April 15, 2026

Courtesy Passages

As a 7-year-old girl, Liliana Villarreal Ibarra insisted her parents take her to visit Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Henry Villarreal and Lilián Ibarra understood her calling early on. Today, Lili has a highly pressurized operational responsibility at NASA. She is the Director of Landing and Recovery. Her work was the 'life insurance' for Mission Artemis II, recovering the ship and crew at sea. Because of her, we are now closer to NASA and the world. Honoring the unparalleled beauty of Cartagena, we will promote the city in the universe. Emigdio Morales, Lili's uncle-in-law, leads an informal discussion group on space tourism. William Spicker, an expert in the satellite docking of sophisticated cruise ships at the port, also attends. From the discussion group, space dentist Germán Martínez aspires to design smiles for astronauts. He assures that, on Saturn, beautiful women want to give their approval to Earthlings. We will have to sing them Manzanero's boleros to see with them the light on the other side of the Moon.