Brian Page had the great good fortune to grow up on an Air Force base near Satellite Beach, Florida, in the early years of the space race, surrounded by all sorts of fascinating aircraft and missiles.  His boyhood heroes were the original seven astronauts who parked their T-38 Talon jets at the hanger where his dad worked.  Later Brian earned a master’s degree in the history of science from Virginia Tech and became a light sport pilot.  He now writes about science and technology from his home in Atlanta, Georgia.