- language ▁television ▁programs ▁Z Ro ▁Category : First - run ▁synd ic ated ▁television ▁programs ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : Space ▁advent ure ▁television ▁series ▁Category : American ▁time ▁travel ▁television ▁series <0x0A> </s> ▁Robert ▁Z ane ▁Pear l man ▁▁ ▁( born ▁January ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 7 6 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁space ▁historian ▁and ▁the ▁founder ▁and ▁editor ▁of ▁collect SP ACE , ▁a ▁website ▁devoted ▁to ▁news ▁and ▁information ▁concerning ▁space ▁expl oration ▁and ▁space - related ▁artifact s ▁and ▁memor abil ia , ▁especially ▁in ▁popular ▁culture . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁writer ▁to ▁Space . com . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Pear l man ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Living ston , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁but ▁cons iders ▁West ▁Orange , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁his ▁h omet own . ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Maryland , ▁College ▁Park ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁studying ▁astronom y , ▁physics ▁and ▁English . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁he ▁developed ▁the ▁website ▁prom oting ▁Apol lo ▁ 1 1 ▁moon walk er ▁B uzz ▁Ald rin ' s ▁first ▁novel . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Pear l man ▁served ▁as ▁first ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁communic ations ▁and ▁later ▁market ing ▁director ▁for ▁Space ▁Advent ures , ▁the ▁first ▁company ▁to ▁book ▁priv ately ▁fin anced ▁space fl ight ▁participants ▁on ▁fl ights ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁Space ▁Station .