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Kate Rauner

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Kate Rauner is a retired Cold War Warrior. She worked for over twenty years at the Rocky Flats Plant, once part of the nation's nuclear weapons complex. She helped decommission the site, which is now a National Wildlife Refuge.

Kate moved to southwest New Mexico and worked at the copper mines around Silver City, including the historic Santa Rita mine. Santa Rita has been mined since Native Americans collected copper there before the Spaniards entered Mexico.

Today she lives outside Silver City on the edge of the Gila National Forest with her husband and cat. She enjoys hiking and bird-watching, and, as a volunteer firefighter, has fought wildland and home fires. "I'm well on my way to my life's goal," Kate says. "To become an eccentric old wo
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Kate Rauner Two things: first, I establish a routine that gets me "into the chair" almost every morning at the same time. Secondly, if I'm not being productive I …moreTwo things: first, I establish a routine that gets me "into the chair" almost every morning at the same time. Secondly, if I'm not being productive I go for a walk. Somehow, walking joggles ideas loose in my mind.(less)
Kate Rauner Writing! I enjoy research for a new project, and when something comes out well, it's satisfying. It's also probably good for me - since I don't do cro…moreWriting! I enjoy research for a new project, and when something comes out well, it's satisfying. It's also probably good for me - since I don't do crosswords or Sudoku, writing is my brain exercise.(less)
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Wherever Humans Go, We Take Hitchhikers #biology #space #evolution

A previously unknown species of bacteria was collected on China’s Tiangong space station and returned to Earth in 2023. You read that right – an aerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria was living on a hardware surface inside the space station. This isn’t the first time, won’t be the last, and strikes me as inevitable. Astronauts carry […]
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A space battle starts right away, with the tropes you're after - Hostile aliens, a space station, and cadets in training & in conflict with their admiral. Lots of characters and the personal sacrifices they make to pursue dreams.

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I once went underground in a mine turned into a tourist attraction. That's where I first heard about pit ponies, and the title of this book drew me in. I learned more and thoroughly enjoyed the story.
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“I'm well on my way to achieving my life-goal: to become an eccentric old woman.”
Kate Rauner

“Too bad, but you can't run a controlled experiment on your own life.”
Kate Rauner, Lunar Base: Sci Fi Space Adventure

“Humanity is destined to explore, settle, and expand outward into the universe.”
Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the Moon

“We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“I'm well on my way to achieving my life-goal: to become an eccentric old woman.”
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message 1: by Kate (last edited May 26, 2016 12:23PM)

Kate Rauner Hi all - you can download a free copy of my Mars colony book from Noise Trader at http://tinyurl.com/hqf9pzn (good thru 2016)
They'll ask for an email address so you can receive updates on my latest books and offers.
The first Mars colony is in trouble - one of the settlers commits suicide and new arrivals find tragedy and danger as they explore their new home planet. Read now to see if they survive.


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