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Those are good points. I wonder if it is possible to uprate the C-3 enough with boosters so that the S-VIB has enough fuel for the CSM-LM’s TLI, meaning only one EOR is needed. I suspect the number of boosters to effectively double the LEO payload would be prohibitive. That begs the question...

Apollo: The Case for the Saturn C-3 The Saturn V is arguably the most famous rocket ever designed, built, and launched into space by humanity. It was selected from among the options of the Saturn Family because of its ability to execute a Lunar Orbit Rendezvous mission in a single launch...

I can't find The Foresight War by Anthony Williams as an ebook for purchase anywhere. Any leads?

I only ever completed those seven chapters, with half of the eighth chapter finished. Author's Epilogue In this imaginary world, I like to think that after a short but unfortunately harsh war, the PRC's economy collapses, leading to a reformist government taking power in Beijing. The military...

Chapter 7 Ft. Hood, Texas 0900, October 18th, 2009 Home of the 1st Cavalry Division and of the 4th Infantry Division (mechanized), Ft. Hood, Texas was an important base of the active duty US Army. Its two divisions, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit currently stationed on...

Chapter 6 Darfur region, Sudan 0830, October 12, 2009 General Yusuf was confident in his ability to finish what the Americans had started. His thee divisions were spread out over a sixty mile front, in a long north-south line. The tanks were in battalion size groups, with the mechanized...

Chapter 5 Various Locales October 11th, 2009 Jefferson Williams was in as much awe as anybody else. He had not expected nuclear weapons to ever be used in anger again, much less on orders from the President of the United States. Well, at least it was justified then, and it most certainly is...

Chapter 4 United Nations Building, New York 1500, October 10th, 2009 The Sudanese Ambassador to the United Nations stood up and began his speech. “People of the World. We are all friends. We should have no grudges. I cannot understand why the United States of America has launched an...

Chapter 3 The White House, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Seconds later “Mother of God! We could have used nuclear weapons in Sudan, and the effects would hardly have been worse.” Watching the real-time video feed from over flying UAVs, the President began to wonder if he had over reacted...

Chapter 2 Embassy of the United States of America, Khartoum, Sudan 2300, October 7th, 2009 Ambassador Hale was about to go to bed when he was alerted to the fact that he had a telephone call. What surprised him was that his caller was the President of the United States of America...

Chapter 1 The White House, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1100, October 5th, 2009 Senator Samuel Summer placed the folder on the President’s desk, and waited while he skimmed over the papers inside. “Well? What do you want to do?” The angry Senator demanded. He had heard about the “accident”...

I wrote this in high school, I believe in roughly 2007. It concerns what would happen if in 2009 the new US President decides to honor America's anti-genocide obligations and protect the people of Darfur, Sudan by military force. It is vaguely Tom Clancy in style, but not as well written. I am...

Chapter 1 Reconciliation National Commons (OTL National Mall) City of Washington, United States of America December 1876 Before the incensed crowd, blacks and whites together, elder statesman Abraham Lincoln sought to project his voice. “The Corrupt Bargain being hashed out behind those...