The cold war was intensifying and launch of the space shuttle had spurred a new battle. A new battlefield was recongnized. Who would make a better space program and execute it to perfection? A hunger for information had been initiated. The government was hungry for information. A number of spies were in America and new delegations were being prepared. It was not a question of if but when I would be drafted. The black mark finally arrived in the mail and it was time for me to be oblated in the name of country.