Les Johnson

For more information about Les's day job at NASA, please visit the NASA MSFC Advanced Concepts Office 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.

Co-author and scientist Dr. Gregory Matloff's website: gregmatloff.com

Co-author and scientist Dr. Travis Taylor's website

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

The Ultimax Group has available a treasure trove of interesting space information and new ideas.  Their products are well-documented and worth reading.

David Hitt, another Huntsville author, recently published a book describing the history of the the Skylab Program.  I met him at a recent meeting of the National Space Society.

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.