Andrew A. Rader
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2019 photo of Andrew Rader[1]
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Thesis | Motion perception with conflicting or congruent visual and vestibular cues (2009) |
| Doctoral advisors | Charles M. Oman and Daniel M. Merfeld |
Andrew Alan Rader is a Canadian author and aerospace engineer.[2] Rader was the Season 2 winner of the Discovery series, Canada's Greatest Know-It-All.[3] Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Rader now works for SpaceX as a Mission Manager in Los Angeles.[4]
Rader attended Carleton University from 1999 until 2005, receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in aerospace engineering there.[4] He spent the following four years studying aeronautics and astronautics engineering at MIT, specializing in long-duration spaceflight, and receiving his Ph.D. in 2009.[5][6]
Rader worked as a research engineer at Canada's National Research Council from 2003 to 2005. After moving to the US, he worked as a research engineer at MIT from 2005 to 2010.[7]
After graduating from MIT, Rader worked as a Spacecraft Systems Engineer at COM DEV from 2010 to 2014. In 2014, Rader moved to Los Angeles to take a job at SpaceX where he now holds the position of Mission Manager.[8]
Rader was a candidate for the Canadian Astronaut Corps in 2009 and 2017.[8][9] He wrote about the experience in an article for Motherboard called "What It's Like to Be in the Running to Be an Astronaut." He was also in consideration for a one-way mission to Mars as part of the Mars One project in 2014.[10] Natalie Angier interviewed him about the process for a New York Times story entitled A One-Way Trip to Mars? Many Would Sign Up.[11]
Rader self-published his first five books via successful crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter. His first book to be released by a major publisher is the non-fiction chronicle of human exploration, Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take us to the Stars, released by Simon & Schuster on November 12, 2019.[12]
His non-fiction books for adults include:
He is also the author of a series of science books for children:
