Back in the eighties, astronomer Carl Sagan established a space advocacy group called The Planetary Society, based in Pasadena, California.
Author Paul Bracken was the society’s representative in Ireland, and he became known as a leading planetary science educator and evangelist.
In 1993, Bracken was recognized by The Planetary Society’s founders, for his “extraordinary initiative and effort in support of the exploration of the solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life.”