Paul Scott Anderson is a freelance writer with a life-long passion for space exploration and astronomy. His interest began in childhood, when he saw Carl Sagan’s Cosmos for the first time on TV. In elementary school, he would sometimes give astronomy presentations in class and did a space “book” and calendar as class projects.

After focusing on art and design through high school and college, and then following related pursuits, he decided to “return to his roots” and started his blog The Meridiani Journal in 2005, which is a chronicle of planetary exploration. While interested in all aspects of space exploration, his primary passion is planetary science. In 2011, he started writing about space on a freelance basis, and now also currently writes for AmericaSpace and Examiner.com. He has also done supplementary writing for the well-known iOS app Exoplanet. You can see more of Paul’s work here: www.themeridianijournal.com