What Curtis had found on the edge of the highway turned out to be a wind-driven rover belonging to a reclusive, aerospace engineer named John Reed. Having moved the rover to his home, Curtis contacted John Reed from there and Reed came to collect it the next day. Curtis made a hobby of building custom satellite dishes. "It helped me to relax." said Curtis, who worked long hours as a truck driver in addition to selling electronics and software online. Seeing Curtis' homemade satellite dishes, Reed became interested in Curtis' work.

There is some dispute as to who configured what on Curtis' satellite reciever, but the fact remains that out of their brief collaboration on the evening of Sept 10, 1998, SPACEREX.COM became available to the public for the first time. The fact the John Reed disappeared several months later was perceived by over-ambitious Federal Agents as cause to question and detain our President and Founder. next previous