Arranged in chronological order, the stories of the book start in January 1999, with the blasting off of the first rocket to the planet Mars.
“Rocket Summer” is a short vignette that describes Ohio’s winter turning briefly into summer due to the extreme heat of the rocket’s take-off. The readers also learn the feelings of the nearby residence’s to the rocket’s launch.
A 1997 edition of the book advances all the dates by 31 years from 1999 to 2030.
