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I/I/3
18108
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Veverka, Joseph
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John Logsdon
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2/23/88
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Why No U.S. Mission to Comet Halley?
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Notes
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3 pgs
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I/J/5
13937
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Notes from conversation; contains some quotes
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Veverka, Joseph
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John Logsdon
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6/2/86
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Why No U.S. Mission to Comet Halley?
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CS
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60 min.
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I/J/5
13939
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Both Sides: Joseph Vevrka
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Victory, Dr. John F.
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Capt. A.F. Hurley
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6/29/62
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Aviation history; military career of Billy Mitchell; effort for united air service; effectiveness and effort for Naval operation, dirigible support; Mitchell courts- martial; aircraft industry and nat’l security; aviation in army Signal Corps under Gen. Squire; Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; R&D of cowlings, propellers, multi-engine placement, and WWII bombers and pursuit planes; Air Commerce Act and Army Air Corps Act; NACA organization and 1st industry meetings; Hughes’ invest. Of Army, Navy, NACA, and industry affairs; NACA Congressional relations and funding
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Transcript
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Reel
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34 pgs
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3 tapes
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8/3/7
2439
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XII/B/1
20004
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Victory, Dr. John F.
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Unnamed interviewer
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7/21/60
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Reasons for success of NACA and relations with BoB, DoD, industry, presidents, and congress
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Transcript
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2 pgs
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8/3/9
2438
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Victory, Dr. John F.
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Eugene Emme & another unnamed interviewer
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8/29/60
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Aeronautics during WWI; patent dispute; dev of Martin B10 Bomber, Boeing B17, North Am P51 and P39 aircraft, drafting of NACA employees, NACA annual inspection tours, wind tunnels, coop. with industry, expanding NACA; George Lewis trip to Germany before WWII
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Notes
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4 pgs
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1 tape
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8/3/9
2438
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XII/B/1
20004
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Victory, Dr. John F.
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Unnamed interviewer
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8/12/60
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Interview on last day, side 2 includes copy of 7/1/59 interview re: NASA and 1956 American Legion interview
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Reel
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1 tape
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XII/B/1
20004
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Victory, Dr. John F.
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Unnamed interviewer
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8/19/68
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B-17 Boeing
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Reel
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1 tape
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XII/B/3
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Victory, Dr. John F.
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Eugene Emme
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10/21/66
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Reel
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Access restricted, see Chief Archivist
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Vinograd, Dr. Sherman P.
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John A. Pitts
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5/10/79
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Biomedical research; effects of weightlessness; long duration space flight; motion sickness; MSFEB; Randolph Lovelace, relationship with astronauts; IMBLMS; Apollo 1 fire; lunar quarantine; biosatellites; evolution and organization of live sciences function at NASA – for “The Human Factor”
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Transcript &
CS
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74 pgs &
1 tape
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8/3/9
2445 &
XII/B/3
19996
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Vinograd, Dr. Sherman P.
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Mae M. Link
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7/23/70
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Director IMBLMS Program and research and Technology; Direct. Space Medicine Office, Manned Space Flight, lts NASA
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Reel
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1 tape
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XII/B/1
20004
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Voas, Dr. Robert B.
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Robert Sherrod
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1/12/70
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Astronaut selection and training; opinion of original seven; 1st and 2nd group
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Notes
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5 pgs
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III/B/3
13290
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Voas, Dr. Robert B.
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Interviewernot given -
Probably John A. Pitts
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Date not given -Probably
10/19/79
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Probably for “The Human Factor”
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CS
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1 tape
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XII/B/3
19996
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Voas, Dr. Robert B.
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Unnamed interviewer
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No date
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Mercury 7 astronaut selection and training; role of “human factors” in dev of training modules and simulators
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Transcript
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27 pgs
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8/3/9
2449
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Vogel, Col. Lawrence
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Robert Sherrod
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10/23/69
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James Webb
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Notes
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1 pg.
