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The precipice / Ben Bova

Faced with environmental disaster on Earth, rival industrialists compete for control of space-based resources and a revolutionary fusion propulsion system. A mission to the Asteroid Belt becomes the catalyst for a conflict that will determine the future of human survival.

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