Meet Kyle Hippchen, the real winner of a first-of-its-kind sweepstakes, who gave his seat to his college roommate. They’d pile into cars with other student space geeks and make the hourlong drive south for NASA’s shuttles launches. They also belonged to a space advocacy group, going to Washington to push commercial space travel. Despite living on opposite coasts, Hippchen and Sembroski continued to swap space news and champion the cause. In gratitude, Sembroski offered to take personal items into space for Hippchen.

Source: The Star January 27, 2022 08:00 UTC