Operation Columbus

Operation Columbus
Operation Columbus  
Author(s) Hugh Walters
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Faber
Publication date 1959
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 191
ISBN 0571062695
Dewey Decimal 823.91
Preceded by The Domes of Pico
Followed by Moon Base One

Operation Columbus is a juvenile science fiction novel, the third in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in the UK by Faber in 1959, in the US by Criterion Books in 1960 under the title First on the Moon, and in the Netherlands by Prisma Juniores as 'Wedloop naar de Maan' 1963.

Plot summary

Both America and Russia plan manned missions to the Moon to examine the wreckage of the structures destroyed in The Domes of Pico. The American astronaut, Morrison Kant, breaks his leg shortly before takeoff, so Chris Godfrey steps in. Both spacecraft arrive at the same time. Unlike Chris Godfrey, the Russian pilot, Serge Smyslov, is unable to leave his Lunar Rover vehicle and both head for the wrecked domes, leading to a tense standoff...

The book predates the first use of a Lunar Rover by 11 years.

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