Stephen Petranek is an American writer, and editor of '' Breakthrough Technology Alert''. He has previously edited ''

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'', and ''

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''s magazine. He was the founding editor and editor in chief of ''This Old House'' magazine for

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, and was senior editor for science at ''

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'' magazine. He is co-founder and President of Arc Programs. He also writes for the '' Daily Reckoning''. Petranek spoke at the

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in 2002, and again in 2016. His book ''How We'll Live on Mars'' was published in 2015.

Education

Petranek attended the

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, receiving a BS, Business Administration. He served as editor-in-chief of the award-winning college newspaper,

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Works

References

External links

Bloomberg profile

Articles by Petranek
in The Daily Reckoning * *
How We'll Live on Mars by Stephen Petranek – digested read
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