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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 SupervisorMars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery ManagerSmall Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager Other videos about Dr. Mohan: NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUwDr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQDr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc Interested in reading a space opera? Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS by Lancer Kind Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants

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 SupervisorMars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery ManagerSmall Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager Other videos about Dr. Mohan: NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUwDr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQDr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc

Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held: 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control  Systems Engineering Group SupervisorMars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery ManagerSmall 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 wasn't used directly on the 2004 Spirit Rover. Java was used to embed into a webpage an app to create a virtual experience for lay-people to run missions for a virtual Spirit and be presented with the real visual data from the actual Spirit rover: https://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/space.mars.java.reut/index.html Other videos about Dr. Mohan: NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUwDr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0Dr Swati Mohan on Kel

Roles at NASA Dr. Swati Mohan has held: 3431 Guidance, Navigation, and Control  Systems Engineering Group SupervisorMars Sample Retrieval Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control Assistant Product Delivery ManagerSmall Satellite Dynamics Testbed Manager Other videos about Dr. Mohan: NASA's Dr Swati Mohan Shares Her Journey, From Cassini & Saturn To Perseverance & Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEdXdmi_AUwDr Swati Mohan and her team speak with the president of the United States: https://youtu.be/T7BjKK2Apu0Dr Swati Mohan on Kelly Clarkson show: https://youtu.be/BaJ_AxJ_vZQDr Swati Mohan’s story: https://youtu.be/po8ll3Nxctc

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://m.facebook.com/101929985822210/Instagram @word_balloon_booksTwitter @wordballoonbook Word Balloon Books has another anthology out:  More about the guests in this series: There are many more authors in the Rockets and Robots anthology. The below are the guests who helped make this show for SciFi Thoughts. Bruce Markuson:  Bruce's Amazon author page. Bruce on LinkedIN. Anne E Johnson: https://annejohnson.com Twitter: @anneejohnson https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-e-johnson-80662226/ Katherine Hanifen: Katherine's homepage: https://kayhanifenauthor.wordpress.com/ https://w

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://m.facebook.com/101929985822210/Instagram @word_balloon_booksTwitter @wordballoonbook Word Balloon Books has another anthology out: 

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://m.facebook.com/101929985822210/Instagram @word_balloon_booksTwitter @wordballoonbook Word Balloon Books has another anthology out: 

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 person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts:  https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/

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 person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts:  https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/

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 person at these events and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts:  https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/

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 and tell him you heard him on SciFi Thoughts:  https://mrmaresca.com/wp/appearances/

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 Roanhorse & Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmtTpmcNQs Lovecraft eZine Podcast: The Lovecraft eZine panel interviews Angela Slatter and Richard Luong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwz59jhTiRs Corpselight by Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9PtOkzK5o Mentions in this episode: Clarion South writers workshop: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11549841 Clarion writers workshop: http://clarion.ucsd.edu Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.

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 Roanhorse & Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmtTpmcNQs Lovecraft eZine Podcast: The Lovecraft eZine panel interviews Angela Slatter and Richard Luong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwz59jhTiRs Corpselight by Angela Slatter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9PtOkzK5o Mentions in this episode: Joan D. Vinge's Eyes of Amber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_of_Amber Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.

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%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-1 Adam 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: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/ Find more great content in the SciFi Thoughts show archive here.

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%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-1 Adam 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: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/

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_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/

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_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor I personally recommend Adam's TEDx talk on science fiction as poetry: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/

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 portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732 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: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/

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: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/ Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732 Mentioned in this episode: Adam Roberts edited Classic Science Fiction Stories: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/classic-science-fiction-stories.htm Listeners of this e

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: TEDxHull - Adam Roberts - Science Fiction as Poetry Adam Roberts bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/adam-roberts/ Adam Roberts has his short story THING AND SICK, read by Kate Baker on the Clarkesworld podcast: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_17e/ Thing and Sick is a portion from his novel, THE THING ITSELD: https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Itself-Adam-Roberts/dp/0575127732 Mentioned in this episode: JRR Tolkien officially sanctioned lectures are found here: https://tolkienlecture.org Adam Roberts announcement of his official lecture in Middle Earth News:&nbs