This past summer, Professor John Moores completed a two-year term as the Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency and became director of York University’s Earth and Space Science Program, which hosts 90 graduate students. He has recently (October 2024) published with co-author, Professor Jesse Rogerson, a popular science book titled, Daydreaming in the Solar System.

About the book, John writes, “Where Carl Sagan’s Cosmos sought to open a window onto the planets for a broad audience, we aim to pull the reader completely through the doorway. In science and story, we aim to immerse the reader in planetary environments and to communicate what it would feel like to actually be there on our neighbor worlds using the details we have learned from more than sixty two years of robotic space exploration. The book imagines an inclusive and optimistic view of the future of solar system planetary science. This vision is vividly explored with sixteen watercolor paintings and twenty six playful diagrams provided by illustrator, Michelle Parsons.

John continues, “In putting together this volume, I’ve been especially grateful for the broad knowledge base I developed as an LPL grad. I have appreciated the conversations with former classmates, other alumni and the entire extended LPL family over the past 16 years that have continued to deepen that understanding. I feel fortunate to be able to share our excitement and awe at exploring the solar system with the public.”