Kerry Young

Kerry Young is the son of the Heat Shield Inventor, one of seven children that suffered from NASA's refusal to recognize the inventor who handed them the solution to their manned reentry problem. He entered the Navy during the Vietnamese War as an Anti-Submarine (ASW) helicopter pilot, flying from small ships. Five deployments later, he moved his family from San Diego to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. to work in the ASW Helo Program office, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), then PMA-266, for his last five years in the Navy. He has served as a Navy support contractor ever since, supporting integration of aircraft carrier combat systems. He is married to the former Susan Thompson and they have three grown children.