In 1964, at the age of 26, he received a in from the after conducting research from 1962 to 1963 at the | He was a leading geologist on the program, responsible for studying the , the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions, and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography |
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He was charged with the selection of regions for land reclamation in the desert without detrimental effects on the environment | , October 31, 2007, at the• In 2003, he received an from |
From 1967 to 1972, El-Baz participated in the as Supervisor of Lunar Science Planning at Bellcomm Inc.
29Hoffmeier, The Archaeology of the Bible, : Oxford, England, 34-35• He is credited with providing evidence that the desert is not man-made, but the result of major climatic variations | in Washington, DC 2002 for selecting the landing sites for the Apollo missions, and for pioneering methods of discovering subsurface freshwater from space observations |
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From 1982 until he joined Boston University in 1986, he was vice president of Itek Optical Systems of Lexington, Massachusetts | Biography [ ] He was born on January 2, 1938 in , |
These former water courses lead into depressions in the terrain, which he theorized must contain groundwater.