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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

Jeff Thompson - (Robert Jeffrey Thompson) - Space Mission Reporter/Anchorman. Television and Radio Broadcast Journalist. Early proponent of Space Exploration, Private Pilot and lifelong Amateur Astronomer.

Proposed artificial satellites, space exploration and manned spaceflight before skeptical science academy symposiums in the earlyl95O's while still a high school student. Also analyzed probability of life elsewhere in the universe.

Established early broadcast space feature reporting in 1961 on KXYZ AM & FM Radio in Houston, Texas, upon the US government's decision to locate it's manned spaceflight headquarters in Texas.

Internationally syndicated radio program, "Space Symposium,"

On-site correspondent for Voice of America at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center.

Designed, built and managed radio station KMSC, located adjacent to NASA's MSC.

Created the International Space Network, a southwestern US regional radio linkup carrying LIVE reports of early manned space flights, including Gemini and Apollo.

United Press International Radio News Network, co-anchoring broadcast coverage of space missions with former NASA Public Affairs Chief, Col John (Shorty) Powers.

Special space and science reporter:

RICO Broadcasting, WOR-TV in New York City

Westinghouse Broadcasting all-news flagship station, WINS Radio, NYC

NBC Radio Network News & Syndication - National and International.

Private pilot at Space land Airport near Clear Lake, Texas. Began flying to better report on aviation and man's next step, the transition to human space flight.

Two sons, Stephen Gregory and Michael Robert Thompson became commercial airline pilots, as well as life-long space flight proponents. Stephen is active in Amateur Radio, including satellite and space craft communications. The trio, father and sons, worked on AMSAT's Phase 3D Advanced Communications Satellite, launched from French Guyana in late 2000 aboard the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 heavy booster rocket.
Amateur astronomer, (following a family heritage in the field) studied the science as his first college major and continued active in astronomical organizations.
Expeditions with sons to Europe, the Carribean, Mexico and elsewhere to observe, photograph, video and study Solar Eclipses and other astronomical phenomena.

Wrote a monthly newspaper column on astronomy, geared to public observation of the sky, comets, the cosmos and visible spacecraft in earth orbit.