2013
Greg Klerkx
(The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong t...)
The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong to the moon has lost its meteoric vision, says journalist and space enthusiast Greg Klerkx. NASA, he contends, has devolved from a pioneer of space exploration into a factionalized bureaucracy focused primarily on its own survival. And as a result, humans haven’t ventured beyond Earth orbit for three decades. Klerkx argues that after its wildly successful Apollo program, NASA clung fiercely to the spotlight by creating a government-sheltered monopoly with a few Big Aerospace companies. Although committed in theory to supporting commercial spaceflight, in practice it smothered vital private-sector innovation. In striking descriptions of space milestones spanning the golden 1960s Space Age and the 2003 Columbia tragedy, Klerkx exposes the “real” NASA and envisions exciting public-private cooperation that could send humans back to the moon and beyond.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0XW8/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(The near future: a world devastated by a global war for r...)
The near future: a world devastated by a global war for resources. In the scorched wastelands of western North America, a devout militant sect known only as the People wins battle upon a battle in its campaign to reclaim the ruined land all for the glory of their long-disappeared Prophet, whose hoped-for return will seal the People’s ultimate triumph. No warrior is more willing than young Amon Tomasson, whose four wives and 13 children are a testimony to the Prophet’s blessings. But Amon’s ordered world begins to unravel the day he captures Virgil, a ragged wanderer who could hold the key to the Prophet’s return. As Virgil tells his incredible life story which finds him partnered with an amnesiac boyfriend who may be immortal and a genetically modified half-lion sex show star whose family want her dead, Amon finds himself in the grip of a stark transformation one that could profoundly alter the destiny of the People, and even the ravaged new world.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FYX93XI/?tag=2022091-20
2013
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Greg Klerkx began his career as a newspaper journalist in Southern California. He continues to write long-form journalism, often for New Scientist and the digital magazine, Aeon and has also contributed to a number of essay collections, for Creative & Cultural Skills and Demos.
Greg Klerkx served as Director of Public Relations at California State University Dominguez Hills in 1989-1992. He was responsible for developing and directing a comprehensive community and media relations program for a 13,000-student public university. After that, he was Director of Development and Communications at California Academy of Mathematics and Science for two years. In 1994-1997 Greg worked as an Associate Director of Corporate Relations at the University of California in Berkeley where he wrote the university’s first comprehensive plan for developing and cultivating philanthropic relationships with the burgeoning technology sector based in Silicon Valley.
Greg Klerkx held the position of Director of Development at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute from 1997 to 2002. He created comprehensive fundraising, marketing, and communications program for this world-renowned independent research organization there. He is Co-founder and Director of Nimble Fish arts company from 2006.
Greg’s first book “Lost in Space” which was published in 2004, is an alternative history of the Space Age. In October 2013, Greg published his first novel “The Emissary”.
Presently, Greg Klerkx lives and works in the United States, the United Kingdom and across Europe.
(The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong t...)
2004(The near future: a world devastated by a global war for r...)
2013All of Greg Klerkx's work is rooted in a deep belief in the positive creative potential of every human being. By striving to evince creativity and generosity in his own work and life, Greg hopes to do his part to make the world a better place.
Greg Klerkx is a member of the international Oppi community.