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Jay Gallentine | |
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 Jay Gallentine (right) with John Casani. | |
| Born | Jay Gallentine June 24, 1970 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | US |
| Education | University of Iowa |
| Occupation(s) | Author, speaker, filmmaker |
| Awards | Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature |
Jay Gallentine is an American, historian, filmmaker and author specializing in the history of robotic space exploration of the solar system.[1]
Gallentine is author of two books, Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft, published in 2009, and Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989, published in 2016.[2] Both were published through the University of Nebraska Press' Ordway Award-winning series Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight.[3] A third book, tentatively titled Born to Explore: John Casani's Grand Tour of Life in the Solar System is slated for publication in 2025, also as part of the Outward Odyssey series.[4]
Ambassadors from Earth was the winner of the 2009 AAS Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature, given annually to a person or persons selected by a panel of reviewers from the American Astronautical Society History Committee to recognize "the truly outstanding book published each year serving public understanding about the positive impact of astronautics upon society." [5] Ambassadors from Earth became the first Outward Odyssey book to win the Emme Award.[6] A copy of the book also appeared briefly in the pilot episode of the 2017 TV series Ghosted.[7]
Gallentine is a frequent speaker on spaceflight topics, including at venues including IdeaFestival, Spacefest, Society for Technical Communication, and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics events. [8][9][10][11][12] He has appeared on Travel Channel's Mysteries at the Museum series, Rod Pyle's Cool Space News podcast and the Space & Things podcast.[13][14][15]
Reception
[edit]Many reviews have praised Gallentine's ability to make space science topics accessible, and commented on his informal tone.
American Studies wrote that readers of Ambassadors "will enjoy the glimpses of the very-human excitements and frustrations involved in scientific and technological advance," though noted there were limitations to the book's value in an academic setting.[16]
The National Space Society praised the book, saying "What Tom Wolfe did for the astronauts in The Right Stuff, Gallentine does for robotic explorers in this wonderful book."[17]
Publishers Weekly wrote of that book that "many space buffs, especially young ones, should find this a satisfying narrative" but added that "his use of 'egad' makes it sound as if he just stepped out of The Music Man".[18]
Of Infinity Beckoned, former NASA chief historian and Smithsonian associate director Roger D. Launius wrote for the Oxford University Press that the book makes a contribution to space science literature with his efforts to interview mission participants from both the United States and the Soviet Union.[19]
The United States Air Force's academic publisher Air University Press wrote of Infinity Beckoned that "although Infinity Beckoned is a fine historical work, it is perhaps even better as the expression of hope" and that "as a postmortem on a glorious age of solar system exploration that encourages the glory days ahead, it manages both to inform and excite us."[20]
Background and Career
[edit]Gallentine was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1970, and is a graduate of the University of Iowa.[21] He competed for several years as a sponsored endurance triathlete.[22]
His film work includes serving as an editorial consultant on HBO's documentary Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable and an editor on ABC's Open Sesame: The Making of 'Arabian Nights' and The Quiet Storm, an award-winning documentary on dating violence.[23][24]
Minovitch Lawsuit
[edit]In 2012, Gallentine was named as a defendant in a lawsuit by mathematician Michael Minovitch, whom Gallentine had interviewed for Ambassadors from Earth.[25] Minovitch accused Gallentine, the California Institute of Technology, and 20 unnamed individuals of six complaints, including libel, slander, and interference, related to Minovitch's claims of having invented the concept of gravity assist.
Acting as his own attorney, Gallentine filed a response refuting the legal merits of Minovitch's complaints. Minovitch subsequently dismissed his suit. Gallentine has since shared summaries of the history of the gravity assist concept capturing the earlier discoveries on which Minovitch's work was based.[26]
Bibliography
[edit]- Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft, 2009
- Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989, 2016
- The Last-Ditch, Hail-Mary Attempt to Beat Apollo 11 (Conference Presentation), 2019[27]
- Born to Explore: John Casani's Grand Tour of Life in the Solar System, 2025 (forthcoming)
References
[edit]- ^ "Infinity Beckoned – University of Nebraska Press". www.nebraskapress.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Jay Gallentine – University of Nebraska Press". www.nebraskapress.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "AAS Announces 2020 Ordway Award Recipients". astronautical.org. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Born to Explore (Jay Gallentine)". collectspace.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Awards". astronautical.org. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "UNP authors win three national awards". UNPblog.com. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Ghosted S1•E1". youtube.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Jay Gallentine". ideafestival.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "What I Learned at Spacefest X". livingspace.earth. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "The Write Stuff: The Authors Who Chronicle Humanity's Outward Odyssey". hal5.org. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "The Top-Secret Town: Creating and Operating the Soviet "Lunokhod" Moon Rovers". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "(April 10, 2021) (STS-1 40th Anniversary Celebration) "Columbia and the Legacy of the Space Shuttle". aiaa.org. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Mysteries at the Museum - Se21 - Ep0 Special - Space Race". dailymotion.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Jay Gallentine award-winning author of Awesome Spaceflight Histories - Part I". podchaser.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "STP97 - Robotic Spacecraft, Research and Lawsuits - With Jay Gallentine". spaceandthingspodcast.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft by Jay Gallentine, and: Final Countdown: Nasa and the End of the Space Shuttle Program by Pat Duggins (review)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Book Review: Ambassadors from Earth". nss.org. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989 by Jay Gallentine (review)". Project Muse. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989". airuniversity.af.edu. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Jay Gallentine – LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "Z Systems Staff". zsyst.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "The Quiet Storm Project". thequietstormproject.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Quiet storm project : youth/teen dating violence prevention". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Michael A Minovitch Vs Ca Institute of Technology Et Al". trellis.law. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ "A Major Bit of Space History Misinformation". reddit.com. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
- ^ ""The Last-Ditch, Hail-Mary Attempt to Beat Apollo 11"". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2024-12-30.