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There's never been a better time to be an armchair astronaut. Forget this planet. The economy is terrible, global warming inevitable, and there are at least eight major wars happening right now. That's why Kessler left home and moved to Mars. Well, not all the way to Mars. The closest spot on Earth you can get without a rocket. In the summer of 2008, he lived a space dream, spending three months in mission control of The Phoenix expedition with 130 top NASA scientists and engineers as they explored Mars. This story is a human drama about modern-day Magellans battling NASA politics—you haven't lived until you've seen this miracle of birth from the inside—and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. Kessler was the first outsider ever granted unfettered access to such an event, giving us a true Mars exclusive.

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ABOUT Andrew Kessler

  • BIOGRAPHY

    Andrew Kessler quit his job to live on Mars.  His granny thought it was a crazy idea but figured if this book thing doesn't pan out, his new knowledge of spacecrafts will get him a job at NASA. Andrew has produced, written and directed award-winning content for television, print, and the web.

     As part of his Phoenix Mars training, Kessler co-produced Mars: The Quest for Life, a Discovery Channel documentary about the mission. A co-creator of the My Home 2.0 TV series, Kessler was responsible for all creative aspects of this innovative technology make-over show. 

    Part of a writing duo that invented a high school sophomore superhero training to be the “fastest human on the face of the earth,” his “Bring the Fast” series of Web films garnered accolades, awards, and audiences with its quirky take on branded content.  

    Kessler’s projects earned dozens of awards, including the Cannes Cyber Lion Silver, The One Show Interactive, Horizon Interactive, New York Addys, and multiple Webby wins.  Before working in advertising, but after running an illegal art gallery in the south of France, Kessler wanted to be a mathematician, so he got his degree at the University of California at Berkeley. 

  • Academic background

    • 2000—BA, Mathematics, UC Berkeley

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