Was the plan to sabotage the US space program in CODE TO ZERO based on any real event?
KF: No. However, the CIA research program, in which they tested drugs including LSD for possible use on interrogation subjects, is real. BRC: At the beginning of the chapters, you’ve included actual scientific information about the Jupiter missiles that create a fascinating backdrop. At one point, there’s a reference to the fuel containing a form of nerve gas. Wouldn’t this have posed a serious danger to the public given the possibility of explosions? KF: You bet it would. But we weren’t as careful about our environment back in 1958. BRC: This isn’t the first time your novels have dealt with highly technical scientific data. Is this a field you’ve pursued, or are you just a voracious researcher? KF: I enjoy learning technical details, and I believe the readers like the feeling that they are learning about something as well as enjoying a good story. BRC: In CODE TO ZERO you depict Harvard in the pre-WWII era as a hotbed of dissident activity, with a great many students and professors ac
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