To Climb a Flat Mountain
G. David Nordley is an astronautical engineer whose second career is writing.  His main interest is the future of human exploration and settlement of space, with stories typically focusing on the dramatic aspects of individual lives within the broad sweep of a plausible human future. His research fuels also nonfiction articles. He is a four-time winner of the AnLab, the Analog reader's award for best story or article of the year, and a past Hugo and Nebula award nominee.