Editing Rusty Schweickart (section)

== Early life and education ==

Rusty Schweickart was born October 25, 1935, in [[Neptune Township, New Jersey]], and grew up on a "hardscrabble" farm of {{convert|45|acre|}} producing hay and vegetables plus raising poultry and cows. As a youth his ambition was to be a [[Aviator|pilot]] and a [[cowboy]].<ref name="Pacific Sun-2004.07.07" /> After graduating from [[Manasquan High School]] in 1952, he earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Aerospace engineering|aeronautical engineering]] on scholarship (1956) and a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[aeronautics]] and [[astronautics]] (1963) from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name="NASA-bio Rusty Schweickart"/><ref>[http://alum.mit.edu MIT-alum Alumni list, MIT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712031436/http://alum.mit.edu/ |date=July 12, 2011 }}, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] webpage.</ref>

He was active in the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. He earned the rank of [[First Class Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|First Class]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/scouting_space.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213130/http://www.scouting.org/about/factsheets/scouting_space.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Joe H. Engle at scouting.org|archivedate=March 3, 2016}}</ref> His hobbies include [[golf]], [[bicycling]], and [[hiking]]. He was married twice and has seven children.<ref name="NASA-bio Rusty Schweickart" />

His family's stated annual income when he received his [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] scholarship after graduating high school was listed as $1800 ({{Inflation|US|1800|1952|fmt=eq}}).<ref name="Pacific Sun-2004.07.07" />