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Rocket Surgeon

By: A.E. Williams
Narrated by: Tony Armitstead
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Publisher's Summary

A.E. Williams presents his thoughts on a variety of subjects of interest to thinking persons. Bringing together a lifetime of experience as a science-fiction author, former aerospace materials engineer, cybersecurity expert, and irascible genius, Williams provides big-picture views on our place in the universe. 

Based on a series of blog articles written for the "Speculative Fiction Showcase" and including material reviewed while performing research for his series "Terminal Reset", Williams explores and questions some of the most basic precepts of science and physics. 

The recent popularization of physics in television and movies has opened up this field to the ordinary layperson. In these articles, Mr. Williams looks at why we, as a species, crave to leave the mother planet and venture out into the hostile territories of uncharted space. 

Williams explains with his own unique and perceptive worldview just how the Space Race, once the core being of America's science programs, has defined the processes and bureaucracy of space exploration today. 

Williams provides a narrative of his own experiences working on high-tech and cutting-edge programs that led to the technological marvels we take for granted today. From jet engines to smart phones, from Star Trek to Interstellar, Williams helps listeners understand just how much the world has been impacted by science and technology. 

Is a mission to Mars or other forms of manned space flight our future? Can we afford to spend our resources on these efforts at the expense of other critical problems facing us today? 

Follow Williams down the rabbit hole as he looks at fake news, the presidential election, AGW, and other contentious events in our world and body slams them using logic and the scientific method! 

A.E. Williams makes a compelling argument that manned space exploration is not just viable, but necessary to the survival of the species.

©2017 A.E. Williams (P)2018 A.E. Williams

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