‘Dream Come True’: NASA Is One Giant Leap For A Georgia Peanut Farmer

(CBS) – Growing up in rural Georgia, Lewis Wooten felt light years away from the long, illustrious career he has built at NASA. But the day Neil Armstrong took that one giant leap, Wooten was inspired to follow in those footsteps towards space exploration.
“I can remember that very well. It was a hot July down in southwest Georgia,” said Wooten, who now serves as a Deputy Lab Director at NASA.
Raised on a farm, Wooten spent his days working the farm and weeding. As luck would h