[citation needed] He completed his BA and MA from UCLA (Phi Beta Kappa) and PhD from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

[citation needed] Albrecht was the Legislative Assistant for National Security Affairs to United States Senator Pete Wilson of California from 1983–1989.

[1] He was a senior executive at SAIC from 1992–1997[citation needed] and was President of Lockheed Martin's International Launch Services from 1999–2006.

[1] Albrecht is the author of best selling Falling Back To Earth : A Firsthand Account Of The Great Space Race And The End Of The Cold War.

[citation needed] Albrecht was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal[1] and the DOD distinguished civilian service medal[citation needed] and is the recipient of the Space Pioneer award of the National Space Society.