A writer and editor who has worked on newspapers, magazines, websites, books, and ebooks, Chmielewski has nurtured a longtime interest in space travel and the science fiction stories that peer into the future of our exploration of the Solar System and beyond. He grew up with the space race and was on a Florida Beach to watch Apollo 11 launch for the moon. His freelance work includes science articles for The Atlantic and features for regional magazines. Chmielewski writes a blog about science, science fiction and whatever else comes to mind at MartianSands.com.