{"product_id":"9781933769158","title":"Lightspeed: The Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a rocket propulsion engineer with experience working on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and ICBM programs teams up with a radio, television, and screen actress to write a book? You get a science fiction story that challenges Einstein's theory prohibiting faster than light travel, building a plausible scenario of scientific development and success. But it also tells the story of human greed and corruption, ultimately leading to the destruction of the prized technology. Forrest J Ackerman, winner of six Hugo awards, says \". . . a page turner that proceeds at a lightning bolt pace in a race to a coruscating climax: a Hugo!\" Wally Schirra, the only man to fly in all of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs says, \"Lightspeed: The Quest brings to my mind why I agreed to join Project Mercury, the beginning of manned flight as a mission of NASA. At first I said,\" send the monkeys\", for I am busy flying Mach 2 aircraft. My Quest won, to fly higher, faster and farther.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Level 4 Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044075454704,"sku":"9781933769158","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933769158_p0.jpg?v=1763641114","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933769158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}