I thought this was a good story and I found myself getting really frustrated and angry on the main character's behalf-- especially with her encounters with Marsh who I saw as the irredeemable villain in this story. I feel that through his arrogance and stubbornness, he is not only holding the main character back but all of civilization as well. I kind of wished the main character would have told him to take his Gene Kelly comment, and shove it somewhere... I mean she needed a satellite and not a platitude. But, I suppose that is not the world in which we live, a world in which the main character still does her best to advance humanity despite the Marshes of the world. Of course, maybe I read something wrong, but that was my impression. Good story though!