Les is the author of popular science books about space exploration, including the PROSE Award winning, Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel. Please visit my website: www.lesjohnsonauthor.com
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Les Johnson Springer has begun its prerelease publicity for Paradise Regained - yeah!
Source: www.springer.com
Read Springer’s Astronomy books, ebooks, (online) journals – complete range in Astronomy, Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Space Science and Exploration.
Les Johnson I was recently interviewed about Paradise Regained by host Dr. Ginger Campbell for her Books & Ideas podcast.
Source: docartemis.com
Episode 31 of Books and Ideas is an interview with NASA physicist Les Johnson, PhD. We talked about his new book Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth. Although Dr. Johnson is a lifelong fan of science ...
Les Johnson I just received the cover to my latest book, "Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth." The book will be published in October. It's a good day...
Les Johnson I was recently interviewed by Novelist Stephanie Osborn. The text of the interview may be found on Popsyndicate
Source: www.popsyndicate.com
Les Johnson is a NASA scientist and author of both popular science and science fiction books. He lives in Huntsville Alabama, and works at the Marshall…
Les Johnson I realize most of you cannot read it (neither can I), but the article I wrote for the Italian newspaper La Stampa is now online. [Yes, I wrote in English and they translated it...]
Source: www.lastampa.it
Quando si pensa di mandare l’uomo a esplorare nuovi mondi, la Luna è il luogo più logico da cui cominciare. Per raggiungerla con un razzo sono sufficienti 3 giorni. Un viaggio per Marte, invece, richiede 6-9 mesi, se non di più. ...
Les Johnson The Galley Proofs for my next book, Paradise Regained, arrived today. With any luck, the book should be released by September or October!
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Utopia or dystopia? Humanity is at an environmental crossroads and whether our legacy is one of prosperous abundance or mere subsistence will depend upon the choices we make in this generation. With an ever-increasing share of the human population mak
Les Johnson The International Space Station will be visible over most of the US this weekend. Read the attached article and go the their Satellite Spotting Guide to see when and where to look from your location.
Source: www.space.com
Over the 4th of July weekend, Americans will have
Les Johnson A few months ago, I was interviewed for two episodes of the Science Channel series Exodus Earth. The series premiers on Sunday, June 21. I am supposedly featured in Exodus Earth: Titan and Exodus Earth: Exoplanets. Let's hope I at least look like I know what I'm talking about...
Source: science.discovery.com
If Earth became uninhabitable, where would humans live? In Exodus Earth physicist and host Dr. Basil Singer eagerly plays the role of human guinea pig to find answers.
Les Johnson I just completed a short article for the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, about why we should return to the Moon. Once it is published, I will post the article (in English) here.
Les Johnson To learn more about my "day job" at NASA, you may visit our newly-minted website.
Source: www.nasa.gov
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Les Johnson The Air Force recently announced plans to test a "scramjet" (a type of aircraft engine that allows a plane to fly VERY fast -- 6 or more times the speed of sound) this fall. This is the technology that features prominently in the science fiction novel I'm writing with Travis Taylor for Baen Books.
Source: www.universetoday.com
The US Air Force has been developing an aircraft that employs an air-breathing scramjet engine, and hopes to run test flights in the fall of 2009. Officials
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Astronomy & Space Magazine published a positive review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel:
"In their latest book, Vulpetti, Johnson and Matloff argue the case for space-sailing as a viable technology for travel within the Solar System... All in all Solar Sails is a handsome book and a good introduction to a technology whose time I feel is imminent – may the force be with it!"
Les Johnson The Europeans are also working on solar sails. This one is functionally similar to NASA's NanoSail-D.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Satellites and spent rocket stages could soon deploy "sails" to guide them back to Earth much faster than they would otherwise fall out of the sky.
Les Johnson I was interviewed this evening for SCIENCE FANTASTIC, Dr. Michio Kaku's weekly radio science program. The 45-minute interview will be broadcast on Saturday -- his website lists radio stations on which the interview will be broadcast.
Source: mkaku.org
Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Bestselling Author, Popularizer of Science
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This is a topic addressed in our book, Living Off the Land in Space. It's good to hear that others are taking the idea of mining lunar resources seriously.
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/31
Source: www.theengineer.co.uk
When, in July 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon, anything seemed possible. The wildest imaginings of science fiction writers had been made fact. The rest of the solar system beckoned. ...
