In the late 1800s, long enough ago that it’s almost been forgotten, research astronomy faced an existential crisis brought on by the lighting of cities in the early industrial age. […]
Author Archives: S. Alan Stern
S. Alan Stern is a planetary scientist, flown commercial astronaut, author and commercial space advocate. He is a former member of the US National Science Board, a former NASA headquarters head of NASA’s science programs and a former board chair of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.