Tom Corbett: Stand by for Mars!

I finished reading the first of the Tom Corbett novels: Stand by for Mars

https://tomswiftfanfiction.thehudsons.com/TS-Yahoo/TomCorbettBooks/Tom%20Corbett%2001.pdf 

Previously mentioned the source for the novels in this blog post:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/07/rick-brant-and-tom-corbett-books.html

The book contains the origin story for the crew of the Polaris, a rocket ship of the Solar Guard.  The action takes place some time in a future where  Mars and Venus have been colonized.  Roger Manning functions as the troublemaker, radar-man but with a heart of gold and a troubled past.  Astro is an outsized Venusian with a innate ability for rocket mechanics.  Tom Corbett is the born leader of the crew of cadets.  The crew is quartered together at the Space Academy on Earth.  They have a lot of difficulties but eventually bond together during a death defying adventure on Mars.

It's a good book, not quite up to Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein but it functions well as a sorta sequel.

BTW many of the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet old time radio shows as well as the television shows can be found with an internet search.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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