Astronaut Gene Cernan – the last man to walk on the moon – passed away January 16, 2017. He was a special friend and business mentor as I was getting my feet wet in the world of space technology. Our relationship began in 1987 and was rekindled in 2003.

You can read the story of his contribution to my efforts to build the first news agency dedicated to the American Space Program and his later support in getting the vision behind the National Space & Technology Association (NSTA) started by going to another of my websites (click the icon below) —