Kind Words From a Fellow Author

Posted on May 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

From Glen Olson, a (new) fellow author:

Now that I am starting to place my stories on Amazon I’ve been introduced to other authors doing the same.  I want to mention Charles Justiz again. He is an astronaut (actually NASA pilot) turned science fiction author and I just finished his book Specific Impulse. Wow! Take a cup of Tom Clancy, add a dash of Larry Niven and leven with Robert Heinlein and you’ve got Charles Justiz. This is his first novel and its a hell of a ride. I hope to see many more of his novels on the book shelf!

Note from Charlie: Glen, thanks for taking the time to write this very flattering review.  It is much appreciated.  Just want to clarify, I am not an astronaut but did train the astronauts to fly in space as a NASA pilot.  Please send us the links to your books so we can share with others. Thanks again.

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Hell Yes I’d Fly It!

Posted on April 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

From the Facebook fan page:  AmyBeth Fredricksen Would you come out of retirement to test fly an FTL vehicle?

FTL Image from MassEffect.wikia.com

An FTL vehicle is a faster-than-light vehicle — a vehicle that can go faster than the speed limit imposed by Einstein’s theory of relativity. According to Einstein, you can’t go faster than the speed of light in what is referred to as “local” or “normal” space. I keep arguing that the theory doesn’t cover how fast space can move through space. If we look up with our telescopes, we can observe galaxies that are receding from us at faster than the speed of light. The current  theory is that our universe is creating space in between us and the other galaxies at a rate that gives the galaxies their apparent relative motion. We don’t know yet the how or why, but this theory does not violate the speed of light limit and is the basis for a proposed “legal” faster-than-light vehicle.

But back to your question — are you kidding? Of course I would gladly flight test such a vehicle. I would even bring it back after only a quick local hop around Sirius. Okay maybe Vega, but I promise I’ll bring it right back!

FTL on Wikipedia

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