Les Johnson

For more information about Les's day job at NASA, please visit the NASA MSFC Science Programs and Projects Website

Co-author and artist C Bangs has a site devoted to the artwork in our book, Living Off the Land in Space.  Click here to go to C's site.

Travis Taylor's website (scientist, SF author, and friend)

Jack McDevitt's website (one of the best SF writers of today -- and a friend)

Click here for a NASA News Release on space tethers with a video file of Les describing how they work.

For a similar description of solar sails, click here.