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III/B/3
13290
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Vogel, Col. Lawrence
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Robert Sherrod
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11/25/70
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Webb’s actions after Apollo 204 fire
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Notes
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5 pgs
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III/B/3
13290
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Vogel, Col. Lawrence
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Robert Sherrod
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8/22/69
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Biographical info; Phillips Report; Webb’s testimony; NAA contract
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Notes
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3 pgs
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III/B/3
13290
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Vogel, Col. Lawrence
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Harry Lambright
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8/1/90
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Webb Project
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Notes
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8 pgs
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I/I/3
7106
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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Walter Sohier Eugene Emme
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3/31/64
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Reel
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Transcript
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Copyrighted by JFK Library
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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John Logsdon
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8/25/70
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Post-Apollo planning, von Braun’s congressional testimony re: manned Mars exploration; Skylab; MSFC role in NASA integrated planning; difference bet. MSFC and JSC; shuttle concepts; von Braun’s and PSG in NASA planning; Apollo program
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Transcript
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Reel
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23 pgs
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1 tape
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8/4/5
2629
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XII/B/2
20008
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2 copies, 1 with handwritten corrections
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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Tom Ray
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8/27/70
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Creation of NASA; transfer of ABMA to NASA; Hugh Dryden’s role in NACA and NASA; NASA Organization
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Transcript
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12 pgs
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8/4/5
2630
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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Tom Ray
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8/28/70
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Program management; use of PERT and SARP charts; Cape Canaveral launch facilities; NASA coop with military for launches; inter- center coop; use of working groups
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Transcript
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36 pgs
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8/4/5
2631
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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Unnamed interviewer
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11/17/71
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Evolution of Saturn launch vehicles; role of ARPA; development of LM and Lunar Rover; Soviet launch vehicles; Apollo Program management
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Transcript
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41 pgs
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8/4/5
2632
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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Tom Ray
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11/30/71
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Development and design of Saturn launch vehicles; project management
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Transcript
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51 pgs
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8/4/5
2633
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Von Braun, Dr. Wernher
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Robert Sherrod
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8/25/70
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decision to use lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR) instead of earth orbit rendezvous (EOR) in the Apollo program; Saturn launch vehicles; Apollo 6 test flight of the Saturn V rocket; decision to send Apollo 8 on a circumlunar mission; lunar module (LM) as lifeboat and Apollo 13 flight; and applications of Apollo systems analysis to social problems
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Reel
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CS
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CD
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1 tape
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21 pgs
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48 min
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1 CD
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III/B/4
13295 &
III/B/3
13290, electronic document 50718,
XII/D/5
19542
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Transcript: 2 copies – 1 with handwritten corrections,
Background material from “Before This Decade is Out”
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Von Braun, Wernher
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Robert Sherrod
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11/19/69
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Safety before scientists on moon; weight of LM; early space shuttle design; Norman Mailer; “Reaching for the Stars” movie; future of von Braun and Huntsville; Webb; Rees
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Notes
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7 pgs
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III/B/3
13290
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Von Tiesenhausen, Georg F.
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Unnamed Interviewer
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10/13/83
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Radio Interview on tether applications
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CS
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1 tape
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XII/C/4
20037
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Von Tiesenhausen, Georg F.
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Adam Gruen
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10/9/87
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Space Station Oral History Compilation; modular space station concept; space station design; Space Shuttle impact on space station design; use of tethers on space station
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Transcript
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8 pgs
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I/J/6
18977
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Vonder Haar, Tom
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Erik Conway
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12/11/02
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History of Atmospheric Sciences project; ERBE; Earth radiation budget; Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP); ERBS; weather forecasting
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Transcript
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42 pgs
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I/J/6
18945
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Voyles, Jr. Colonel James H.
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not supplied
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2/1/73
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Miscellaneous Biographies
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Notes
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1 page
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I/J/3
6691
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Vrebalovich, Dr. Thomas
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R. Cargill Hall
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6/11/74
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Transcript
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Copyrighted by JPL
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Wagner, Robert
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Robert Sherrod
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2/3/70
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George Mueller
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Notes
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1 pg.
