While we are on the subject of name dropping...

A few years ago I caught wind of the fact that Colonel (retired) Edwin E. Aldrin was due to visit us in the Advanced Programs section at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility on the very next day. Normally the twelve who have walked in the lunar regolith do not (at least the ones still alive) sign autographs. But Buzz was here kissing up for some Lockheed Martin funding for a reusable booster that he was on the board for. So I asked my boss if I could ask for an autograph and he said sure. I asked Buzz to write "to Jack & Katie, may one of you be first on Mars." But he messed it up a bit. Now I always tell the kids, "well Buzz laid down the guantlet: you gotta do it now!!!"