Operation - Outer Space by Murray Leinster ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

Operation - Outer Space by Murray Leinster audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In a crowded, restless future where every rooftop is a recreation deck and every job feels precarious, television producer Jed Cochrane has learned to sell spectacle for a living. So when he is abruptly pulled into a hush-hush government project, he expects another staged event to package for the masses. Instead, a strange therapeutic experiment led by psychiatrist Dr. William Holden and centered on a brilliant, troubled scientist named Dabney pushes technology toward an unthinkable breakthrough: the first voyage beyond the Solar System. The catch is that the mission is financed the only way big money can be justified - by turning it into a broadcast, complete with sponsors, publicity, and ratings pressure. As Cochrane scrambles to make deep space 'good television,' the crew must face the practical hazards of the unknown, the politics of who controls discovery, and the moral cost of treating exploration like content. By turns tense, witty, and sharply satirical, Operation: Outer Space asks what happens when humanity's greatest leap forward is planned like a show - and whether wonder can survive the commercials.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:53:44) Chapter 02

(01:30:27) Chapter 03

(02:08:47) Chapter 04

(02:47:25) Chapter 05

(03:18:05) Chapter 06

(04:03:04) Chapter 07

(04:34:31) Chapter 08

(05:15:52) Chapter 09

(05:57:43) Chapter 10

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