Siege of Lightning

Years before NASA planned to travel to Mars, and before the International Space Station ever reached orbit, the future of America's space program hung in the balance . . .     In this silver-anniversary edition of R.J. Pineiro's exciting first alternate-history novel, the technicians at NASA hoped to create a fail-safe shuttle in the wake of the CHALLENGER disaster.  With the brand-new space shuttle LIGHTNING, all systems were go . . .     Then lightning struck twice.