Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in ... - The Black Vault

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U.S. Army. See Army, U.S.
U.S. Department of Defense. See Defense, U.S. Department of (DOD)
U.S. Information Agency, 211
V
V-2 ballistic missile, 2
Van Allen, Dr., 576
Van Bockel, J., 358
Van Dolah, Robert, 654, 655, 657–61
Vance, Cyrus, 42, 283, 285–87, 803
Vanguard program, 51, 83, 137, 556
Vega, 446, 447
Venus, 686
Vietnam War, 420
Viking, 757
Vishniac, Wolf, 673, 679–81, 742
Voas, Robert B.
biographical information, 803–4
Mercury program: astronaut selection and training, 127; astronaut training,
22, 161–72; MA-6 pilot debriefing, 223–24; propaganda value of, 212–14
Vogel, L. W., 291–92, 293–96
Vogeley, Arthur W., 530
Von Braun paradigm, 3–4
Von Braun, Wernher
advocacy role of, 2–3
Apollo program: all-up testing, 414; Apollo 8, 427, 694, 696, 697, 717; EOR
concept, 521; launch vehicle development, 399; LOR concept, 403, 521,
535–44, 587; LOR concept, dispute over, 404–5; schedule for, 421, 649–51
biographical information, 147, 804
character of, 649
Gemini circumlunar mission proposal, 273
liquid fuel propulsion systems, 398
Mercury program: circumlunar mission proposal, 203–5; Mercury-Redstone
program termination, 209–10; Redstone missile procurement, 29, 117;
spacecraft design ideas, 80; spacecraft oversight, 27, 147–48; visit with
Mercury Seven, 160
reputation of, 147
rocket and missile development, 2
Saturn rocket development, 390n5
space exploration plan of, 3–4
space race with Soviets review, 394, 478, 485–90
space rescue plans, 283
W
Wallops Island, Virginia, 4n9, 49
Little Joe flights, 138, 142, 143, 144
work schedule at, 483
Warner, Jeffrey L., 763
Wasp, U.S.S., 348