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Background on the Cassini mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/ Background on the Perseverance mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held: 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control  Systems Engineering Group Supervisor Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager Small S...

Background on the Cassini mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/ Background on the Perseverance mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held: 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control  Systems Engineering Group Supervisor Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager Small S...

Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held: 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control  Systems Engineering Group Supervisor Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager This got cut during editing, but we had a conversation about Java and the Mars rover.  But it turns out that Java […]

Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held: 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control  Systems Engineering Group Supervisor Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery Manager Small Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager Other videos about Dr. Mohan: NASA’s Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars htt...

You can purchase a copy of Rockets & Robots here: https://www.amazon.com/Rockets-Robots-This-World-Adventures/dp/B0B5PSRQS9 Are you looking for more youth appropriate science fiction?  Word Balloon Books caters to this audience.  Follow them at the below locations to get updates about fiction that’s written for young developing minds:  Facebook https://...

You can purchase a copy of Rockets & Robots here: https://www.amazon.com/Rockets-Robots-This-World-Adventures/dp/B0B5PSRQS9 Are you looking for more youth appropriate science fiction?  Word Balloon Books caters to this audience.  Follow them at the below locations to get updates about fiction that’s written for young developing minds:  Facebook https://...

You can purchase a copy of Rockets & Robots here: https://www.amazon.com/Rockets-Robots-This-World-Adventures/dp/B0B5PSRQS9 Are you looking for more youth appropriate science fiction?  Word Balloon Books caters to this audience.  Follow them at the below locations to get updates about fiction that’s written for young developing minds:  Facebook https://...

Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf Marshall’s homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/ Come hang out with Lancer and Marshall in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org Go meet Marshall in...

Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf Marshall’s homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/ Come hang out with Lancer and Marshall in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org Go meet Marshall in...

Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf Marshall’s homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/ Come hang out with Lancer and Marshall in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org Go meet Marshall in...

Marshall is a host on Worldbuilding for Masochists. Go here to listen: https://worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com Press kit about Marshall: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EPK-MRM-1.pdf Marshall’s homepage: https://mrmaresca.com/wp/ Come hang out in Austin Texas at ArmadilloCon: https://armadillocon.org Go meet Marshall in person at these events an...

Angela’s home page: http://angelaslatter.com Videos with Angela Slatter: On Long Form vs. Short Form: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx69XdxevlM On the Collaborative Process: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-t7WkKIAg Fantastic Fiction at KGB with Rebecca Roa...

Angela’s home page: http://angelaslatter.com Videos with Angela Slatter: On Long Form vs. Short Form: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx69XdxevlM On the Collaborative Process: Author Angela Slatter in conversation with Lisa L. Hannett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-t7WkKIAg Fantastic Fiction at KGB with Rebecca Roa...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 The novel The This, available in book form and audio: https://www.amazon.com/This-Adam-Roberts/dp/147323090X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+this+adam+roberts&qid=1654956397&s=books&sprefix=the+this%2...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 The novel The This, available in book form and audio: https://www.amazon.com/This-Adam-Roberts/dp/147323090X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+this+adam+roberts&qid=1654956397&s=books&sprefix=the+this%2...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 The novel Purgatory Mount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSL2GGC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Adam can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts  https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 The novel Purgatory Mount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSL2GGC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts  https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_sr...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 The This novel: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-This/dp/B09KHLLG4S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+this+adam+roberts&qid=1653100593&sprefix=the+this+ad%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1 Thing and Sick is a portio...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts  https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor I personally recommend Adam’s TEDx talk on science fiction as p...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts  https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor I personally recommend Adam’s TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry...

Adam Roberts’s books are available on Amazon and other book sellers. Here is his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Roberts/e/B000APS2GE/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 He can be contacted on Twitter @arrroberts  https://twitter.com/arrroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor I highly recommend Adam’s TEDx talk on science fiction as poetr...

Glossary:  Vikram is the name of the lunar lander. Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission. Chandra – is Hindi for moon Yaan – Hindi for vehicle ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency. Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean  Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean This is Shan’s homepage: https://www.ramanean.com...

Glossary:  Vikram is the name of the lunar lander. Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission. ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency. Contact Shan via Twitter: @Ramanean  Here is a link: https://twitter.com/Ramanean This is Shan’s homepage: https://www.ramanean.com About the moon’s south pole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_s...

Glossary:  Vikram is the name of the lunar lander. Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission. ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency. Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander.  I’ve set the time stamp to a few minutes before the landing problem occured (21km […]

Glossary: Vikram is the name of the lunar lander. Chandarayaan 2 is the name of the mission. Chandara means lunar. Yaan means vehicle. ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency. Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander. I’ve set the time stamp to a few minutes […]