# The Falling Astronauts

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- Book: [The Falling Astronauts](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-n-malzberg/the-falling-astronauts) ([The Falling Astronauts.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-n-malzberg/the-falling-astronauts.md))
- Authors: [Barry N. Malzberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-n-malzberg)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7510-226-2
- Published: 2011-09-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The space programme has finally lost its novelty, and a jaded public hardly notices another moon launch. Skilful PR men preserve the illusion that the missions have become routine. But astronaut Richard Martin can tell a different story. Of panic in deep space, of crewmen pushed beyond breaking point, of official indifference towards his own shattered life. Martin is effectively put under wraps - until the pilot of a moon capsule, loaded with nuclear weaponry goes beserk and a nightmare develops, threatening to engulf the world - a nightmare that only Martin could end.