Stillwater News Press, Aug. 25, 2008 This feature story about UTMB's Dr. Richard T. Jennings is about his efforts to go into space and his work and research for NASA. Jennings, who is residency director of the UTMB/NASA aerospace medicine residency, refers to himself as a two-time loser in NASA's selection of astronauts and says his medical work is not that different from most doctors, except for a few added difficulties - like operating without gravity and having clients who could be hundreds of thousands of miles away. "We use traditional medicine, but we are really helping create geographic diversity for humans," Jennings said. "We are helping people get off the planet to get to the moon, to get to Mars, a permanent presence in space, which gives us redundancy on human existence. There is a certain imperative to do that."