July 2016
Author Marianne Dyson‘s Science Snacks Newsletter
Caption: In March 1965, Russian Alexei Leonov (1934–) nearly died during the first ever spacewalk. (Image
Month: July 2016
Will Space Make You Sick?
June 2016
Author Marianne Dyson’s Science Snacks Newsletter
My experience with space sickness is documented in Science Fiction versus the Real Thing: What I learned on NASA
Convincing the Skeptics
May 2016 Science Snacks
Author Marianne Dyson’s Science Snacks Newsletter
Howdy, and a special welcome to those of you who subscribed via the Rice/Ride Family STEM Festival, the Texas Library Association conference, or the Ohioana Book Festival in April. I hope you enjoy your first science
STS-1 Mission Control
April 2016
Author Marianne Dyson’s Science Snacks Newsletter
Hello, and a special welcome to those of you who subscribed after my visits to the University of Florida
The Gravity Question
March 2016
Author Marianne Dyson’s Science Snacks Newsletter
Hello, and a special welcome to those of you who subscribed after my visits to NASA Glenn
The Colorful Martian Sky
February 2016
Author Marianne Dyson’s Science Snacks Newsletter
Hello, and thanks for subscribing to my monthly Science Snacks newsletter. I hope to see some of you at my upcoming appearances (listed below) and share space stories with you!
Liquid Water on Mars
January 2016
Author Marianne Dyson’s Science Snacks Newsletter
Hello, and a special welcome to the new subscribers who signed up at Kennedy Space Center. Each month I pick one short science news or fact to share. I hope to see many of you again at future space or writing events where we can discuss our space stories!
Buzz & I signed Welcome to Mars at Kennedy Space Center on December 19, 2015 with help from Christina (Santa hat), & ShareSpace team of Linn, Rob, & Bob.
Liquid Water on Mars
On September 28, 2015, Georgia Tech grad student Lujendra Ojha published her evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars. That same week, the first print run of Welcome to Mars was nearly sold out. Our editor at NatGeo suggested we reflect the water discovery in the second print run. So I asked myself, what impact does finding liquid water have to our plans to settle Mars?
It wasn
Say NO to zero G!
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Give Them the Moon
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Communications Failure in The Martian Realistic?
October 2015 Science Snack
October 6, 2015
Hello, and a special welcome to those of you joined my monthly mailing list/newsletter at the book signing with Buzz Aldrin at JSC on October 2. I call it Science Snacks because I discuss one cool science fact or news item (the “snack”) in each issue that I think other writers and readers of science fact & fiction will enjoy.
“I knew it was hopeless, but I tried firing up the communications array. No signal, of course. The primary satellite dish had broken off