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II-2 S.M. Greenfield and W.W. Kellog, “Inquiry into the Feasibility of
Weather Reconnaissance from a Satellite Vehicle,” The RAND
Corporation, R-365, August 1960, pp. v–vi, 1–23, 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
II-3 Hugh L. Dryden, for T. Keith Glennan, NASA, and Roy W. Johnson,
Department of Defense, “Agreement Between the Department of
Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Regarding the TIROS Meteorological Satellite Project,” April 13, 1959. 203
II-4 U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, “National Plan for
a Common System of Meteorological Satellites,” Technical Planning
Study No. 3, Preliminary Draft, October 1960, pp. 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
II-5 Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, for James E. Webb,
Administrator, NASA, and Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of
Commerce, “Basic Agreement Between U.S. Department of
Commerce and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Concerning Operational Meteorological Satellite Systems,”
January 30, 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
II-6 Robert M. White, Administrator, Environmental Science Services
Administration, National Environmental Satellite Center,
U.S. Department of Commerce, to Dr. Homer E. Newell, Associate
Administrator for Space Science and Applications, NASA,
August 15, 1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
II-7 and II-8 George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, to D. James Baker,
Acting Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department
of Commerce, February 22, 1993; and Jim Exon, Chairman,
Subcommittee on Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control and Defense
Intelligence, U.S. Senate, to Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce,
June 2, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
II-9 National Performance Review, Department of Commerce,
“Establish a Single Civilian Operational Environmental Polar
Satellite Program,” September 30, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
II-10 Presidential Decision Directive/NSTC-2, The White House,
“Convergence of U.S. Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite Systems,” May 5, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
II-11 and D. James Baker, Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere,
II-12 U.S. Department of Commerce, to John Morgan, Director,
EUMETSAT, May 6, 1994; and D. James Baker, Under Secretary
for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce, to
Jean-Marie Luton, Director, European Space Agency, May 6, 1994 . . . 224
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