When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs

Michael Meltzer has been writing books and articles about science and technology for over 30 years. He has investigated topics that include NASA expeditions to Jupiter and Saturn, planetary environmental protection, solar house design, industrial pollution prevention, and the history of U.S. commercial fishing. He has also published two science fiction stories with environmental themes. Michael has degrees in physics, geophysics, and environmental science and engineering from the University of California. He was an engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 15 years, where he helped start a pollution prevention program. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and daughter.