On 24th March of this year, George Abbey died at the age of 91. One of the most influencial people working behind the scenes at NASA for many years and someone who has come up many times during many interviews. So we wanted to spend an episode to pay tribute to his contributions. To do this we’re joined by Michael Cassutt, author of the 2018 book “The Astronaut Maker - How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation”

George Abbey NASA Obituary:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/george-w-s-abbey/

Michael Cassutt:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cassutt-5680841/

X: https://twitter.com/MichaelCassutt 

The Astronaut Maker:

https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/the-astronaut-maker-products-9781613737002.php?page_id=30&cid=347961

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp189-remembering-george-abbey-with-michael-cassutt

Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.

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