Jon Rogers

Jon Rogers -A short Biography

Aerospace Engineer, Artist, and Bonneville Speed Record Holder Jon Rogers retells this wildly entertaining true story of three unlikely friends on the most adventurous back roads vacation trip of their lives in his latest book, a humorous memoir entitled, Mabel.

Jon's background includes being an Industrial and Systems Engineer, a certified Program Manager and Manufacturing Engineer. A tau Beta pi, he is a longtime member of AIAA and SME. During this career he was responsible for building microwave systems on the Space Shuttle, as well as building a number of Satellites for programs like the TDRSS, IntelSat, Goes, and SCS series.

Jon is a longtime author and Illustrator. He has co-authored and illustrated "The Spaceship Handbook", and "The Saucer Fleet", as well as articles on the history of spaceships and spaceflight. He has written for Film fax and illustrated for the AIAA newsletter, Horizons. An enthusiastic advocate for spaceflight and the future, He has spoken at NAR's NARCON 2002, the AAS 50th Annual National Convention in 2003, and been featured on Mike Hodel's Hour 25 radio program and Dr. David Livingston's "The Space Show."

Jon has a website at www.joncharlesrogers.com where you may find more information about his future books and illustrations.