Mike Wing, former CEO of Huntsville, Alabama’s U.S. Space & Rocket Center was sentenced in a Texas courtroom to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $9.1 million in restitution to dozens of victims after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

Unfortunately, this is unrelated to the big mess he made at the Space Center in 1998/98 when he was CEO. I don’t know how this guy got into the position, but it sure was a huge mistake. He still hasn’t paid on the settlement that he made with the State of Alabama years ago, when he allowed tons of 5th graders to go to Space Camp for free. At least Don Siegelman replaced the entire membership of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit which runs the center.

Hopefully, this will put an end to Mike Wing’s activities that have lead to so many problems.

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