As the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 approaches, fellow George W.S. Abbey, former director of the Johnson Space Center, traces America's race to the moon — and describes what it took to be the first ones there.
June 11, 2019, 10:22 a.m.
Richard T. Jennings, M.D., is a nonresident fellow in the Baker Institute Space Policy Program and a clinical professor in space medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). He also serves as a flight surgeon for Space Adventures. …
George W.S. Abbey is the senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute. From 1996 to 2001, he served as the director of NASA Johnson Space Center. Prior to being assigned as an Air Force captain to NASA’s Apollo …
