I can't believe that it has been thirty years.
In November of 1986 at the St. Louis Space Frontier, the St. Louis Chapter of the L-5 Society, I was a speaker, while a Systems Integration Design Development (SIDD) Engineer at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics and Aeronautics Company during that time.
St. Louis Space Frontier is an organization of space professionals and space-oriented enthusiasts who have gathered toghether to learn more about America's past, present and future space efforts. It's membership is composed of engineers, teachers, businessmen, students, etc, who share an interest in space exploration and development.
Noted in the November 1986 St. Louis Space Frontier News Publication: Gene Heitman, the President of the group at that time, thanked me for giving a talk on the X-15 Rocketplane at the meeting when McDonnell Douglas Astronaut Charles Walker had to reschedule due to an unexpected trip to Washington, DC.
On that Saturday, November 8th, Erv Baumann gave a talk at the St. Louis Science Fair orientation session for students, teachers, and parents. Erv told those that attended his talks about our group's awards that we will be giving for the best space-related science projects and suggested topics for projects. Erv also suggested possible sources for more information on space exploration and development and answered questions. Erv indicated that the two talks he gave were the most crowded ones there and that he had to be moved to a larger room for his second talk.
Earlier that year I had given the same talk to a group at the Missouri Aviation Historical Society, MOAVHIST.ORG. This is a local non-for-profit dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of Missouri Aviation. Another good friend of mine, Mike Burke, gave a talk on the X-20 Spaceplane before on the same night, and I brought a scale X-15 to show with his X-20 display.
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