And William Cohen is write his Koran with the help of NASA , as part of NASA ’s new programme of outreach to science fiction authors . The former Republican Senator , who has already write a couple political thrillers , is separate a tale about political sympathies , execution — and sweet , sweet asteroid wealth .
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According toa Wall Street Journal articleabout NASA ’s programme , Cohen “ draw on NASA inquiry ” for his Quran about capturing an asteroid , drag it back to Earth and extracting valuable minerals . postulate whether he thought asteroid mining was a unspoiled mind , Cohen reply , “ You ’ll have to read the novel . ”
NASA has been host science fabrication writers at midday events called “ Science Fiction fulfill Science Fact , ” andalso partner with Tor Booksto produce “ NASA - inspired works of fabrication . ” The first of those , Pillar to the Sky by William Forstchen , was just release , and it tells a rollicking tale of blank elevator and political intrigue in a near future where dwindling get-up-and-go supply and water wars threaten global stability .
https://gizmodo.com/could-science-fiction-books-help-rescue-nasa-5833734
According to the book ’s cover endorsement , there are some heroic characters in the mixing , but one entity in particular stand out :
The Goddard Space Flight Center — the novel ’s pre - towering hero , it’senormous U. S. Army of scientists , engineers and astronauts will design , machine , and build the space elevator . They will fight sempiternal battlesand surmount unnumberable obstacles every step of the elbow room .
And consort to the WSJ article , “ tightfisted bureaucrat ” who slash NASA ’s funding are the big villains in the novel . At the same time , a NASA functionary tells the WSJ these novels are n’t call for to let in pro - NASA storylines , and the agency is n’t leave any support for them . Instead , NASA gave Forstchen accession to aerospace engineer John Panek , who double - checked his reckoning on things like the efficiency of solar mobile phone and how much mass a rocket could establish to orb .
Still , amidst the pages of extremely technological descriptions of atomic number 6 nanotubes and propulsion systems , the Word ’s eccentric take the time to praise NASA , according to the WSJ article . One tech billionaire says , “ NASA has make thousand of wonders that bear on all our life . ” For his part , Forstchen hopes his new hopes to provide a blueprint for a material - life space elevator . [ WSJ ]
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