Brandon E. Mena is a historian, writer, and cosmos aficionado at heart. He has followed the NASA space program from its very beginnings, from the first American to orbit Earth, Alan Sheppard, to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon on July 20, 1969. All the Mars landers. He has witnessed the comet Ison come in close proximity to the Sun then disappearing after being declared comet of the century with its twenty-million-mile long tail. Today he has seen the July 14, 2015, New Horizons Space Craft encounter with the planet Pluto. If NASA sent it, he has been there. His most tenacious accomplishment was in finding the root origins of Christopher Columbus. Working through a US senator and the king of Spain, he spent over ten years on this endeavor. He has been a licensed real estate broker for over thirty years. He personally sold over five hundred homes. His home sports a twenty-thousand-dollar bedroom set, which includes a double-king-size bed. No more sleeping on the floor. He loves people. He has been a real estate teacher and trainer in the state of Arizona. He is a graduate of Phoenix, College. He served and protected in the community of Holbrook, Arizona, as a police officer in the mid 1960s. He is a father, grandfather, and husband. He is an air force veteran. He enjoys golf and college and professional football, as well as soccer and baseball. He might even drink a beer or two but prefers scotch or tequila. You may reach him at Highnoon@hughes.net.
