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Chapter Two
Essay: “Project Apollo: Americans to the Moon,” by John M. Logsdon . . . . . . . . . . 387
Documents
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NASA, “ Minutes of Meeting of Research Steering Committee
on Manned Space Flight,” May 25-26, 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
George M. Low, Chief, Manned Space Flight, “Manned
Space Flight,” NASA-Industry Program Plans Conference,
July 28-29, 1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
George M. Low, Memorandum for Director of Space Flight
Programs, “Manned Lunar Landing Program,” October 17,
1960. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
George M. Low, Program Chief, Manned Space Flight, Memorandum
for Associate Administrator, “Transmittal of Report
Prepared by Manned Lunar Working Group,” February 7,
1961, with Attached Report, “A Plan for a Manned Lunar
Landing” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Letter from L. V. Berkner, Chairman, Space Science Board,
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council,
to James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA, March 31, 1961,
with attached: Space Science Board, National Academy of
Sciences, “Man’s Role in the National Space Program” . . . . . . . 471
II-6 and 7 Memorandum to Pierre Salinger from Hugh Sidey, April 14,
1962; “Memorandum to the President from Jerome Wiesner
Re: Sidney Memorandum,” April 14, 1961. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
II-8, 9, 10, and 11 John F. Kennedy, Memorandum for Vice President, April 20,
1961; NASA, “Do We Have a Chance of Beating the Soviets?”
April 22, 1961; Letter to the Vice President of the United States
from Wernher von Braun, April 29, 1961; Memorandum to the
Vice President from James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, and
Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense, May 8, 1961, with
attached: “Recommendations for Our National Space Program:
Changes, Policies, Goals” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
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Bruce Lundin et al., “A Survey of Various Vehicle Systems for
the Manned Lunar Landing Mission,” June 10, 1961 . . . . . . . . . 494
Ernest W. Brackett, Director, Procurement & Supply, to Robert
R. Gilruth, Space Task Group, “Transmittal of Approved
Project Apollo Spacecraft Procurement Plan and Class
Determination and Findings,” July 28, 1961, with attached:
Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator, “Project
Apollo Spacecraft Procurement Plan,” July 28, 1961; Robert
C. Seamans, Associate Administrator, to Robert R. Gilruth,