{"id":6542,"date":"2014-02-18T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6542"},"modified":"2014-02-18T16:22:02","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:22:02","slug":"profile-of-rocketry-pioneer-max-valier-former-defense-chief-writing-asteroid-mining-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6542","title":{"rendered":"Profile of rocketry pioneer Max Valier + Former defense chief writing asteroid-mining novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Shinabery, \u00a0an education specialist and Humanities Scholar at\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmspacemuseum.org\/\" target=\"_d\">New Mexico Museum of Space History<\/a>\u00a0in Alamogordo, New Mexico posts frequent articles on a range of space history topics. His latest article is about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Valier\" target=\"_d\">Max Valier<\/a>,\u00a0a rocketry pioneer and early science fiction writer :\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moonandback.com\/2014\/02\/18\/valier-envisions-rocketry-through-engineering-and-sci-fi-this-week-in-space-history\/\" target=\"_d\">Valier Envisions Rocketry Through Engineering and Sci-Fi \u00a0(Part 1) &#8211; This Week In Space History\/Moonandback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of science fiction, former Secretary of Defense\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Cohen\" target=\"_d\">William Cohen<\/a>\u00a0is writing a novel about space mining and getting help from a NASA program designed to assist SF writers with space technical info :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/bill-clintons-defense-secretary-is-writing-an-asteroid-1524713971\" target=\"_d\">Bill Clinton&#8217;s defense secretary is writing an asteroid-mining novel &#8211; io9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304450904579369080192863224\" target=\"_d\">NASA Tries to Rewrite the Book on Science Fiction &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>**************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0765334380&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Shinabery, \u00a0an education specialist and Humanities Scholar at\u00a0the\u00a0New Mexico Museum of Space History\u00a0in Alamogordo, New Mexico posts frequent articles on a range of space history topics. His latest article is about\u00a0Max Valier,\u00a0a rocketry pioneer and early science fiction writer :\u00a0\u00a0Valier Envisions Rocketry Through Engineering and Sci-Fi \u00a0(Part 1) &#8211; This Week In Space History\/Moonandback. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6542\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Profile of rocketry pioneer Max Valier + Former defense chief writing asteroid-mining novel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-solar-sci-fi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Hw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4520,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4520","url_meta":{"origin":6542,"position":0},"title":"Homer Hickam: An interview and a new book","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Homer Hickam\u00a0 of Rocket Boys fame talks with Nancy Atkinson about writing, rocketry, Rocket Boys the Musical and other topics: Q & A with Homer Hickam: Rocket Boys and Science Experiments Gone Wrong - Universe Today Check out his new book Crescent (A Helium-3 Novel), the third in the Helium-3\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rocketry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rocketry","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=as2&o=1&a=1595546634","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23018,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23018","url_meta":{"origin":6542,"position":1},"title":"Video: EUROC university student rocket competition underway in Portugal","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The first European Rocketry Challenge (EUROC) inter-collegiate student rocketry competition is being held in Ponte de Sor, Portugal this week (October 21-25). 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