Welcome to the web site of Christopher Lee Jones, author of the sci-fi thriller Mars Mission I: Surviving the Kessler Effect. An adventure for space fans and adventurers. The Kessler Effect is real, and is incorporated in the novel, to help us understand how critical it is that we mitigate orbital debris, which is putting us at risk of losing access to space, and more.
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What Readers Are Saying
Paul G.
"Great reading. Very informative. Can't wait until the next book."
Marvin Match
“I'm a believer. It's a good, easy read, and based on a factual theory. Very enjoyable."
Allen
"Very good story, well developed characters and situations. Hopefully this situation will never happen. Heaven help us if it does."
In The Press
Space Is Getting Crowded — and Dangerous
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EIN Presswire
Oct 14, 2025, 6:58 AM ET
FORT PIERCE, FL, UNITED STATES, October 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Post–International Astronautical Congress, Sydney, Australia
The 2025 International Astronautical Congress has wrapped up in Sydney — and while the excitement around innovation in space exploration was inspiring, one urgent truth remains impossible to ignore.
Author of Mars Mission I: Surviving the Kessler Effect, Christopher Lee Jones, reports that no national space agency currently has an active mission planned to remove orbital debris — even though space sustainability has been the IAC’s central topic for two consecutive years.
Astrophysicist Donald Kessler Says
I found it hard to put the book down because of how well the story is put together. I think the book illustrates the orbital debris issues better than the movie "Gravity."
Featured Interviews
American Space Museum: Stay Curious Podcast
Interview with Donald Kessler
Tesla Owners Online talk about Mars Mission I
BIO
Christopher Lee Jones grew up in Southern Michigan, attended Jackson High School and Michigan State University. He moved to South Florida just before hurricane Andrew. He obtained his Advanced Scuba Diver certification and his USCG Captains license working in the Merchant Mariner industry and helping with many deliveries of sail boats and power boats around the Caribbean. He has been fortunate enough to take his personal boats to many of the islands of the Bahamas. He obtained his Fire Certification and Paramedic and EMT certificates and worked for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue for many years, retiring in 2019. He has always been a self-admitted space nut in hibernation.
After watching one of the first Falcon 9 launches where the booster returned and landed safely and then watching first Falcon Heavy in person where both boosters landed safely back at Kennedy Space Center, he knew he needed to pursue his love of Space again. He has since traveled to many NASA destinations for research including the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama and he has toured the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Redstone Arsenal, where the staff patiently answered all of his numerous questions.
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Today he still resides in South Florida and continues his search for anything Space related.
CONTACT
For any media inquiries, please contact Christopher Lee Jones:
On the Hook Publishing
P.O. Box 12852
Fort Pierce, FL 34979
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