Title: Higher education : a Jupiter novel /
Authors: Sheffield, Charles.; Pournelle, Jerry, 1933-2017.
Publisher: Tor,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Science fiction; Adventure stories.
Abstract: When a practical joke gets him kicked out of school, Rick Luban thinks he has nowhere to go. Instead, he gets a second chance--and a life of adventure--when he signs up for a career in asteroid mining. The mining company has its own system of turning boys into men, the "higher education" of the title.