M.G. Cooper

M.G.Cooper (1956)

Computer engineer, worked with DEC computers in 1976, he programmed mainly in assembler a Word Processing System and gave operating system support, and then worked with HP 3000 Computers, programming and system administration.

His main interest has been the Space Program, it has been like a hobby; he considers that his interest began with the Apollo 8 Mission when he was following on TV with his Dad, at the age of twelve.

He has given some talks in Mexico and in the United States about Information Technology and Space Exploration; following the Space Program gave him the idea to create his own concepts for the Human and Robotic Exploration of Mars, and for Robotic Asteroid encounter and capture, space debris retrieval mission among others.

He had the privilege of meeting very interesting people as Astronaut Jim Irwin from Apollo XV, Norman Borlaug 1970 Nobel Peace Prize when he worked at CIMMYT in Mexico; also he have met amazing people at NASA and ESA. As a guest, he attended five Space Shuttle Launches, including the STS-1 Columbia and the STS-135 Atlantis, and one landing all were spectacular, a unique experience for him.

He wanted to write a detective story, so he wrote his first novel based in his professional experience mixed with suspense, its title is "To Rule the World".

His second novel is titled "Mars Hostages", it is about the First Human Mission to Mars, it is also a thriller. The novel presents the development of the mission and the actual exploration of Mars, an International Mission in which all countries contribute in one way or another accordingly to their expertise, also remarks the need to take good care of our home planet; the combination of these ideas makes this book become a Science/Science-fiction/Thriller novel. His wish is to create interest in both topics in the reader.