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Our descendants will certainly attempt journeys to other members of the solar system. . . . By 2030 the first preparations for the first attempt to reach Mars may perhaps be under consideration. The hardy individuals who form the personnel of the expedition will be sent forth in a machine propelled like a rocket.

   ---Lord Birkenhead, 1930


Smith Walter
 

Walter Smallwood Smith American Pilot Astronaut candidate. Born 10 February 1931.

Personal: Male. Born in USA.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: NASA Group 3 - 1963 (Candidate). Entered space service: 1963.

 
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