Rocket Summer - Rocket Series, #1

Rocket Summer: A Short Story Summertime is a special time for young boys. Especially if they have a passion for rockets and space. Jack's summer began with a disappointing failure: the first mission to Mars failed, the rocket exploded. Next, another disappointment, the bottle rocket Jack was testing exploded and he was grounded. Would he miss the upcoming bottle rocket challenge? Was this the end of his summer? Rocket Summer is the first short story in the author's Manifold Earth Universe: Rocket Series.
Beginning in the near future and extending into the far future, the Manifold Earth Universe extrapolates future humanity's struggles, failures, and successes in moving into the vast cosmos. Hard Science Fiction - Old School.