Rod Pyle is a space author, journalist, and historian who has authored 21 books on space history, exploration, and development for major publishers and NASA. His works have been released in 10 languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the National Space Society’s quarterly print magazine Ad Astra, and serves as the NSS’s Director of Communications. He has written for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Johnson Space Center, Caltech, and the Library of Congress, as well as Space.com, WIRED, Popular Science, the World Economic Forum, Futurity, and BBC’s Sky at Night. He holds a BFA from the Art Center College of Design and an MA from Stanford University. Rod is a co-executive editor for Sentient Media, LLC.