<p> <strong> Stephen Cass </strong> was born and raised in Dublin, but now hails from Boston. He cut his programming teeth on a TI 99-4/A and a totally pimped out BBC Model B+, back when 32 kB of memory was a big deal. Currently a senior editor for <em> Technology Review, </em> published by MIT, he has spent a decade covering space for <em> IEEE Spectrum and Discover Magazine </em> and currently edits <em> Technology Review&#8217;s </em> Delta-V blog on space technology. </p>