Author – James Chen: Retired Department of
the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration Radar and Surveillance Systems
Engineer. Former Program Manager for
Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation. Guest lecturer at local Washington
DC/Northern Virginia/Maryland astronomy clubs on amateur astronomy topics of
eyepiece design, optical filters, urban and suburban astronomy, and lunar observing. Author of an Astronomy Magazine article on
Dobsonian telescope design in November 1989 issue, and contributor to Astronomy
Technology Today magazine. First book,
published in June 2014 by Springer, entitled How to Find the Apollo Landings
Sites. Second book entitled A
Guide to the Hubble Space Telescope Objects, is also available from
Springer. Third book entitled The
Vixen Star Book User Guide, is also available from Springer. Served as a part-time technical and sales
consultant for two Washington DC area telescope stores for over 30 years.
Graphics Designer - Adam Chen: Former Program Manager of media support for
NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Creator and executive producer of major
NASA publications, including the book and web-book application documenting the
history of the Space Shuttle Program “Celebrating 30 Years of the Space Shuttle
Program”. Served as graphics designer
for all three James L. Chen books.
Currently works in marketing for Brown Advisory, an investment firm in
Baltimore, MD.