What made the Space Race possible? What made it necessary? How close a race was it? And what did it achieve?
Hugh Blair-Smith discusses his book, “Left Brains for the Right Stuff” Thursday, Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Massachusetts Air And Space Museum, 438 Main St, Hyannis. Enter via the rear entrance from the North Street Parking Lot.
Blair-Smith, a part-time Cape Codder since 1946 and full-time since 2005, was a staff engineer at MIT’s Instrumentation (later Draper) Laboratory from 1959 through 1981.
Signed copies of his book will be available for purchase.
Admission is free.