingshot is about constructing the first space launch-loop stretching 2,600 km between Baker and Jarvis Islands in the Equatorial Pacific. It's about high finance, intrigue, unlimited ambition, heroism, fanaticism, betrayal...and about opening space to the common person.
The setting is the day-after-tomorrow. Technology has advanced, but human ambition and greed remain unchanged. Alex Regent, Margo Jackson, and Klaus Blumenfeld reach for the stars as they blend their skills to create the world's first space launch-loop, backed by major software money. Environmental fanatic Lars Watson with his team of young eco-terrorists are funded by opposing financial interests, who will go to any length to halt the project. Reporter Lori Kutcher indiscriminately applies her own personal skills to ensure it is she who reports the unfolding events to a watching world.
While its accurate science and precise engineering will appeal to hard science-fiction buffs, Slingshot's major focus is the grand journey, the opening of outer space to the common person by men and women who loom larger than life as they work, play, and love.
Duration - 13h 13m.
Author - Robert G. Williscroft.
Narrator - Trenton Bennett.
Published Date - Sunday, 12 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2014 Robert G. Williscroft ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Robert G. Williscroft
Trenton Bennett
Starchild Saga, The
Starman Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
Travel to space for the price of a train ticket—to the Moon for a little bit more. "Slingshot does for the launch loop what Arthur C. Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise or Sheffield's Web Between the Worlds did for the space elevator." —Alastair Mayer Author of the T-Space Series Slingshot is a love story—about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender bending...and a machine, the largest ever built. Slingshot is a mystery—about a missing aviatrix, a conspiracy, a true-believer. Slingshot is an adventure—about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space. Slingshot is about constructing the first space launch-loop stretching 2,600 km between Baker and Jarvis Islands in the Equatorial Pacific. It's about high finance, intrigue, unlimited ambition, heroism, fanaticism, betrayal...and about opening space to the common person. The setting is the day-after-tomorrow. Technology has advanced, but human ambition and greed remain unchanged. Alex Regent, Margo Jackson, and Klaus Blumenfeld reach for the stars as they blend their skills to create the world's first space launch-loop, backed by major software money. Environmental fanatic Lars Watson with his team of young eco-terrorists are funded by opposing financial interests, who will go to any length to halt the project. Reporter Lori Kutcher indiscriminately applies her own personal skills to ensure it is she who reports the unfolding events to a watching world. While its accurate science and precise engineering will appeal to hard science-fiction buffs, Slingshot's major focus is the grand journey, the opening of outer space to the common person by men and women who loom larger than life as they work, play, and love. Duration - 13h 13m. Author - Robert G. Williscroft. Narrator - Trenton Bennett. Published Date - Sunday, 12 January 2025. Copyright - © 2014 Robert G. Williscroft ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:17
Foreword—The Lofstrom Space Launch Loop
Duration:00:06:11
Prologue: Lockheed Electra—Western Equatorial Pacific
Duration:00:10:16
PART ONE: Chapter One—Equatorial Pacific—Southeast of Baker Island
Duration:00:21:13
Chapter Two—Western Complex
Duration:00:13:15
Chapter Three—Baker Island
Duration:00:16:56
Chapter Four—Western Complex
Duration:00:16:51
Chapter Five—Eastern Complex
Duration:00:20:41
Chapter Six—Buoy 1528
Duration:00:17:39
Chapter Seven—Submerged at Buoy 1528
Duration:00:23:55
Chapter Eight—Green Avenger
Duration:00:39:40
Chapter Nine—Jarvis Island Recompression Complex
Duration:00:25:20
Chapter Ten—Jarvis Island Compound
Duration:00:14:45
Chapter Eleven—Jarvis Island
Duration:00:34:26
Chapter Twelve—Jarvis Island Compound
Duration:00:25:15
Chapter Thirteen—Seattle, Jarvis Island, Jersey City
Duration:00:28:50
Chapter Fourteen—Jersey City, Seattle, American Samoa, Baker Island
Duration:00:27:31
PART TWO: Chapter Fifteen—Aku Aku
Duration:00:28:03
Chapter Sixteen—Wampus and Aku Aku
Duration:00:26:05
Chapter Seventeen—Wampus
Duration:00:18:42
Chapter Eighteen—Baker Island, Seattle, American Samoa
Duration:00:22:30
Chapter Nineteen—Howland and Baker Islands
Duration:00:25:20
Chapter Twenty—Amelia Earhart Skyport
Duration:00:26:28
Chapter Twenty-One—Baker Island and Amelia Earhart Skyport
Duration:00:30:41
Chapter Twenty-Two —Amelia Earhart Skyport and Baker Island
Duration:00:22:02
Chapter Twenty-Three—Baker Island and Amelia Earhart Skyport
Duration:00:19:51
Chapter Twenty-Four—Baker Island and Amelia Earhart Skyport, Skimmer One
Duration:00:17:48
Chapter Twenty-Five—Baker Island and Amelia Earhart Skyport, Skimmer One
Duration:00:25:12
Chapter Twenty-Six—Seattle, Pyongyang, Baker Island
Duration:00:22:29
Chapter Twenty-Seven—Seattle, Baker and Jarvis
Duration:00:18:59
Chapter Twenty-Eight—Fred Noonan Skyport, Jarvis Island
Duration:00:20:16
Chapter Twenty-Nine—Seattle, Jarvis, Baker, American Samoa, Amelia Earhart Skyport
Duration:00:26:43
Chapter Thirty—Seattle, Honolulu, Baker Island, Amelia Earhart Skyport
Duration:00:31:06
Chapter Thirty-One—Baker Island
Duration:00:19:40
Chapter Thirty-Two—Seattle, Baker, Amelia Earhart Skyport, Pyongyang
Duration:00:32:31
Afterword—Baker Island, Amelia Earhart Skyport
Duration:00:04:41
Hyperchess Rules
Duration:00:10:46
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:27