Matt's Favorite Links

•   An interview by space writer Jim McDade: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072303a.html

•   An interview on The Space Show (audio): http://thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=260

•  One of my best papers on space technology, written with Robyn Kane: www.mitre.org/work/tech_papers/tech_papers_03/kane_mls/kane_mls.pdf  

• My article on the the “big fish” stories from Alaska’s huge Lake Iliamna: http://www.alaskascienceoutreach.com/index.php/features/sis_parttwo/what_lies_beneath_lake_iliamna

•   The source for what's happening today in spaceflight: http://www.nasawatch.com/

•   Another excellent space news resource: http://www.spacedaily.com/

•   The top source on one of my pet interests in the space field, microsatellites: http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/

•   The AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, THE annual meeting on this topic: www.smallsat.org

•   The American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics: www.aiaa.org

•   The American Astronautical Society: www.astronautical.org

•   Also a good space news source: www.space.com

•   Two good sources for zoology news: Science Daily; http://www.sciencedaily.com/directory/Science/Biology/Zoology and the Institute of Zoology page: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ioz/news.htm

•   A great reader-friendly site to keep up with science is National Geographic News. The Zoology page: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/animals.html

• A good resource for keeping up with one of my favorite topics, discoveries beneath the sea: http://deepseanews.blogspot.com/
  

• Another excellent resource is posted by Conservation International: http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/home
   

• The Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union offers publications and expert commentary covering new discoveries as well as threatened and endangered species: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/

•   The best of the cryptozoology blogs, Cryptomundo: http://www.cryptomundo.com/

•   Just for fun: a unique collection of unlikely and bizarre animals: http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/crossesa.htm

• The best of the cryptozoology societies, the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club: http://www.bcscc.ca/

• Four other useful resources are the sites run by the following researchers:

            Dr. Karl Shuker: http://members.aol.com/karlshuker

            Loren Coleman: http://www.lorencoleman.com

            Scott Norman: http://www.cryptozoology.net/

            Ben Roesch:  http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.cryptoz.html

• William Rebsamen's superb wildlife art graces Shadows of Existence and many other publications: http://www.rebsamenwildlife.com
   

• Richard Eillis' books and illustrations on the seas and marine life are always worth your time: http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=8024
   

•  My fulltime employer, a global technology and consulting firm which focuses on the most difficult problems facing the nation and the world: http://www.boozallen.com

• The annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference is a terrific experience I encourage all fellow authors to look into: www.ppwc.net