Return to Outpost

Jack sat on his deck watching the launch preparations for the next mission to Mars. He was envious of the astronauts traveling to what he considered his Outpost. He had been a part of the first one-way mission to Mars and had lived on Mars for over 20 years. Eventually technology caught up with him and he returned to Earth with the first round-trip crew. Now after a few years of retirement on Earth he was ready to return home to Mars. When fate intervened in his favor Jack manages to stowaway on the spaceship and began his second adventure of a lifetime. Elizabeth began writing the novel Jack's Outpost when she received a copy of a Houston Chronicle article entitled Travel to Mars - on a one-way ticket? from her Uncle Jack. Jack was 90 years old at the time and a retired employee at NASA. After completing Jack's Outpost the two continued their snail mail correspondence and wrote the sequel Return to Outpost.