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Michael Cassutt
Michael Cassutt is the author of three thrillers set in the world of spaceflight -- Missing Man (1998) and its sequel, Tango Midnight (2003) as well as the first novel to present the Soviet side of the race to the Moon, Red Moon (2001). With David S. Goyer, he recently published Heaven's Shadow (Ace, July), a near-future tale of two space crews' encounter with a Near-Earth object.
Cassutt is also the author of the Who's Whose in Space encyclopedias (three editions) as well as the autobiographies of Mercury astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (Deke!, 1994) and Gemini-Apollo astronaut Tom Stafford (We Have Capture, 2002), as well as a recent series of articles for Air & Space/Smithsonian about human spaceflight. He has interviewed dozens of American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts as well as flight controllers and other spaceflight professionals.
Programming for Michael Cassutt
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| Thu | 12:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
Writing the Space Novel
Michael Cassutt, author of three thrillers set in the world of spaceflight, talk about the challenges and rewards of turning journalism and history into off-world adventure. He might also talk about the utter frustrations of trying to do space-based SF for television. |
| Thu | 16:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Thu 16:00
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| Thu | 17:00 | (A11) | 1 hr |
Ace/Roc
Information on what's coming up over the next few months from Ace/Roc |
| Fri | 14:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
The Role of the Science Advisor
Some SF TV shows and movies have science advisors. What do science advisors do? How much say do they have? Can they prevent mistakes or are they generally ignored? |