Walter Cunningham is one of the prominent astronauts in American history. Although he's already retired, he's currently the chairman of the<em> Texas Aerospace Commission.</em>So, this makes him a Texas scientific leader.
Together with Schirra and Don Eisele, Cunningham helped created the first-ever live television transmission from space. It was broadcast from Apollo 7 <em>(October 1968)</em>, which was an<u> eleven-day flight</u> towards moon.
Answer:1st Amendment, freedom of speech (though, religion, right, etc). Some acceptations are made if its dangerous for the union or sum I think but overall I believe that's the only reason.