Many Mansions

The closure of the British space programme is delayed to allow one last flight. Adamson will pilot a low orbit flight to test an innovative nuclear motor too secret and dangerous to test on earth.
Operating the Interstellar Drive results in catastrophe.
The laws of space and time cease to apply.
The re-entry capsule spins out of control and heads for the Roman province of Judea in the time of Tiberius. Will Adamson survive? Will he meet Jesus?