Scott Manley

Scott Manley (born: ) is a Scottish science communicator, astrophysicist YouTuber. On his YouTube channel, He makes videos discussing science-related topics and news, mainly concerning up-to-date rocket science developments. He uses his scientific background to help teach science.
He is known among his followers as the "astronogamer", as he is one of the few YouTubers blending both video games and science, and he is popular in the niche community of space enthusiasts and gamers.
==Education and Career==
While studying at the University of Glasgow, Manley received a BSc (1990–1994) in physics and astronomy, and an MSc (1994–1995) in computational physics a year later.
In 2002, he worked as an engineer for Napster. Later, from 2002 up until 2004, he worked as a research engineer for Qualys. From 2004 to 2009, he worked as a security architect in imeem, where he developed and maintained audio and video upload, transcoding, fingerprinting system among other things.
Manley's current employment is at Apple Inc. He joined Topsy Labs in 2009 and in 2013 Topsy was acquired by Apple.
==Collaborations==
Author Anne McCaffrey consulted with Manley on the effects of asteroid impacts while writing The Skies of Pern, determining the orbit of the comet and providing advice on how the event should be portrayed.
Manley is one of the original participants of Asteroid Day and was a keynote speaker at the launch in 2015 as well as hosting their regular "Asteroid Update" segments.
He is credited as a consultant on the upcoming movie Stowaway directed by Joe Penna, according to Joe's appearance on Corridor Cast he would go beyond the immediate needs of the script and 'did the math so it would be ready'.
==Trivia==
*In recognition for his work as a popular science communicator, asteroid 33434 Scottmanley was named after him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQ2byD6b6o
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Scottish YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006
Category:One million subscribers