One woman.
Now nothing - and no man - will stop her from reaching for the stars."In The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal imagines an alternate history of spaceflight that reminds me of everything I loved about Hidden Figures." - Cady Coleman, Astronaut"This is what NASA never had, a heroine with attitude."-The Wall Street Journal.
Its mission: to colonise first the Moon, then Mars.
Elma York, World War Two pilot and mathematician, dreams of becoming an astronaut - but prejudice has kept her grounded.
To save humanity, the world unites to form the International Aerospace Coalition.
A meteorite has destroyed Washington DC, triggering extinction-level global warming.
One chance to save the world.
It\'s 1952, and the world as we know it is gone.
One mission.
One woman
