Credits for Shadows of Medusa


These amazing consultants helped the author produce the intricate details within the book:


Dewey Anderson: constructive criticisms, physics

Mark Bullock: base design, crop growth

Bill Clancey: crew psych, telerobotics, Mobile Agents

Dennis Creamer: biology

Alisdair Davey: language

Evan Day: pilgrims, Mayflower Society

Roberta Dulay: website

Dan Durda: asteroid mission options

Julie Edwards: biology

Gary Fisher: Greenhab, antibiotics

Gus Frederick: lava tubes

Paul Graham: drilling, mining, geology, Greenhab

Ron Greeley: geology

Bob Grimm: geology

David Grinspoon: life, atmosphere, comparative planetology

Gwynne Gurevich: SpaceX – BFR-V specs

Keith Harrison: geology

Bill Hartmann: geology

Jennifer Heldmann: subsurface ice, geology

Tom Hill: spaceflight physics

Dominic Mazzoni: Pasadena info

Diana Mann: public/youth reaction

Chris McKay: base design, (back)contamination

Tim Michaels: weather/wind models

Tony Muscatello: METAMARS benzene info

Anna Paulson: rovers, suits, suitports

Bob Pohl: geology, rock-climbing

Scot Rafkin: weather/wind models

Shannon Rupert-Robles: biology, remote science

Barb Sprungman: lava tubes

Meredith Wills-Davey: solar physics

Wayne White: Outer Space Treaty

Bob Zubrin: mission profiles, 'Case for Mars'









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"Despite his mountains of experience in terrestrial geology, Ollie was a relative newcomer to the whole Mars exploration effort. During most of their lengthy training interval, he had been the backup geologist. A Russian woman named Irena Groskoya, a renowned expert in Martian geologic processes, had filled the top spot. Irena was also a capable engineer and a fully trained medical doctor. "

Chapter 1