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| Born | William David Hitt August 7, 1975 Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Period | 2008-present |
| Genres | Science |
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William David Hitt is an American author specializing in spaceflight history.
Hitt is co-author[1] of Homesteading Space, a history of the Skylab program, with NASA astronauts Owen K. Garriott and Joseph Kerwin. Homesteading Space was published in 2008 by the University of Nebraska Press as part of its Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series.[2] Hitt is currently working on his second book, also part of the Outward Odyssey series, to be published at a later date.[3]
"Homesteading Space" was reviewed in the Spring 2009 edition of the National Space Society's "Ad Astra" magazine,[4] by Rick Sturdivant in "Air Power History" in Spring 2010,[5] by Roger Lanius in the January 2009 issue of "Air & Space Smithsonian" Magazine, and by the American Library Association's "Booklist" in November 2008.[6] It was reviewed also in the Fall/Winter 2009 edition of "Faith & Family Matters" magazine.
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Hitt was born in 1975 in Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from Huntsville High School in 1992; received a B.A. in Journalism from University of Mississippi in 1996.[7]
Hitt was a reporter and news editor of The Enterprise-Tocsin, a weekly newspaper in Indianola, Mississippi, from August 1996 until October 1998, and from October 1999 until August 2002. He was employed by Boone Newspapers in Mississippi from 1998 to 1999.
In 2002 Hitt joined the NASA Educational Technology Services web team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
He has been a volunteer at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center since 2005 and has served as a Policy Committee Member on the National Space Society since 2010. He frequently participates in book signings[8] and gives public talks[9] related to the Skylab program.
Hitt has been an actor with Face2Face Improv, Inc. since 2006.[10][11]