The Way to Amalthea

The Way to Amalthea (Russian: Путь на Альматею, Put' na Amal'teyu) also known as Destination: Amaltheia is an early science fiction short story by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky written in 1959. An English translation called Destination: Amaltheia was published in a collection of the same name of Russian sf writers in 1963 by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow.^[1][2]

Plot summary

A cargo spaceship, propelled by a photon engine with a large reflective mirror ("sail"), visits the Jupiter system to deliver a cargo to a manned science station on Amalthea. Damaged by meteorites, the spaceship falls into Jupiter, but survives the pressure and floats in the dense atmosphere; the crew manage to work around the damaged mirror and start the main engine to escape Jupiter and finally reach Amalthea.

References

1. ^ http://www.iblist.com/book40816.htm
2. ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/23949499/Arkady-and-Boris-Strugatsky-destination-Amaltheia