Science: Physical & Space

David Brin

David
Brin
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davidbrinatsbcglobal [dot] net
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http://www.davidbrin.com
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David Brin is a scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestselling author. With books ranslated into 25 languages, he has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. A film directed by Kevin Costner was based on David’s novel The Postman. Other works have been optioned by Paramount and Warner Bros. One of them – Kiln People – has been called a book of ideas disguised as a fast-moving and fun noir detective story, set in a vividly original future; while a hardcover graphic novel – The Life Eaters – explored alternate outcomes to World War II. Read more »

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Eric James Stone

Eric
Stone
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aboutsfatericjamesstone [dot] com
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One of Eric James Stone’s earliest memories is of seeing an Apollo moon-shot launch on television. That might explain his life-long fascination with astronomy and space travel. His father’s collection of old science fiction ensured that Eric grew up on a full diet of Asimov, Heinlein and Clarke. Despite taking creative writing classes in the 1980s, Eric did not begin seriously writing fiction until 2002. In 2003 he attended Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. Since then, he has sold stories to the Writers of the Future Contest, Analog, and Intergalactic Medicine Show. Read more »

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Allen Steele

Allen
Steele
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allensteeleatcomcast [dot] net
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http://www.allensteele.com
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Allen Steele is a prolific author of science fiction, whose works have received the Hugo, Locus, and Seiun awards and have been published worldwide. His most recent novels have been the acclaimed Coyote series, including COYOTE, COYOTE RISING, and COYOTE FRONTIER. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the Space Frontier Foundation; in 2001, he testified before the House Subcommittee on Space Science and Technology in hearings on the future of space exploration. His topics of discussion include space exploration, futurism, and the history of science fiction.

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Marianne Dyson

Marianne
Dyson
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mjdysonatswbell [dot] net
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http://www.mariannedyson.com
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Marianne Dyson was one of the first ten women to work in NASA’s Mission Control and served as a Flight Activities Officer for the early Space Shuttle program. She is the author of five nonfiction books for children and numerous short stories, poems and articles for adults and children. Read more »

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Andrew Love

Andrew
Love
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andrew [dot] loveatjhuapl [dot] edu
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http://communities.msn.com/AndysUsingScienceFictionForEducationPage
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Andrew Love has masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics and works as an engineer for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics laboratory. He has given talks about the science of science fiction, reasoning skills, general relativity, the likelihood of alien life and other topics, and won the 2001 Webs of Wonder award for his website encouraging the use of SF in the classroom.

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Joe Miller

Joe
Miller
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jdmatusc [dot] edu
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I am a neuropharmacologist, director of pharmacology, and co-chair of Reproduction at USC Medical School. I am also an ex-Space Shuttle project director, and have been deeply involved in analyzing Viking life detection data, as well as investigating methane-generating bacteria in arid, Mars-like environments on earth. Read more »

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Eric Choi

Eric
Choi
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emc528athotmail [dot] com
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Eric Choi is an SF writer and aerospace engineer who has worked on a number of space projects including the Phoenix Mars lander, the International Space Station, and the RADARSAT-1 satellite. His short fiction has appeared in the anthologies, Space Inc., Tales from the Wonder Zone, Northern Suns, Tesseracts6, and Arrowdreams, as well as Asimov’s and Science Fiction Age magazine. “Plot Device”, his latest short story, appears in the anthology Northwest Passages. He is a member of SFWA.

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Marc G. Millis

Marc
Millis
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marcgmillisatwowway [dot] com
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'Marc Millis is a leading international authority on the search for breakthrough spaceflight: the kind of breakthroughs that could make interstellar voyages practical. His day job is with NASA’s Glenn Research Center, in Cleveland Ohio, where he leads Breakthrough Propulsion Physics research. In addition, he is the Founder and President of the Tau Zero Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to accelerating progress toward practical interstellar flight, which extends research and education beyond that which can be done in government, industry and academia. Read more »

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Arlan Andrews Sr.

Arlan
Andrews
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arlanatthingsto [dot] com
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Fee = expenses + $250/day (which is merely the cost of a vacation day off from my regular job as an Environmental Engineer.) Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Worked at White Sands Missile Range, AT&T Bell Labs, Sandia National Labs, the White House Science Office, and my own start up companies, including one formerly on NASDAQ. SFWA member since 1980. Several hundred SF stories, as well as speculative articles and columns on technology, nanotech, rockets, space, the paranormal and politics, in over 40 magazines and anthologies worldwide. Read more »

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Geoffrey Landis

Geoffrey
Landis
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geoffrey [dot] landisatsff [dot] net
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http://www.geoffreylandis.com
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Geoffrey A. Landis is a scientist and a science fiction writer. As a scientist, he is researcher working at the NASA John Glenn Research Center, and works on projects related to advanced power and propulsion systems for space and planetary exploration. He is currently a member of the science team for the Mars Exploration rovers mission, which is directing the operation of the “Opportunity” rover on the surface of Mars. He was a member of the Sojourner rover team on the Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997. Read more »

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