Keith’s note: I got to know Patti rather well when I worked at Rockwell International. That’s her standing between me and Jerry Brown at the STS-1 launch. She was a true believer. Indeed, she was a true force of nature. Ad Astra Patti. More: Space Pioneer Patti Mancini Passes Away
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member... More by Keith Cowing