Tripping Toward Mars: A Deep Space Love Odyssey

What happens when the co-commander of NASA’s first crewed mission to Mars becomes a criminal defendant?

Tripping Toward Mars, a sharp-witted near-future science fiction satire, has the answer.

Astronaut Addy Johnson was supposed to be the face of humanity’s next great leap. Instead, he’s standing trial in federal court.

Addy and his wife, Bria, have secured coveted spots on NASA’s first crewed mission to Mars, joining another married couple who happen to be their closest friends—and bandmates....