Ten-year period since advent of Sputnik I is divided into initial period of 3 yr ending with 1960, during which most of main directions of space program were defined; and, into ensuing growth period of about 6 yr whose end is marked by report of President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Space Program in Post-Apollo Period, issued in 1967; four factors which give importance, urgency, and inevitability to advancement of space technology are discussed and various phases of space program goals described; progress made in applications of space technology to communications and meteorology and review of major events.


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    Title :

    U.S. Space-flight affairs and decisions -- 1957-1967


    Additional title:

    Astronautics Aeronautics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    11 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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