{"product_id":"slingshot-robert-g-williscroft-9781723477065","title":"Slingshot: Building the largest Machine in Human History","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised Second Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlingshot\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story - about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender bending...and a machine, the largest ever built. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlingshot\u003c\/i\u003eis a mystery - about a missing aviatrix, a conspiracy, a true-believer. \u003ci\u003eSlingshot\u003c\/i\u003e is an adventure - about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space. \u003ci\u003eSlingshot\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e...and about opening space to the common person. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe setting is the day-after-tomorrow. Technology has advanced, the web is more pervasive than ever, but human ambition and greed remain unchanged. In \u003ci\u003eSlingshot\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 is funded by opposing international 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a cast of 69, \u003ci\u003eSlingshot\u003c\/i\u003e takes you from Seattle's world financial district, to the ocean bottom at 5,000 feet off Baker Island, to the edge of space 80 km above. You play with dolphins and battle sharks. You fly and sail and dive, you work and play and love across the vast panorama of an Equatorial Pacific being put to leash to serve humanity's surge into outer space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile its accurate science and precise engineering will appeal to hard science-fiction buffs, \u003ci\u003eSlingshot's\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert G. Williscroft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1723477060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781723477065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Robert G. Williscroft","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838333341951,"sku":"9781723477065","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3061fcc2-1c57-4ae1-9558-951f782c917b.jpg?v=1746589502","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slingshot-robert-g-williscroft-9781723477065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}