BEN BOVA (1932-2020) was a six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog, former editorial director of Omni, and a past president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bova was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction.
LES JOHNSON coauthored Rescue Mode with Bova in 2014. He is also a futurist and NASA technologist, leading the development of solar sail propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar travel. His recent novels include, The Spacetime War, Saving Proxima, and it’s sequel, Crisis at Proxima. Les is an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics, a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and MENSA.