Daniel, Kate. "The Defiant Disaster"
Divergence: 1937 CE
What if: Amelia Earhart survived the crash at Howland Island.
Summary: Years later, as head of the National Space Exploration Administration, she must cope with the space plane accident that killed Chuck Yeager.
Published: In By Any Other Fame (eds. Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg), q.v.