Saunders Bernard Kramer Sr.

Saunders was one of the most independent thinkers I've ever met and among the most intelligent. He shared his encyclopedic knowledge of Soviet space with myriad journalists, and, by extension, he mentored us writers and many readers around the world. Despite his expertise, he was never too busy to field my calls and those of my journalistic colleagues. In fact, he loved talking about Soviet space and many, many other topics. A phone call from Sandy was an event, filled with news, insight,...

I never met Saunders Kramer but I read his work and was inspired by his knowledge and imagination. As the current President of the British Interplanetary Society we were proud to have Saunders as an honoured Fellow. He will be missed by his family and friends but also by a wider community of space fans who were introduced to the possibility of space by men like him.