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III/B/3
13290
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Telephone interview
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Wagner, Robert
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Robert Sherrod
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4/15/69
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Liquid hydrogen, IBM 360 Model 75 computer, equipment functioning, Manned Space Flight Awareness program, single failure point analysis as factors making Apollo successful
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Notes
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2 pgs
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III/B/3
13290
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Wagner, Robert
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Robert Sherrod
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10/27/69
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Rocco Petrone and Sam Phillips
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Notes
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1 pg.
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III/B/3
13290
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Telephone interview
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Wagner, Robert
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Robert Sherrod
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3/27/69
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Wagner’s clarification of Grissom’s quotes
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Notes
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1 pg.
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III/B/3
13290
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Telephone interview
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Wagner, Robert
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Robert Sherrod
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3/14/69
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BELLCOMM opposition to C’ mission
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Notes
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1 pg.
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III/B/3
13290
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Walker, Harold
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Richard P. Hallion
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12/7/76
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Miscellaneous Biographies
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Notes
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4 pgs
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I/J/3
6691
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Walsh, J. Paul
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Unnamed Interviewer
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4/18/67
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Participation on Vanguard launch vehicle and Viking projects at NRL as a liaison to Martin Co.
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Notes
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3 pgs
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8/5/1
2205
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Walsh, Mike
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Unnamed Interviewer
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1/22/87
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Lake Riblets
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CS
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1 tape
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XII/C/4
20037
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Ward, Douglas
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Robert Sherrod
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10/27/72
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Astronauts’ stamp deal
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Notes
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1 pg.
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III/B/3
13290
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Warmbrodt, Bill
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Unnamed Interviewer
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Unknown Date
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Branch Chief, Rotary Wing Aeromechanics Branch, Ames Rotorcraft Research
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CS
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1 tape
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XII/C/4
20037
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Warner, John
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Lane Wallace
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4/27/93
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History of 737 “Testbed” aircraft research at Langley Research Center
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Transcript
CS
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37 pgs
90 min
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III/B/5
7105
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Interview is on 2 tapes
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Warren, Dr. James V.
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John Pitt
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6/20/79
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Biomedical aspects of MSP; membership on NASA’s Space Medicine Advisory Group and PSAC Biomedical Sub Panel; physiology and cardiology; international coop in biomedical field
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Transcript
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36 pgs
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8/5/1
2512
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Wasserburg, Gerald J.
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John Logsdon
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3/13/86
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Why No U.S. Mission to Comet Halley?
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CS
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Notes
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30 min &
2 pgs
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I/J/5
13939 &
I/J/5
13937
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Bruce Murray &
Gerald J. Waserburg on tape; Notes from conversation, contains some quotes
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Wasserburg, Gerald J.
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Joe Tatarewicz
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3/17/93
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Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL); planetary quarantine and back contamination; lunar samples; handling lunar samples; long term storage of lunar samples
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Transcript
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97 pgs
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I/I/2
19509
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Wasserburg, Gerald J.
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James Burke,
BBC-TV
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5/15/79
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Manned vs. unmanned exploration of moon; science in Apollo program; selection of experiments for Apollo; quarantine and study of Lunar samples; findings from samples; establishment of Lunar sample curatorial facility; cancellation of Apollo 18-20 missions; future policy for space exploration
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Transcript
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46 pgs
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8/5/1
2215
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Interview also with James Arnold and Robert Walker
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WattendorfDr. Frank L.
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Walter Bonney
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6/26/73
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Work at CalTech under Dr. Theodore von Karman; Caltech coop with NACA; tour of China; wind tunnel and aircraft research during WWII; post war trip to Germany as member of AGARD Scientific Advisory Group; von Karman’s relationships with Vannevar Bush and Hugh Dryden; von Karman’s involvement with aeronautical research after WWII; strengths of NACA; reorg of aeronautical research after WWII
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Transcript
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69 pgs
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8/5/1
2520
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Webb, Bailey
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Harry Lambright
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6/27/90
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Webb Project
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Notes
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6 pgs
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