Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Event
This was our second year attending the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation fund raiser. Last years launch of STS-117 at the show was going to be tough to beat but there was a lot planned. This years the event was scheduled for the week before the launch of STS-126 so we weren't going to be able to stick around to see it. Instead they had an airshow with a special performance by the Blue Angels. We also had the opportunity to attend two dinner banquets with the astronauts in attendance, go on a private tour of the Kennedy Space Center guided by an astronaut, ride the Shuttle Launch Experience with the astronauts, and of course watch the airshow from a private tent with the astronauts. Needless to say the event was spectacular. I was also fortunate to be able not just to meet and hang out with the astronauts but also to have them sign a couple of space paintings that I have collected. The ASF staff did a fantastic job planning everything and by the end of the event they had raised enough money to fund the entire years scholarship program.
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Middle Row: Ret. Gen. Thomas Stafford, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, Edgar Mitchell
Front Row: Scott Carpenter, Walter Cunningham
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