Evangelist
for Space Exploration
So what's this all about?
As you cruise through these pages you'll learn a
little about me and a little about some other
interesting things along the way. My own passion
lies in all things space including manned and
unmanned exploration, rocketry,  aviation
and astronomy. I am currently working on
several space-themed initiatives that I hope to
provide more general information on soon.
Check the “Projects” page for the
latest updates.
In my spare time I write for my blog titled “The Conquest
of Space”. There you will find my thoughts
on topics related to the past and future of space
exploration. In any given year I might write
12-15 in-depth articles and would love to write
more, but each blog takes time to develop. I
cover a wide range of topics and they are
informative for both the space aficionado and the
novice. Visit my YouTube
Channel
for a vast collection of historic NASA
documentaries and a beta site I just launched
for current news about the American Space
Program: www.americanspaceprogram.com.
 Photography is one of my
many interests. Capturing moments and places in
time are important and my camera is always close
at hand. You can find a large amount of my
aviation and space photos posted on my Flickr
page. Recently,I witnessed the final
flight of
Space Shuttle Discovery on the Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft as it left the Kennedy Space Center for
its new home at the National Air and Space Museum
in Chantilly, Virginia. A bitterweet moment to
see the shuttle fly for the last time, but an
impressive sight to see the Discovery riding on
the back of NASA's 747.
I have also photographed numerous launches at the
Kennedy Space Center including the Space Shuttle
launch of STS-120 from the NASA VIP area, the
Space Shuttle launches of STS-117, STS-129, and
STS-135, the
final flight of the Space Shuttle program STS-135
from the NASA causeway. I had the privilege to
watch the landing of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
on STS-118 and Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133
as a guest of NASA at the Shuttle Landing
Facility (Kennedy Space Center, Florida). Click
on the Space Shuttle logo in the left nav to see
the launch and landing pictures I have taken.
A few sites are deserving of special mention.
Included on this are site are photos and history
of Launch Complex 34 / Pad-34 (site of the Apollo 1
tragedy), the Lunar Modules that were built and never
flew, the Enterprise, America's First
Space Shuttle, and Launch Complex 5 site of the launch of Alan
Shepard and Freedom 7 that put America's first
man in space.
As for the rest, in my normal life I work for
Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina as an
eBusiness leader. You'll also find a few of my
other interests on this site like photography,
science fiction and history, my Z cars, and I've
tossed in a lengthy page of links to all of my
favorite sites.
 
        
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