George Bush Sr.

George Bush Sr. is an American pilot and astronaut who currently commands the American space program.

Bush was born in Massachusetts in 1924, the son of future Republican Senator and Vice Presidential nominee Prescott Bush. In 1942, after the United States entered World War II on the side of the Allies, Bush enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was trained as a pilot. A skilled fighter pilot, Bush saw frequent combat had shot down ten Japanese planes by January of 1945, making him "an ace twice over".

Bush remained in the service after the war concluded. As his father's political career took off and he distinguished himself as one of the U.S. military's finest airmen, he was considered as a participant in the country's budding space exploration program. On December 2, 1963, Bush and fellow astronaut Michael Collins became the first humans to complete a full orbit of the Earth, piloting a version of the Dyna-Soar space plane known as the Dactyl.

Today, Bush administers what remains of the United States' space exploration program. It is unknown whether he was in charge when American pilots Sally Ride and Ellison Onizuka orbited the moon in 1986. His son, George H. Bush, is "the first Texan Prime Minister of Iceland".

Mentions
Bush is mentioned in Pts. 18, 84, 93 and the Epilogue of For All Time.