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Part of series: Lady Astronaut Universe Part 2
Key ideas from the book
- The novel imagines space exploration in an alternate 1961 with a colony established on the moon.
- A planned exploratory mission to Mars raises questions about who gets included in its crew.
- The coalition’s reservations about sending women astronauts shape the mission’s decisions.
- The need for a human computer aboard the spacecraft makes women’s calculation work central to the mission.
About The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
Set in an alternate 1961, The Fated Sky follows Elma York as she works shuttle rotations between Earth and the International Aerospace Coalition’s lunar colony. With an exploratory mission to Mars being planned, the novel extends the alternate-history space story begun in The Calculating Stars.
The crew debate puts women astronauts’ place in spaceflight at the center of the mission’s practical and institutional challenges. Readers interested in alternate history, space exploration, and the history of women in science and technology may find this 2018 science-fiction novel a strong fit.
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