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The Planet Strappers

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The narrative follows a group of aspiring spacefarers from a small town who equip themselves with surplus vacuum armor and train for interplanetary travel. Characters including Gimp Hines, Frank Nelsen, Eileen Sands, Ramos and others form a tight-knit crew whose camaraderie and mechanical ingenuity sustain them as they confront the hazards of deep space—meteor fragments, outlaw raiders, and equipment failures—during risky voyages toward Mars. Episodes alternate between workshop preparation, personal hopes and fears, and tense survival scenes that test courage and resourcefulness. Recurring themes emphasize teamwork, technical problem-solving, and the emotional costs of reaching beyond familiar boundaries.

THE PLANET
STRAPPERS

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started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wanted off Earth, and they begged, borrowed and built what they needed to make it.

THE PLANET STRAPPERS got what they wanted—a start on the road to the stars—but no one brought up on Earth could have imagined what was waiting for them Out There!

In THE PLANET STRAPPERS, Ray Gallun has written a story of the Day After Tomorrow—a story of what it will be like for the men who cross the space frontier—a story that some of us will be living some day....

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COVER: JOHN SCHOENHERR

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