(History) Dr. Jackson was member of the original Dallas Futurian Society and one of the organizers of the July 1958 "Southwestercon 6", the first science fiction convention in Texas. Al Jackson has a Bachelors in Math and Masers in Physics from North Texas University. He also has a PhD in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Jackson spend 5 years as an instructor on the Lunar Module Simulator training the Apollo crews. Al Jackson spend 45 years in Manned Space Flight as the Johnson Space Center in Houston.