Tarek Masud
Tarek Masud is a short story teller and novelist from Bangladesh. He was born to Mr. Abu Mohsin and Latifa Akhter on November 09, 1963. Initially he began writing in Bangla, his native language. "Forbidden Affair: A Tale from Arakan" is his first literary work in English. "Fear Not the Spirit", a commercial fiction about conservation of the Bengal tiger and its natural habitat, is his latest work. He completed his masters in English from Dhaka International University. He is married to Mahfuza Rahman and the father of two daughters Fatema Tuz Zahra and Ayesha Siddiqua.
Breaking Free: The Elenauts by Tarek Masud
Yes, breaking free, that’s the immediate challenge before mankind as far as space travel is concerned. In our quest for interstellar voyage to the nearest neighboring star we are still restrained by the gravity of our planet. We have successfully stepped onto the closest celestial body, the moon. Made our presence felt on the other planets of our solar system. But that’s just the first step in this lifelong journey that we have been preparing ourselves for. If the goal is to reach the Alpha Centauri within the next couple of centuries or to exploit the resources of the planets of our solar system, we have to think big. I mean really big, not just sending these tubelike pesky rockets to o...