About a year or so ago, I wrote a letter to The Epoch Times editor titled “Why SpaceX and Elon Musk Are the Right Stuff.” Shortly thereafter, I was contacted by a gentleman who I will call Mr. G. The subject line was “Contact with a Kindred Spirit.” That certainly caught my attention. According to Mr. G, my article brought back many memories of his experiences as a major hardware supplier for the NASA space programs. In 2019, Mr. G had written a letter to Elon Musk offering his expertise, but after further studying Musk’s design concepts, never sent it. He sent me the letter and a bit about his background, and I was hooked. Actually, he had me at “kindred spirit.” After giving him the advice to go ahead and send the letter to Musk, we remained in email contact.
Since June 2020, Mr. G and I have carried on email correspondence. We have become friends from afar, much like pen pals from the old days. He described himself as a bit older, and indeed, he is. He graduated college 36 years before I did, so yes, he is “a bit older.” As I soon discovered, age matters not where kindred spirits are concerned. I have even been added to the Class of 1951 alumni list for his graduating class, even though I never attended his college. I consider it an honor.
