T-Minus Two

T-Minus Two by KG MacGregor follows the weeding down process of a group of wannabe astronauts aiming to be among the first sent to Mars.  The premise is that a wealthy business man with a love for the idea of colonizing Mars has launched a project to do just that.  Initial applications have been weeded down and we meet our principal two characters as they report for the first of the final elimination steps.  Mila Todorov, a young engineer, and Jancey Beaumont, a former NASA astronaut, team up to try for the first trip to Mars.  We are treated to the tests they undergo and their reactions as well as the shenanigans you might expect from a group of highly competitive people.

The book was a hair too predictable with the reader able to figure out things that were going on before the characters could. Recommended for those who enjoy a space-program story with a side order of women in love (with each other).