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Breakaway

Stanley Gimble

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Breakaway

Stanley Gimble

Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

It's 1955, and the Moon is still a dream. Phil Conover is about to become one of the first men to blast off into the void, a pioneer for humanity's greatest frontier. His wife Mary should be proud. Instead, she stands at the launch site with a devastating choice: let him go, or ask him to stay. But this isn't a story of heroics and triumph. It's about what happens when the future demands everything, and the person you love most can't bear to watch you reach for it. As the rocket waits on the pad, two people confront the impossible mathematics of ambition and devotion, where someone always pays the price for reaching the stars.

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A science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century, specifically in the December 1955 issue of ''Astounding...

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"Breakaway" is the first episode of the first series of Space: 1999. It was written by George Bellak (with an uncredited...

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