The First Space War: How the Patterns of History and the Principles of STEM Will Shape Its Form

Unfortunately, much of what people believe about war in space has been shaped, or misshaped, by Hollywood and other forms of popular media. In this book a STEM educator and a political science professor team up to explore the possibilities for warfare in space and explain why almost everything you've learned about space wars from movies is disappointingly wrong. The truth is stranger and more interesting than fiction. Using history, politics and STEM as guides, this book provides a detailed account of how Earth’s first war in space will be fought. As we show, it will begin not as an invasion of Earth by super-advanced aliens but by Earth starting a war with its Martian colony.

J. Furman Daniel is an Assistant Professor in the College of Security and Intelligence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.


T. K. Rogers is an award-winning STEMeducator who has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from ArizonaState University and an MBA from Clemson University. He is a U.S. patentholderwho worked as an engineer in the chemical and plastics industries for 18 yearsbefore becoming a high school STEM educator, a career he pursued for over 21years.